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Due to the Holiday’s the Institute will be dampening the fires, closing up shop, turning out all the stock and letting all of our staff go home for the holidays. This is unusual for us because normally we don’t let the staff leave for any reason unless they leave something valuable enough behind that we know they’ll return for it. They have a distressing habit of breaking and running at every opportunity unless we hold something they will return for. This year however we’re trying a new policy, one of trust and the belief that right will prevail and everyone will return as promised because they love their jobs and can’t bear the thought of not being able to perform their duties. We have high hopes that this is a new beginning and will result in a much better rapport between staff and the Aristocracy. So to give everyone the maximum amount of freedom the law allows we won’t be posting from now until the first few days after New Years to give everyone time to get back safely and surrender their passports again.

I would like to thank every one of our erudite, literate staff members for doing an excellent job in preparing and producing the material we post almost daily and to you our readers, for risking eyestrain and brain damage by reading it. We are sure that your Christmas and New Years will be extraordinary. If not, you have only yourself to blame, you can’t blame us, we can’t do everything although we would if we could, so we hope you make the best of it. Please suspend your donations while the Institute is on holiday. We don’t know who will be answering our mail but we’re sure they’ll steal whatever they can, especially the cash you send. Make sure we’re back and open for business before sending cash. Also make certain those envelopes are opaque and marked “For the Director’s Eyes Only” in great big letters with a magic marker. Thanks.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year Everyone!

see you next year.