First, thank you to my donators, you have come through once again.
Because of your kind donations, I now have a new chair for my computer
desk, and my back and neck problems have gotten much better as a
result.  You also helped me pay my rent during this busy holiday
season.  Thank you so much.

Secondly, I'd like to wish everyone a Merry Xmas or replace with
whatever you observe.  I do not know what my BT schedule will be for
this week, so I'm just going to play it by ear.  I would like to try to
finish this issue up in the next couple of weeks, so I might just
maintain the usual schedule.

Thirdly, the Assignment:

Since I haven't gotten any guest comics the past couple of times I've
offered to post them between issues, I've decided to try something
else. In this case, you get to rewrite BT, at least a panel, and no
more than a page.  This should be done for humor value and not a
serious attempt at a rewrite of the BT dialogue.  More information can
be found here on the BT forums.
http://www.shifters.org/keenshift/viewtopic.php?p=12875#12875