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As is the usual custom here at The Knight Shift blog, I am going to take the next few days off to celebrate Christmas. That’s not to say there won’t be blogging. If something obscenely crazy and dire comes up that demands writing about, I’ll get back behind the keyboard and do my best to report about it. And let’s not forget that there’s the annual Doctor Who Christmas special that I’ll no doubt be downloading, watching and then reviewing as soon as our Brittish brethren have it online 🙂

But for the most part, I’m taking a break. And this is one Christmas that it hasn’t been more needed.

The past few months have been one of the worst of my life. A lot of things have happened behind the scenes that I haven’t touched on here. In many ways this is already set to be a Christmas that ...

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Look, it’s our Christmas tree!

This year, Lisa thought it would be fun to decorate our tree with all the Star Wars ornaments that I’ve been collecting over the years. Which is something that I’ve never done before: until now, they’ve all been in their boxes, never removed except to momentarily oggle and admire. But after how we did up her classroom a few months ago, I guess Lisa had the bug to decorate other things with a Star Wars motif. Here’s a close-up of one part of the tree, re-creating the epic duel between Obi-Wan Kenobi and Darth Vader…

If you’re a longtime, regular reader of this blog, then all three of you know what this post is about…

I’m going to take off for a few days, so that I can spend the Christmas holiday with family and friends. I won’t say there won’t be blogging here ...

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