Before we get started, I'd like to once again wish all of our readers a Happy New Year. You guys and gals are the main reason there still is a TLO (outside of me), and I'd like to thank you for your continued support and patronage of this "obscure local social blog." Be sure to follow us on Twitter or Facebook. Hell, you can even follow us on Snapchat and Instagram. We may start using them someday.
It's hard to believe, but we've been doing this blogging thing for almost 10 years now, which is about nine and half years longer than I expected. As we enter another year of posting occasionally informative / always irreverent typo-fueled content for the Internet, here's some news and notes: