Fireworks explode above a massive rally at
Independence Square in downtown Kiev, Ukraine,
Saturday Jan. 1, 2005.
(AP Photo/Andrei Lukatsky)

Cities across the country are preparing to mark the New Year with
firework displays, concerts and sports events, but celebrations will
overshadowed by the Asian tsunami disaster. File photograph of
fireworks over London. REUTERS/Jeff J Mitchell

Happy New Year Australia


Longhua Temple in Shanghai.



Thai people hold candles to honour the memory of those who
died after Asia's tsunami during a gathering, in Phuket
province about 862 km south of Bangkok

Thousand of Jakarta's residents celebrate New Year's eve
at landmark fountain in Jakarta's downtown on
January 1, 2005. Aircraft, naval vessels and trucks struggled
on Friday to deliver aid around stricken southern Asia as
the death toll passed more than 124,000 from a tsunami
which darkened the world's New Year.

Karl Nilsson of Lulo, Sweden, poses with a
sign saying his parents and brothers are missing
© AP

The Yahtzee five 5's question

Reggie White dead at 43
Huntersville, NC (Sports Network) - NFL great Reggie White died Sunday morning of a massive heart attack. He was 43.

White, the league's former all-time sack leader, put together a Hall of Fame career as a defensive end for the Philadelphia Eagles and Green Bay Packers from 1985-1998. He also played for the Carolina Panthers in 2000.

A 13-time Pro Bowl selection, White died at his North Carolina home just seven days after his 43rd birthday.

ESPN reported his death Sunday morning on its NFL preview show.






12/26 11:43:55 ET

Isn't there anyone who can tell me what Christmas is all about?

"Sure, Charlie Brown, I can tell you what Christmas is all about.

...Lights please...

And there were in the same country shepherds, abiding in the field,
keeping watch over their flock by night. And, lo, the angel of
the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round
about them! And they were sore afraid ...
And the angel said unto them,
'Fear not! For, behold, I bring you tidings of great joy,
which shall be to all my people.
For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Savior,
which is Christ, the Lord. And this shall be a sign unto you:
Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes,
lying in a manger. And suddenly, there was with the angel a
multitude of the Heavenly Host praising God, and saying,
'Glory to God in the Highest, and on Earth peace,
and good will toward men.

That's what Christmas is all about, Charlie Brown."
- Linus Van Pelt

It all comes down to the wire.
Ccan the Seahawks show up today?
To clinch the division and into the playoffs!

THE BASIC LAWS OF HUMAN STUPIDITY

We send Kurt to Texas and he slips into a coma and his "friends" put this stupid party hat on him. "Dunce?"