Well, here it is -- another holiday season!  It's been an interesting year, and I have not lived up to my mid-year resolution of posting blogs more often and writing more.  (Sigh)

Then again, I have been very busy this past year, with investing in and working on Faire Play (a site for running LARPs and renaissance faires), getting my book published, increasing my law practice (which officially becomes "The Law Office of Michael A. Ventrella" on January 1st), and building the Alliance LARP...

I've been having trouble finding time to write the sequel ("The Axes of Evil") and the last week or so has been more difficult because of (a) three trials I have coming up the first week of January (although they are all fairly simple DUI cases) and (b) the damn kidney stones that keep coming back. 

I have a Doctor's appointment for the 27th and I expect another operation soon thereafter (sigh).  I'm suggesting that something be done permanently so I don't have to go through this every few years (although the last operation was less than a year ago!).  Apparently the tube from my right kidney is too small so the stones that everyone gets don't pass through and just keep growing...

Enough medical stuff.  Here it is Christmas, and Heidi and I are having a fine time with our new kitten, Professor McGonigal, and enjoying the end of another fine year. 

So happy holidays to everyone and all that stuff!