¡Feliz Año Nuevo!

Happy New Year from Houston, Texas! Let's make 2010 a great year!!!!

525,600 minutes

We are about to receive a new batch of 525,600 minutes. That is the number of minutes in a year.

2010 has already arrived in Sydney, Australia. I posted a question on Facebook to a friend of mine who lives Down Under and I asked him, "What does 2010 look like?" I haven't received a reply yet.

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I'm meeting a friend for lunch and will be with friends tonight. And in there will be a couple of walks with The Calvinator and a run to the grocery store. That is how I will spend my last minutes of the 525,600 minutes that were given to me in 2009. What will you be doing?

One of my least favorite holidays of the year...

...is just a few days away. There has always been a build up to New Year's Eve that I have never understood. There have been a few years when I have said, "Bah humbug!" and stayed in and went to bed. There have been years when I have been at parties and left shortly after the stroke of midnight. I think the best time I have ever had was a black tie event put on Bayou City Boys Club at The Warwick. Everyone was dressed up, there was great music, and a wonderful midnight breakfast. Many people that I know were there. Another memorable year was the black-tie dinner in Wayne's backyard in a tent. It was a catered event and a small crowd. With the exception of those two years, I can't say anything else is memorable except for the year that I de-friended someone before the stroke of midnight.

And don't worry, I'll be at a party this NYE with some friends. Kathy Griffin and Anderson Cooper will have to party on without me in Times Square.

And now that 2009 is about over, how many of you were successful in keeping your resolutions? I stopped making resolutions because I could never keep them.

So yes, I'm in a funk because NYE is just a few days away. And why aren't there any peppy songs about NYE? Just askin'.

Darlene Love's 2009 Appearance on David Letterman

A big thank you and a Texas sized Merry Christmas to David Dust for letting me know this was out on YouTube!

Merry Christmas

Wishing all of you a Merry Christmas!

Darlene Love on David Letterman

I am sure it will be a matter of minutes before Darlene Love's performance on Letterman will be uploaded to YouTube. As is the Christmas tradition, Darlene closed out the show with a soulful version of Christmas Baby Please Come Home. I am now officially in the Christmas spirit.

Here are some photos I took from the telly.

Christmas Baby Please Come Home

I realized a few minutes ago that it has been several days since I have posted anything. It's been really busy here in H-town. There have been some highs and some lows over the past several days. And speaking of highs, I turned on the air conditioner last night while I was working in Santa's workshop.

And speaking of Santa, I met up with him a couple of weeks ago at a friend's party. Here we are hanging out in the backyard.



Tonight on David Letterman, Darlene Love will perform. Darlene's performance on Letterman is a Christmas tradition that shouldn't be missed. What a voice and passion! And just so you know, she will perform at the end of the show.
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