12-31-2008 - Well, just two days later, your's truly is back in action ready to ring in 2009! Back hurts but pain meds (e.g. mass quantities of BEvERageS) work well enough. Anyway, I hooked up (well, didn't "hook" up, I should say, "met up" with L'Elephant (my crazy French Pachyderm pal) in NYC for the New Year's eve festivities!...