“Mankind Was My Business!”

PZ sends in this view from his office window:

And Strange Loops submits this vaguely disturbing image of his demonic cat.

I’ve got tickets for the Guthrie tonight to see their annual production of A Christmas Carol. Nothing like a little Dickens this time of year to inspire a little hope in one’s fellow human beings, if only for a little while. I can do without the Tiny Tim thread of the story, but I’ll let it pass. I’ve always liked the George C. Scott version that was done for television and even the Bill Murray interpretation isn’t bad.