Happy New Year, I'm starting off by breaking last years resolution to get the annual letter posted by Dec 31, 2011.  Well I'll make a resolution for 2012 to get 2011's letter posted by the Jan 3rd.  I'll have it up here in the next two days.  Meanwhile, I'm spending Jan 1, 2012 in Brooklyn NY getting ready to fly home to Pacifica and the San Francisco Bay Area.