Friends and Family, I had so much fun and so many good memories of this holiday season. I hate to see it go. Let’s try to keep together no matter what the calendar says. Thanks for being such an important part of my life. Happy New Year!

Poi Dog Pondering - “Sweet Thing” from Audio Love Letter

The Academy Award Nominations are announced Tuesday morning. But why wait? Here’s what’ll get Best Picture nods. These are a lock:

1. ‘Black Swan’
2. ‘The Fighter’
3. ‘Inception’
4. ‘The Kids Are All Right’
5. ‘The King’s Speech’
6. ‘The Social Network’ 
7. ‘Toy Story 3’  
8. ‘True Grit’

Wild cards/maybes:

‘The Town’ or ‘Winter’s Bone’  or 127 Hours or Another Year -  2 of these will make the top ten. But which two? I didn’t see the last two listed yet, so I hesitate to call them. Your predictions?