* Thanks to everyone who attended one or more of the three parties we held over the weekend, despite the weather. Sunday night’s performance of “No-El, Or how the Blagojegrinch stole Christmas” was a rousing success. Tickets were sold out by early Sunday afternoon, and the vast majority of attendees were subscribers/readers. The show, itself, was very entertaining.

* The winners of the last round of our Golden Horseshow contest are as follows…

* The “Spin Sisters” get the best spokesperson award. Steve Brown had more votes, but support for the guv’s press staff was very intense and well-reasoned. They’ve had a bad year, so let’s throw them a bone. Besides, Abby Ottenhof showed up for the holiday party, so she gets extra points for that.

* Best commenter is “Bill,” who also showed up for the party and outed himself to all.

* Voting for best lobbyist was all over the board, so I’m going to award it to Bill Anderson, who has had a rough couple of years with his health, but keeps on going like the Energizer Bunny.