2000-2009: tattoos, slackers & baseball caps, STILL; The Sopranos; Dot-com Crash; Carrie & Mr. Big; Fla. recount; “Dub-Yuh”;  9/11!; bin Ladin/ al Qaeda; Patriotism/ Freedom Fries; Rummy,Condi; Taliban; Afghan war; Anthrax; Harry Potter; Guantanamo; DC sniper; file-sharing; Phil Spector murder; American Idol; Iraq war!; “Mission Accomplished”; ugh, Uggs; Paris Hilton; BlackBerry; sex tapes; credit-default swaps; real-estate boom; Trucker hats; Russian oligarchs; Ashton & Demi; Abu Ghraib; Bush redux,oh,no!! Global Warming; Brangelina; Ipod; MySpace; Blackwater; Google IPO; bull market; very expensive handbags; celebretards; steroids; more sex tapes; more Bush; more materialism; more billionaires; no panties; Katrina; Britney breakdown; Tsunami; bubbles; Iphone; more designer handbags; Anna Nicole death; Housewives; Internet tsunami:TV online; Facebook; black tights; exhibitionism & vulgarity as entertainment; foreclosures; Crash; New Depression; frozen banks; Madoff; sexy vampires; bail-outs; Barack Obama; Jon & Kate; Twitter;  Lady GaGa; more reality; Michael Jackson: RIP; QEI: frothy markets; dreamy vampires; Tiger & the bimbos; healthcare reform; attempt to bring down Northwest flight; ugh: tattoos, slackers & baseball caps…& Uggs…..STILL! & there are a few days left!

How about this: Money, honey.

in Afghanistan, I look to the curious.

What about Suri Cruise’s high heels? Does Scientology approve this footgear for 3-year-olds? On another note: I am taken aback by Bob Dylan’s appearance, in a pewter pageboy wig and Santa hat, on his new Christmas album, and by the entire undertaking!