Happy New Year

Happy 2010! I'm perfectly happy to put an end to the Naughties and to welcome in the 'Teens, hoping against hope for progress in the coming decade. I got to watch fireworks from the roof of my lovely new apartment building with my lovely fiancée and our lovely friends, and so far I'm feeling good about the year.

Let's see what the rest of this first day holdsâ¦

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