The following is a work of fiction.

Not Nick Nolte's Diary, Malibu, California
January 21, 2005

Contralto

Well, we finally got around to finishing the Christmas cards, Diary. As per the tradition they are quite late. I usually tell people if that offends them to consider it early instead. I have instructed Manolo to use those wonderful new cloud stamps. Sure, Wally Hill used one for his card, but that's why he's a director and I'm a player. I will follow his spangled lead. That's a quote from some damn poem. I made the mistake of going in alphabetical order this year. By the time I got to Hunter Thompson, I was quite out of gas. Funny, I think I just accidentally quoted Don Johnson. Seal it with a stamp until tomorrow.