Mr. Gage wrote:

"As promised, my Xmas update: the roommate did not, in fact, return from NYC with a teapot for me. She did however find a copy of Alan Moore & Eddie Campbell's The Birth Caul, plus some little carved monkeys and a T-shirt that reads 'Fuhgettaboutit.' So, at work, I'm still stuck with Bigelow Earl Grey from a teabag.

On the plus side, both my place and my girlfriend's are well-stocked with Republic of Tea Blackberry Sage. All is well."