Do it yourself hallucinating: 

http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ideas/graphics/011109_hacking_your_brain/

Apple today announced the new 17-inch Macbook Pro.  It has lots of great features, but they want $2800 for one.  Suck it, Apple.  You aren’t getting that kind of money out of me.

Coincidentally, later today my buddy Michael sent me this…

Oh gosh… I love FAIL blog. Maybe it’s just me, but this gets me every single time.

Double FAIL:

I love the last week of the year.  Don't you?  All the craziness of Christmas is over, the world is still on vacation and everyone is getting ready to start another year of the same crap they just did.  Same ol' thing year after year…

So, I challenge you to step outside of your routine next year…  try something new, buy some paints and paint a picture, learn to ski, bake a new dessert..  just try something else – if you want to… or don't, that's cool too.  Don't listen to me. I'm really not much wiser than you… not much, but a little bit.  Nevermind.  For me, my New Year's resolution is to learn to play the drums…  done.  Now I can get back to watching Rock of Love on Vh1.  Actually I don't have a New Year's resolution.  I should think of something good, though… hmm.

Unrelated: I have all the New Orleans pictures posted up in the Gallery.  Check it out…  we had a pretty good time. 

Happy New Year, sucka!

Another late dinner… The buffet at Harrah’s.