(May your coming year be filled with magic and dreams and good madness. I hope you read some fine books and kiss someone who thinks your wonderful, and don.t forget to make some art.write or draw or build or sing or dance and live as only you can. And I hope, somewherein the next year, you surprise youself.)

hi, kids, i'm the littlist tiniest cutest new year's baby down here smoking my tiny erl king-size cigar. watch out, don't step on me. i forward the above textual message i received from harry o. this frigid morning. may it light a candle in your heart. don't believe the wall street hype, kids, you can change. there is hope. 

postscript. after i wrote the above, washing the dishes, i broke the bodum. try to be a good egg kids, stuff still gets broke, just don't try, like the power brokers do, to break it on purpose.