Bloggage will resume when I return from vacation on January 11th. I expect blogging to be frequent and somewhat spacey at that point, given that I'll be trying to catch up on all that I missed and I'll be experiencing quite the sugar high:

(Yes, this was an Xmas gift. Yes, it weighs ten pounds. The writing implement is there to show the scale.)
Update: This is a list I sent out to coworkers of what I've thought of to do with this chocolate beast:
1. Keep it in my office for when I want to bludgeon someone (probably an annoying coworker) into submission.
2. Melt it down in a small swimming pool and have a chocolate wrestling match.
3. Invite people to come by with hammers and break off as much of it as they desire.
4. Bake about 10,000 chocolate chip cookies.
Let me know if you can think of any others!