Originally published in the Grand Rapids Business Journal, December 29, 2003.

Actually it's not a new comic. For the first comic of the year, the Business Journal staff chooses the best comic of the previous year. It's awfully sporty of them because it allows me a week off. I also fanaticize that they spend a great deal of time deciding which comic wins. Much in the same way that I daydream about what I'm going to say when I accept that Pulitzer....