all I can say is "wow"

Ian Simmons (the artist who did the cover for the latest BCM album) came by to give me a Christmas gift. It's THE framed original artwork for the cover. This is hundreds of hours of work, and I KNOW it had to be hard for him to part with it. I'm utterly speechless, and overwhelmingly touched. Thank you, Ian.

Oh, and evidently, my Santa Claus imitation did the trick. So another happy Christmas because of my sneaky, underhanded phoniness. Remember: I also do birthdays, weddings, bar mitzvahs...