This month we’d like to welcome two new columnists:

Sarah Flake and Mary Tompsett. Sarah is the author of a humor blog at hollywoodflakes.org and has approximately 10,000 readers a month. Her piece “Fruitcake Eaters” is this month’s cover story. Mary’s column, “Posing as Normal,” is featured in several publications in the Midwest, and we’re glad to help expand her readership to the California Territory. Welcome Sarah and Mary! This issue also features a Christmas poem from local poet Stephen L. Millich, and some limericks from other local writers including Ron de Tuna. We’d also like to welcome back cartoonist Monty Truitt after a long hiatus. (Sorry, Monty, we didn’t have the heart to kill the fatted calf. Those big sweet eyes, you know.)

Anyway, that’s it for this month. Have a great holiday season and we’ll see you in 2008.