Happy New Year!

That is, if you follow one of the many calendars that turned the page yesterday. According to Wikipedia, Buddhists are now in 2552, the Thai in 2551, and the Koreans in 4341. Meanwhile, Jews are about a third of the way through 5768, Muslims are in the final month of 1429, and the Chinese in the penultimate month of 4704.

2008 has been designated by the United Nations as the International Year of the Potato. It is also the International Year of Planet Earth, the International Year of Sanitation, and the European Year of Intercultural Dialogue. For all of you out there, my readers, I hope it will be a year of good health and lots of happiness.

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