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We are less than hour from the New Year here in Hong Kong. The bf and I are in, but we have a (partial) harbor view, so can see many of the skyscrapers lit up and decorated in New Year colors. Dinner was festive as families gathered at restaurants all over town. And lucky for us, the bf's family was able to join us as well. In Hong Kong, every tall white man is accosted multiple times a day. By strange men on the street! But they either want to sell you a suit or a "copy" watch. It actually gets quite annoying. Lots of women offer massages too, but no guys. The restaurant where we ate was managed by two cute guys who look all of 14, but I am assured that they are much older! Cultural differences! (Oddly enough, two men said to me at different times today: " You are a lucky man." How did they know?) So, it's another opportunity to celebrate a new year. This is the year of the snake, and I could easily come up with the top candidate for snake of the year, but that wouldn't get my year off to a good start, would it? So, I'll just wish all of you a happy new year, wherever you are.

Shame is for the innocent. No way herein. Best regards, RA1

Yuck, yuck! And I thought I had no shame.

But, like many, wished to have "no part" in the proceedings. Best regards, RA1

Was the serf gay or merely compliant? Didn't before realize that Dershowitz was perhaps a "knight of old". That area of the country seems full of Shakespearean and other drama, doesn't it? Best regards, RA1

I can't wait to see the Beebs host Saturday Night Live tonight!

All correct. I once knew an attorney (forgive me) who was known as tersia. That was before "trey" became popular. Best regards, RA1

Several years ago, I read about a practical joker with a glass eye who loved to draw attention to himself. In fact he had several iterations of same. One that was blood shot for the day after and one that had a flag on it for the 4th of July. One of his favorite tricks was to be in a restaurant carefully studying the menu while idly using a fork to scratch his eye. Now that might cause me to lose my appetite. Best regards, RA1

Some polls show Maniac Cop to currently be more popular in LA than the LAPD.

This aircraft is going to be the cat's meow. Any large complex new technology system is going to have birthing issues. It is the nature of complexity and the finite limitations of human capacity. We can do great complex things but not overnight and not the first time out of the chute. We learn and refine as we go. So it is here, but ultimately this will be a magnificent advance in air transportation, nay sayers not withstanding.

The NRA will blame the Maniac Cop films.