BEHOLD! I BRING YOU TIDINGS OF GREAT JOY!

 FIRST THE REALLY GOOD NEWS: CHRIST IS BORN! ALLELUIA!
MERRY CHRISTMAS PORTSMOUTH!
APPARENTLY THE IRISH MOB'S HARD HITTING INVESTIGATIVE 
REPORT ON THE BABY JESUS ABDUCTIONS, HAS HIT A LITTLE TOO CLOSE TO HOME. BELOW IS A QUOTE FROM THAT CRAPPY EXCUSE FOR A BLOG THAT FORREY OPERATES :

"  I will be taking a sabbatical from River Vices for the first half of 2010 to prepare a publication for the 300th anniversary of a church in my hometown, in Massachusetts, which I mentioned in a previous posting. I know that the results of the recent municipal elections in Portsmouth, while encouraging, do not signal the end of the problems plaguing our community, including d rugs and prostitution, but rather just the first tentative steps toward addressing them. I wish I could continue to investigate and comment on those problems in the months ahead. But I know from the past four and a half years of writing River Vices that it takes up more time than most people might imagine. It is not the writing—it is the research and the editing (the editing above all) that demands so much time. I envy those who can knock off a piece of writing with no sweat in no time. I agonize over each word and sentence and I revise constantly, and still end up dissatisfied with the results."    HERE'S A NEWS FLASH, DOC  A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE DISSATISFIED WITH YOUR RESULTS.  FORREY GOES ON TO ACCUSE ANONYMOUS BLOGS LIKE OURS OF EITHER BEING RUN BY DERANGED PERSONS OR SKUNKS OR POSSIBLY IT COULD BE REGULAR PEOPLE WHO DON'T WANT THE CAVE PEOPLE POKING AROUND IN THEIR PRIVATE LIVES OR IN OUR CASE IT MIGHT BE BECAUSE WE'RE MOBSTERS AND IN MOB CIRCLES IT PAYS TO KEEP A LOW PROFILE.  THE BIG QUESTION IS WHAT IS A GAY, ATHIEST A**HOLE LIKE FORREY, DOING WORKING ON ANYTHING FOR A CHURCH, HE PROBABLY PLANS ON STEALING THEIR BABY JESUS. BUT ANYWAY AT LEAST ONE ANNOYING JERK SHOULD BE OUT OF THE BLOGOSPHERE, WE CAN ONLY HOPE THAT IT WILL PROVE TO BE PERMANENT, MAYBE GOD WILL GET HIM FOR HIS HEINOUS CRIME SPREE THIS CHRISTMAS OR MAYBE HE'LL RUN AFOUL OF SOME MOBSTERS WHO ARE NOT AS KIND AND GENTLE AS US. HEY IT COULD HAPPEN.