One of the peculiar quirks of journalism is the obligatory year-end Top 10 list. This little blog being nothing even remotely close to journalism (see proof here or here or here) such rules don't apply. Still, here are a few photos from the last year that I really like. (And yes, the Dume Room shot was taken with a cell phone, but it's the quality of that now-vanished joint and not of the photo that's the point here.)

Below that is a sign that, in addition to the wonderful staff and the actual scent of actual coffee being brewed, reveals the heart and cranky soul of our now-vanished Diedrich's Coffee.

And links to a beach chair in the Cove, some bobcat cubs in my friend's back yard, and (OK, another cell phone shot) Jerry Seinfeld's vintage Porsche.

Don't shoot your guns in the air. Take an aspirin before you go to bed. Be good to your loved ones.

Happy New Year!