Random Thoughts for the New Year

• For those of you who missed New Year's Eve on TV:
  
  • T.I. rang in the New Year on Carson Daly's show; quite frankly there is no person that equates hope for the New Year than T.I.
    
  • The Ting Tings rocked the same show.
    
  • Miley gave a do-gooder whose mother is recovering from breast cancer a day to remember including much bling, hangin' with her friends, a parade, and performances by Miley and her brother's band.
    
• I am sure many of you heard about the man who left gasoline bombs around Aspen which shut down all New Year's Eve activities. In stories addressing those incidents you always get someone who knew the perp that says "You would never suspect [ ] of doing such a thing." Well, this guy, per the NY Times, was sentenced to prison on various larceny and forgery charges, climbed to the top of the county courthouse and threatened to hang himself, confronted local officials in a bar, and was a heavy-drinking womanizer. Yeah, I guess you would never be suspicious of such a guy.
  
• The New Year is starting off with a bang for male fashion. There is going to be a male version of Spanx. Prices start at $100 per garment, but surely like BluRay players, the price will come down. Of course, men who rely on Manx to mate, can never take the shirt off for fear of exposing his real physique. I hope those garments are odorless and moisture-wicking.
  
• This is also going to be a big year for competitive dance with Michael Flatley rolling out a new show for NBC called "Superstars of Dance". And, of course, there will be new seasons of "Dancing with the Stars" and "Randy Jackson Presents America's Best Dance Crew III".
  
• In the recipe for disaster department, MTV offers "Bret Michaels Rock 'n' Roll Bus" – I just know this will not end well.