A girl for Mr Miggs!

She's perfect for him. She's cute, she's three, she has an odd choice of Christmas gift she wants Santa to bring her.

But little Mr Miggs would understand!

Why I think Mosby can take out the little lummox ....

... just watch this.

And I love this one too, for what I think are obvious reasons. My new favorite economist when it comes to market trends.

Minneapolis, my old hometown. I think I'll dedicate this one to Bill.

Useful dog tricks as performed by ...

... Jesse the dog. A Jack Russell in fact, which may be part of what the little lummox is. In fact Jesse reminds me a bit of the lummox. It is not any one trick here that impresses but the shear frenetic pace and number of them.

As far as we know, the lummox does no tricks, useful or otherwise.