Cheery little image, with all the cliches of the time - the straight-to-matronhood hausfrau, no doubt pushing 55, the bucolic suburban tableau, the top-hatted imp who came with a suitcase of Depression remedies, or at least hopes for better times. Maybe they'll start a New Deal and use bold, persistent innovation to fix everything soon using ideas in plain contravention of economic laws, maybe? One can only hope!

Anyway, nothing today - just a space to chat if you please. We return tomorrow with the usual amusements, but not all of them. The Holiday Rules, you know.