WHY I LOVE MELISSA SCHWARTZ’S BLOG: In the same entry, we get both this:

What I want for Christmas is a Red Ryder 200-shot carbide-action model air rifle with a compass in the stock and this thing that tells time.

And this:

I saw the San Francisco ballet on Saturday. Balanchine’s Serenade was just exquisite. The other two ballets in the program were Helgi Tomasson creations, which I had mixed feelings about.

‘Nuff said.