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I’ll be off for the rest of the year, returning after New Year’s. During the next week I might pop in with an occasional post, or I might not. Who knows? Friday catblogging, however, will appear as usual on Friday.

In the meantime, enjoy what’s left of 2013, and let’s all hope that 2014 is a whole lot better.