A note to our readers

Sunday. Christmas Day. But readers visiting have a new edition.

You have blog spotlights and music spotlights and a history spotlight.

Thanks to Francisco and C.I. for allowing us to post Francisco's rundown of the headlines of the week.

You also have original content.

Let's get the thing the e-mails demonstrate is always on first on readers' minds, Ava and C.I.'s TV commentaries. Last week, they looked at the year in TV entertainment, this week they examine the year in TV news (or "news"). We think you'll enjoy it. (C.I. says if Jess' totals of the e-mails for last week's feature are correct, readers were "very, very kind and must have been effected by the season to enjoy it.")

Ava and C.I. spent Friday night writing that. We know Ava was especially looking forward to a weekend with no obligations and time to focus on family so we appreciate the dedication and time she and C.I. put into it.

The other new content?

Well first, let's note that it was all written by the following:

The Third Estate Sunday Review's Jess and Jim,
C.I. of The Common Ills and The Third Estate Sunday Review,
Cedric of Cedric's Big Mix,
Mike of Mikey Likes It!,
Elaine of Like Maria Said Paz,
and Ruth of Ruth's Morning Edition Report

Ruth had volunteered to participate in a roundtable to help out since we have fewer participants than usual. After that we told her of the review we'd written of the DVD Wal*Mart: the high cost of low price and she added input and suggestions when we read it to her (which we were happy to include). She was then on board for the full edition and we were certainly glad to have her.

We were also glad to have Dallas hunting down links. Thank you, Dallas.

Along with the roundtable and the DVD review, you'll find one of our "cruelly delicious parodies" (as reader John has termed them) and an editorial.

Next week is New Year's Eve. Will you find a new edition? Magic 8 Ball says "Absolutely."

-- Jim, Jess and C.I.