GOOD MORNING, MATT! HOW ARE YOU?

I hope you got plenty of R&R while you were on holiday. Smirk stepped up to the plate admirably in your absense, I'd start worrying about a coup if I were you. And not the bloodless kind, either.

@Graham: I AM WELL, THANK YOU!

Smirk did indeed do a fantastic job. Although as her editor, her fine performance not only makes her look good, it makes me look like I've done a half-way decent job of mentoring her to this point. And of that, of course, I am very proud.

I can't think of a better way to go than into a manmade black hole.

putin vows revenge on the suicide bombers corpses