Ah, so... we enter a new year full of hope, of resolution that it will be the best of times, celebrating life and.... what, excuse me? What channel? Oh, right, THAT didn't take long to screw up, now did it? Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, her entourage - and members of the public in the vicinity of the mall they were speaking at - were shot at around 11:00am local time on Saturday. The attempt at assassianting a public figure is  understanably news-worthy and after the immdiate facts were...

So, that was the year that was, so it was. As I start typing this it's still technically 1st January 2011 here (1.1.11, rejoice binary fans!) in Iowa. I'm always wary of this day as it feels like a new volume when the old one never seems quite finished or perhaps not fully read, but I guess that's the nature of life. 2010 was an up and down year. I had a lot more - and varied - work to keep me busy, but I also had to spend far too much time chasing monies owed to me and reminding people that...