I’m posting a short quickie here since I’ve got other stuff going on tonight, but I just wanted to send a “Happy New Year!” to everyone who celebrates the new year tonight.

2006 has definitely been an interesting year, with more good than bad. 2007 promises to be very prosperous, entertaining, and even better than things were this year.

Enjoy the celebrations tonight! I’ll see all of you in 2007!

I’m likely to write at least one more touchy-feely, thoroughly sappy post like this before (or on) Thanksgiving day this year (apologies to folks who aren’t Americans — no intentional global cultural insensitivity going on here). If such doses of sappiness fill you with hate (I’ve heard it said that I rarely, if ever, speak of anything positive, so if you’re among those who believe that load of crap, you’d best just skip this entry and move right along to find more glowering grouchiness fountains to feed your hate machine with), go snag another article instead.

I moved to Florida in late April, leaving friends and family, and a good (and fun) job behind, to try something new. I landed here on my feet, though the bitch that convinced me to move out here in the first place did everything she could to crush my spirits once I arrived (from pulling the rug out from under me on that whole “dating” thing to parading old (and new) conquests around in front of me as often as possible). Read the full story...