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There you have it, ladies and gentlemen! The final chapter in this epic ten-part edition of the Gluemeat Christmas Holiday Humdrum, the last comic of 2004, and a conclusion which will probably tick a few of you off. After all, I hit the reset button as cheaply as a Bobby-Ewing-in-the-shower scene. I’ll admit it, it’s cheap, but I like it. And you have to admit, it’s in perfect Gluemeat style, too. But, please, go ahead and comment it, let me know what you think.

I hope you’re all having a good time with the Holidays. I know I am, despite the arm killing me. I don’t like these new painkillers I’ve been prescribed; they make me too sleepy. Hopefully, I’ll be able to stay up long enough to enjoy New Year’s Eve. Otherwise, Christmas was a lot of fun, with good times, good gifts, and lots of food. Speaking of gifts, my girlfriend totally surprised me by giving me the Pee-Wee’s Playhouse seasons one and two DVD box set. It sure was nice to be able to watch the unrelenting silliness of a show which has yet to be equalled by anything done since. I actually talk about it more in the weblog.

So folks, I hope you get to put behind you more good memories than bad events tonight as we toss 2004 into the annals of man-made time management. Or, as Boxjam eloquently put it: Death To 2004!

See you in next year!

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I now sincerely believe, fellow Gluemeaties, that the Holidays are a jinx for me.

Yesterday, the little family and I wanted to take advantage of a beautiful Quebec City day and go out to our favourite hill for a little sliding. After take the old inner tube down a couple of times, my continual quest to show my son that I am the penultimate essence of manliness takes over, and I head over to the side of the hill where a bump can be found, one which propels a joyrider ever so slightly into the air for a few seconds before landing once again, safe and happy on the slick padded snow.

You can all see where this is going.

Seated well and gripping the handles of the tube with power and strength, I head down the hill and hit the bump with full momentum. I get about a second of airtime before crashing heavily on my left shoulder, the impact of which made my whole arm go numb. So I get up, pick up the tube, and walk up the hill, trying to shake it off, but to no avail. It hurts like hell. I’m injured. So I ask my girlfriend to take me to the emergency ward.

Considering it was a holiday and most hospital staff had the day off yesterday, I spent ten, count ‘em, ten hours waiting to see the doctor. When I finally did at about one o’clock in the morning, pain was still shooting up and down my arm and my shoulder had swelled rather considerably. Diagnosis: a stress fracture on my left clavicle. Cure: a sling and more painkillers!

Looks like I’ll be having very, very happy holidays. Lesson to be learned here: avoid me between Christmas and New Year’s.

So, I guess it did pay to be prepared, as here is the next instalment of the Humdrum. The lateness is only due to the sleep I tried to get back. Enjoy!

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It’s Christmas Eve! It’s Christmas Eve, everyone! And yes, I GOT ALL MY HOLIDAY SHOPPING DONE!!! It took me about five hours, but I did it, and I’m all the better for it. Although I was expecting the store to be filled with last-minute freaks like myself, it actually turned out that there weren’t all that many people. I don’t know if that’s any indicator of how well other people organise their lives, or if it means that people aren’t shopping as much, I really couldn’t say, and frankly, right now, I really couldn’t care, because I did it. I DID IT!

So I’ll take the time right now to wish each and every one of you a very Merry Christmas. I hope you all have the chance to enjoy yourselves and have fun, and if not, well, you’re all invited to the Yorke household.

Here’s hoping you have a great Christmas, which will hopefully be better than Blue and Orange’s!

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Ugh. If you’re like me you’re saying “ugh” right now because you still have much of your Christmas stuff to do. Well, in the meantime, perhaps my little contribution to the world-famous and world-loved Boxjam’s Doodle will help in keeping you going, not to mention today’s episode of the Christmas Holiday Humdrum, right here on Gluemeat.com. I love Boxjam and always will, and I’m terribly proud he likes what I can dish out, so make sure you go over there and enjoy the comic in all its glory.

See you all tomorrow!

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Har she blows! The Third-and-a-half Gluemeat Christmas Holiday Humdrum begins today! Now remember Gluemeaties, this one it going on for the next ten days, five days a week! We’re breaking out of the usual tri-weekly update routine because I love the Holidays and I love you. And you. And you too. But not you. That’s right, you. You know who you are. So get ready to embark on a wacky madcap adventure with Orange and Blue! YEE!

Something which is completely of worthy note, although not of really of Christmas interest, our good pal Chris W. over at No 4th Wall To Break has finally risen above the murky depths of Keenspace and got himself his very own TLD at no4thwall.com. In case you didn’t know, No 4th Wall To Break is one of the most consistently odd and fun comics out there, which I have been reading from its very early days. He, also, last Friday hit his 300th comic, to which we must extend our sincerest congratulations. On a related note, today is Gluemeat’s 459th comic. Son of a bootless friar, I’m on my way to 500…!

Have a great week everyone!

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