year-end thank-yous to the club staff and hosts who hold us up..

feels right to do this at year end. to the bar staff at our regular near reading who learned our drinks, who clocked when my wife needed a quiet corner, who walked someone out for being a creep without making a scene, thank you. to the hosts of the house parties in the cotswolds who make name tags and put out actual food and check in on everyone, thank you. to the DM at the dungeon in london who took our questions seriously the first time we walked in even though we were obviously clueless, thank you. to the cleaning crew who turn around the spaces before we get there, you do invisible work that keeps us safe. honestly the scene runs on people who don't get enough credit. raising a glass tonight...