On this most festive date of the MMIX calender, it behooves me, as the CMFIC of Purity & Truth Poster Works & Sign Manufactory as well as the Head Man & CMFIC of both Steven C and the Red Rockets and Steven C. Barr and his Skae's Corners Melodians...and participant in a number of E-mail lists of various sorts...to convey my heartfelt wishes and desires that all parties receiving this message through electronic mail (or other means) shall have a pleasant and merry <parties may insert the winter solstice festivity/holiday of their own choice herein>! Further, it is my most sincere hope and wish that any and all such parties shall enjoy a most salubrious "New Year" (for those using the standard North American calendar), or, failing that, the 372 days following the receipt of this communication! Signed Steven C. Barr Oshawa (late Skae's Corners), Ontario (late Canada West), The Dominion Of Canada Electronic-Mail replies may be directed to: [log in to unmask] SCB:scb