we now interrupt your pre-holiday festivities (loading up on Vitamin C and alpha lipoic, right?) with astonishingly fantastic news (UPDATED)

Mr. Chris McLaren, one of S & S's most favorite people in the world, has joined the blogging ranks. Huzzah and welcome!

And just to ensure proper hazing, I'm going to poach my first link from him: science textbook disclaimers. Caution: gravity may cause laughter.

Everyone blogroll him immediately.

And what I said yesterday about a hiatus? Starting later today, it will be enforced.

UPDATED: Mr. McLaren is definitely bringing it -- he's posted a fantastic overview of Scott Westerfeld's work and appraisal of So Yesterday. Go check it out.