Haiti Orphans, Underpants Bomber Update, Admiral Mullen's Awesomeness On DADT, Visiting A Haitian-American Community, And Joel Osteen Interview

Hi everyone. Tonight Anderson Cooper resumes his position in the anchor chair, no doubt a strange feeling for him. We kick things off with Karl Penhaul updating us on the American missionaries who have been charged with child trafficking, but I unfortunately missed most of what he said. What can I say, interruptions happen. From what I can ascertain, Team Karl was able to talk with the missionaries' interpreters, who believe the Americans did know all the children weren't orphans. It sounds like much of this story is still up in the air.

We next go to Meridian, Idaho, where Dan Simon awaits with the stateside angle of the story. The Americans are from Central Valley Baptist Church and according to Dan, they have no experience running an orphanage. Nor were they registered as a non profit or international adoption agency. This is beginning to look like some sort of negligent situation at best, or even something shady at worst.

On now to a Joe Johns piece on the difficulties of determining which children in Haiti are orphans. Do they have family members? Are they a street kid versus a child who just lost their parents in the earthquake? Many questions to be answered, a task made even more daunting due to distrust of those wishing to help orphans. This is a crisis that won't be solved any time soon.

Kiran Chetry has the "360 Bulletin" tonight, because apparently they just want to keep us on our toes. Anderson muses that she popped some NoDoz to get through the gig. The CNNers love them the amphetamines. Kidding! So anyway, it's Groundhog Day! Yes, Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow, which means six more weeks of winter, God damn it. Can I say 'God damn it' when there's a preacher coming up on the show?

Transitioning now to Ed Henry and Dana Bash giving the latest lowdown on the Underpants Bomber. It seems the government has been having super-seekret meetings with bomber dude's family in order to gain his trust and get him to spill the history of his combustible drawers. This is all being officially leaked now because Team Obama is none too pleased with the Republicans talking smack about the terror investigations.

You know, a few years ago the press would have just breathlessly reported the terror meeting stuff without even bothering to think about the timing of the leak. Yay for no BS. Well, at least when it comes to reporting. BS does in fact exist in this story, and it's coming from the Democrats. Many of them are butting up against the administration's policy of trying terror suspects because they'd rather save their political skin than stand up for the rule of law. Lord, sometimes I hate my party almost as much as the Republicans.

On now to coverage of my new military crush: Admiral Mike Mullen, the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. Today he spoke out against "don't ask, don't tell," deeming a repeal "the right thing to do." For more on this, we get an "Insider Briefing" from David Gergen, who was in the Clinton White House during the policy's inception. I have to say, the graphics for this segment are out of control! Kiran's not the only one drinking the Red Bull, apparently.

So okay, according to the Gerg, Clinton announced he was going to end the prohibition against gays in the military and everyone subsequently went craaazeh. The Big Dog then decided on the compromise of DADT and got his inner circle together to given their opinions. Everyone was in support of the compromise, except Al Gore who wanted to go all the way, so to speak. I'm kinda loving Gore right now too.

The Gerg tells us that back then times were different and everyone was against gays openly serving in the military. He assures us that most people in that inner circle--himself included--would have different advice for the president today. This is probably unfair given that I'm not taking any of the politics into account, but the Gerg's statement here annoys me. We're supposed to be happy and relieved that the majority of the group would now do the right thing now that it's easy? Sorry kids, integrity is when you do what's right, even if it's hard.

Next up, we have an Anderson piece in which he goes into a Haitian-American community in Brooklyn. Everyone there knows someone who was lost in the quake. Hopefully they will help keep the media coverage on the ongoing humanitarian disaster.

The "Big 360 Interview" tonight is Pastor Joel Osteen. Before I get into it though, some disclaimers: I'm a Christian, but mega-churches scare me and I don't trust TV pastors. I don't know much about this particular pastor, though his unrelenting smile is a little unnerving and makes me feel like he's hiding something. He doesn't seem like a real person, actually--very plastic. As you can tell, I obviously already have my ticket booked for hell.

Anderson begins by asking a variation of the age-old question of why God lets bad things happen. There's no point in typing Osteen's answer, because there is no answer. My general feeling about things is that sometimes life just really sucks and there is no why. The challenge is learning to be okay with that. Anderson goes on to lament how unfair it is that one's life can be determined by the randomness in which zip code they were born. He also talks about the mystery of why some people survive and others don't.

Sometimes I'll hear other 360 viewers claim that Anderson is personalizing an interview and asking questions for his own benefit, and I'll think they're looking into things way too much. Tonight, however, I would agree with that assessment. I'm not really sure how to classify my feelings about that other than to say it made me a little sad, and I hope a TV preacher is not the only person he's going to with this stuff. As for Osteen, the dude is happy. Or so he seems. Be positive! I like a positive attitude as much as the next guy, but this feels a little too much like "The Secret."

For another take on all this sunshine-y self helpiness, you should read this piece about Barbara Ehrenreich, author of “Bright-sided: How the Relentless Promotion of Positive Thinking Has Undermined America." Yes, Mr. Osteen is (briefly) mentioned. Maybe this guy is the real deal. But when I think of my pastors, I think of people who visited me for hours in the hospital when I was kid, called me after my car accident, sat with me in the waiting room of the ICU the day my dad died. Between books and TV appearances, when does Joel Osteen have time to do those things?

The "shot" tonight is a dude named Mark Malkoff who decided to get New Yorkers to carry him from one end of Manhattan to the other. Just cuz! To make this all more hilarious, Mark is actually in the studio--and he's being carried by the crew guys who play a game of tag-team hand-off. So, the whole time this guy is just being held while Anderson asks him questions. Awkward!

For those wondering, no, our anchor would not have carried him. He claims it's because he doesn't weigh that much more than Mark, but c'mon, we all know he's packing the guns. I guess the Silver Fox actually isn't one of those nice New Yorkers he likes to talk about. Kidding! Also? I agree about residents of the Big Apple being nicer than their reputation. This Missouri girl got good and lost a couple of years ago in my quest to get back to New Jersey (was staying with a friend) and people were quite helpful. Well, most of them.

Anyway! Apparently, a bet went down among the 360 kids that producer Diana Miller could not carry Sean Yates. We're then played video of Ms. Diana doing exactly that. You go girl! But oh, that is totally a workman's comp claim waiting to happen. The show was good, though the whole Osteen interview situation was a tad strange. That'll do it.

Underpants Bomber Indicted, Investigating The TSA, C-SPAN Broken Promise, Yemen 101, Whale Wars, and Isaac Mizrahi

Hi everyone. We're still on the terrorism beat. The Underpants Bomber has been indicted and this, apparently, is an excellent opportunity to head to the Magic Wall. Anderson Cooper breaks down the charges. Then it's on to discussion with Jeffrey Toobin, David Gergen, and Fran Townsend. Not much to write home about here.

Of note, is the Gerg seeming to equate Nidal Hasan and Underpants guy. Maybe I missed it, but I wasn't aware they ever found a firm connection between Hasan and a terrorist organization. Anyway, we also got this surprising info from Toobin: "There hasn't been a successful military tribunal for terrorism since World War II." Hear that, conservatives? Finally, it's the general consensus that no one in the Obama Administration is getting fired over the debacle. Oh, Anderson will not be pleased.

On now to a Randi Kaye piece that tries to determine at just what level of incompetence the TSA is currently operating. Forgive me for slightly mixing my government bureaucracies, but we're at Code Orange here, people. All that money. All that training. What do we have? A system that routinely notifies airport police of illegal activity way after-the-fact and cameras that don't tape. Those puffer machines? Don't work. Pat downs? Nope. Bomb sniffing dogs? No so much--at least not all the time.

Perhaps if they actually had a TSA head, they could get a handle on this stuff. But the Party of No, otherwise known as Republicans, are blocking the current nominee. Eh, well, it's just a national security position. What could go wrong? After Randi's piece, she and Anderson are sure to reiterate that not all TSA people are bad. Yeah, some of their closest friends are TSA people! Kidding aside, yes, there's no reason to go all uber-reactionary on the TSA. Keep 'em honest for sure--they clearly need it, but everyone should remember their job is hella hard. They have to be successful all the time; the people they're trying to stop only have to be successful once.

Next up, a broken promise on health care transparency. Recently, the good geeks over at C-SPAN requested access to the inner workings of the health care reform reconciliation process. They want to show us the sausage being made, people. The White House response? Erm, they'll get back to us. Thing is though, deliberations on C-SPAN was a specific campaign promise made by Obama. The 360 kids give us a little reminder of this Daily Show-style, with a series of clips of the then-candidate basically saying, "We'll do it live! (On C-SPAN.)"

Joe Johns then joins us with more. Perhaps my partisanship is showing, but this whole thing irks me. Don't get me wrong, this is clearly a campaign promise (at this point) broken, and 360 is absolutely in the right to call a spade a spade. In fact, I think the White House is wrong here. Yet, this is such a small issue, and when I think of all the huge issues the media snoozed through during the last administration, well, my head explodes. But until they build time machines, eh, what are you gonna do? I do, however, wish some context was added by pointing out that though this promise was broken, the Obama administration is still leaps and bounds ahead of the last guys when it comes to transparency.

The Gerg then pops back in to in so many words tell us, "yeah, the public doesn't care about C-SPAN." (But I do!) He then goes back to his recently-set default of concern trolling. Topic? Health care reform polls, and how they're not so hot for the Obama camp. Asks our anchor, "What did they do wrong?" Oh, Anderson. Sure, they did lots of things wrong, but what I think people are forgetting--what I myself keep forgetting--is that no matter what, this was going to be UNBELIEVABLY hard. Yeah, we've all been through the ringer. A lot of people are now ticked for a myriad of reasons. It's not surprising, actually. Hell, even I flirted with the "kill the bill" side. That they've gotten this far at all is amazing.

Hey, remember when a week or so ago I said that Yemen was going to be the new "it" country? Well, buckle up for Yemen Terror 101. Your instructor is Anderson Cooper (oooh!) and your blackboard is the Magic Wall. The Bin Laden family's home town. The USS Cole. You get the drift.

From there we go to a piece from Paula Newton, actually set in Yemen. It's good to see 360 using these pieces. CNN has phenomenal international resources, yet the domestic channel seems to rarely use them except during breaking news. In her piece, Paula travels to an institute that Underpants Bomber guy attended and talks with the director. She also talks with an American studying in the country who says she could get explosives no problem. Oh, yay. Makes you feel all warm inside. But for some funny, Paula notes that prior to all this, when you mentioned Yemen to Americans, they'd think of this episode of "Friends." It's true! Yemen used to be the place you escaped to in order to hide from your girlfriend with the unbelievably annoying voice! Byyyyyy Yemen!

Next up, Anderson talks with Captain Paul Watson by phone about an incident that occurred in the Arctic Ocean between his boat and a Japanese whaling ship. Basically, the whaling ship rammed Captain Watson's boat (full of anti-whaling activists), cutting it in half and causing it to sink. One person was injured. The Japanese say unavoidable accident; the activists say deliberate attack. All this is documented by that show "Whale Wars" on Animal Planet. According to Watson, they're just trying to stop illegal whaling in an established sanctuary. The video is pretty crazy. I watched that show once. It was an episode where a whale was brutally killed, and they couldn't stop it, and a lot of them were just crying watching and, yeah, I haven't watched since. Important work though.

Moving on to the next segment of the "What's Next" series. Tonight's interview: Isaac Mizrahi. Yep, fashion. It was a fun little interview, but it didn't leave me with anything particularly insightful to say. I like how Anderson's mind is so blown over the concept that clothes look stupid to us with the passage of time. It's true though. Somewhere there exists a picture of a tweenage me in neon spandex shorts. Yes, I know. Also? Anderson is still "obsessed" with the Olsen twins? C'mon now.

In the "360 Bulletin" we got a clip of Richard Heene on Larry King Live. As much as I loath any mention of the Balloon Boy story, I have to admit, I cracked up over his overly dramatic crocodile tears. "Come on. What?" says our anchor. Exactly. We then get a little "Who the hell is Wolf?" because at this point, it's mandatory.

The "shot" tonight is kinda horrible video of a girl doing a back flip into a TV. That sooo could have easily ended in a serious injury or even death. Anderson, who claims this is the first time he is seeing the video, is horrified. Horrified! But then wants to see it again. Did I mention he's laughing? Our anchor is a terrible person. Good thing he's so hot. (Kidding, people. Kidding!)

The show was pretty good. Some reporting, honesty-keeping, and outside-the-box programming. Bravo. That'll do it.

The Blame Game On Security Failures, Children Trained To Kill, A Third Party Crasher, And What's Coming In The New Decade

Hi everybody. Before we begin, did I really just see Joan Rivers talking about national security on Larry King Live? That's some stone cold WTFery there. We're also kicking things off with national security--the security of Newark Airport to be exact. You might remember that all hell broke lose at the airport over the weekend when some dude breached a checkpoint. This lead to a line that was comical in its monstrosity.

From Randi Kaye, we learn that said dude has yet to be found, partly because there is no tape of him. Apparently, the security cameras weren't recording--actually haven't been recording for a week. So let me get this straight, with all the billions of dollars we've spent training people, they neglected to show officials how to press "record"?! To be fair (or accurate, anyway), there seems to be some sort of malfunction that needed fixing. But a week?! Jebus.

This moves us into President Obama speechifying on the Underpants Bomber, and how the "intelligence community failed" to connect the dots. He also adds that he appreciates members of his team taking responsibility in their own agencies. And this totally pisses off Anderson Cooper. Those that watched our anchor through Katrina know that he very much wanted to play the "blame game" and was down with fingers being pointed. In fact, he even compares what's going on now to how officials acted in the wake of the hurricane. I was with him then; I'm not so sure I follow now.

We're taken to the Magic Wall where we find a whole mess of Obama Administration officials who can be connected to the Underpants Bomber case--Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, CIA Director Leon Panetta, and on and on. All people who have THE GALL to not immediately throw themselves on their swords in the name of false accountability. Don't get me wrong, I love it when they name names. If they want to investigate these people's roles, that's fantastic. But this is not Katrina.

Most of you will remember that in the wake of Katrina, FEMA head Michael Brown--a man whose main qualification for the job was head of a horse society--was unaware that there were thousands of people suffering at the convention center. Yes, that is a situation when you say, "fire that guy." But now? We still don't even have all the facts yet. Stepping down for stepping down sake is, quite frankly, stupid. This is a complicated situation. If when all is said and done there is someone clearly at fault, I'll join Anderson in praising the rolling head.

For discussion of this, we're joined by David Gergen, Paul Begala, and Ron Christie. Of note is Anderson asking if Obama should have come back from vacation. "President Bush got hammered when he was on vacation and something happened and he didn't come back," says our anchor. "Something" happened? Wow, vague much? When Shoe Bomber guy did his thing, Bush didn't say anything for six days and got virtually no flack for it, so I have no idea what he's talking about. This gets thrown to Paul...who proceeds to concern troll that Obama didn't wear a tie. And he's the Democrat! Good lord.

After a break, Stephen Flynn, author of "The Edge of Disaster: Rebuilding a Resilient Nation" is brought into the mix. The first thing Anderson does is bring up a comment Sarah Palin made on Facebook. Oh, c'mon! Luckily, Stephen and The Gerg have the sanity aspect covered, with the Gerg noting we need to first understand what went wrong, and Stephen pointing out that there are actually limits on what we can do to keep ourselves safe. The system will never be perfect. Sometimes a dude with explosives in his underwear is going to get through--even if everyone does their best. I'm not saying that's what happened in this instance, but it is what it is.

Ron, predictably, gets his non-explosive boxers in a twist over the idea of--ZOMG--using the rule of law on Underpants Bomber guy. Paul ponders whether or not Ron got in such a tizzy when the Bush Administration--his employer at the time--did the same thing. Oh, snap. But let's let Stephen take us out, shall we? "The goal of our adversaries engaging in terror is to get us to overreact. The goal is to basically get a big bang for their buck. And, so, when, basically, we show that we're not a very resilient society, we're a brittle society, that, politically, we essentially unravel when these things happen, we get into these kinds of fits, this is not good. This is what motivates terrorism to take place on our soil." Word.

Transitioning now to an amazing piece from Arwa Damon about children in Pakistan being trained to become killers for the Taliban. As Anderson says, "real reporting." The children live in abject poverty and Arwa takes us to a compound used to manipulate them. There, pictures adorn the walls, images of what supposedly awaits them in heaven. You can watch the piece here and I'd also urge you to follow Arwa on Twitter, which is where I first heard of this story. She's come a long way since she was one of Anderson's field producers. I'm glad 360 decided to include the piece in their broadcast.

Moment of randomness: Chicken Mcnuggets are magical!

Moment where 360 messes with me: BREAKING NEWS with the red graphic and the sound effect for the same news that we just saw at the top of the show. Really? You're killing me, guys. You're killing me.

So hey, remember that whole party crasher thing at the White House? Well, turns out the two dingbats had a third musketeer. Yep, three--count them, THREE, party crashers. And the chattering class is beside themselves! For discussion, we're joined by Fran Townsend and Sally Quinn of the Washington Post. Now, my regular readers know I'm not exactly a Fran fan, but I'm about to blow some minds because I thought she was pretty reasonable during this segment. First of all, she differentiates between the third interloper's crashing and the Salahis (the third dude got in with the Indian delegation).

I'm not all that familiar with Sally Quinn, but if you thought the Gerg was going Villager, oh man, this woman is Village Queen. On occasion, I might joke about metaphorically clutching my pearls. Sally is one of those people that you know has an actual set of pearls that she literally clutches during incidents such as this one. I'm sure she also has a fan for when she gets the vapors. To Sally, it's essential that someone be the fall guy (or gal), damn if they're actually responsible.

Can the Internets provide us with a take-down of this BS? Why yes, they can. If you're a Gleek you need to click for the title alone. And hey, let's throw in Wonkette's take for good measure: enjoy. You know, when Anderson introduced this woman as being from the Washington Post, I thought he meant like an actual reporter. Not some elitist overseer of the chattering class social scene.

Speaking of our anchor, he had this to say: "It seems to me people used to kind of resign honorably because mistakes were made. Is that just gone? That whole idea?" So we're back to the whole falling on their sword thing again, which I already noted is a little dumb. If someone is in a situation where they think wrong decisions are being made, then yes, they need to resign and go public. If someone truly failed to perform their job, yes, they need to be fired. But a perfectly qualified individual resigning just so the president has a fall guy and the press has a scalp? That's craziness. Also? Did people really used to resign honorably? I'm betting that in any era that was the exception, not the rule.

Moving on now to Anderson on a Segway! No, really! Dean Kamen, inventor of said Segway is the first interview in 360's new "What's Next" series. I can't say I'm hugely impressed with Dean. Don't get me wrong, yay innovation! But his theme of "private industry will save us" was a little irksome. While I do agree that this country is falling behind in educating our children, I'm not sure how statements like this one are going to help us: "There's no stimulus package that this country could possibly put together that will have a better return than stimulating the next generation of kids in this country to be for the 21st century..." Sure, it sounds good, but what does that even mean?

Also? Maybe it's because I live in a suburb where everyone drives, but do people really use Segways? I don't think I've ever even seen one. As for the prosthetic arm he innovated, all I could think of was that CNN Hero who makes sure kids get the prosthetic limbs they need. Who will be able to afford Dean's (prosthetic) arm? What we really need is more things like Google (mentioned by Dean)--infrastructure that raises up the majority of the country. I mean, I'm not saying don't make prosthetic arms and weird rolly machines, but, you know. I'm down with his time machine wish though. A teleporter would be nice too.

I'm going to wrap up. The show was okay. There was a fair amount of ridiculousness. Would like to see more reporting and investigating; less punditry. The "What's Next" series is intriguing. I'm not sure it's for me, but at least they're thinking outside-the-box.

On another note, though I rarely jump into the foray of the official AC360 live-blog (which is often moderated like Fort Knox), I do, however, live-chat most nights with a group of long-time 360-watching friends. We're underground, yo. Anyway, upon logging on, one of my friends said this: "Aw, things got a lot scarier when I flipped from Rachel to Anderson." I asked her to elaborate and she explained that the tone of Maddow's broadcast left her with an "okay" feeling, whereas 360's is more like, "HOMG CAN YOU BELIEVE THIS OUTRAGE? WE'RE ALL GONNA DIE." Hyperbolic? Perhaps. But it's worth noting that the tone of 360 does often give me the urge to add an ironic "Dun dun dun!" Something our fact-based little show might want to think about.

Las Vegas Courthouse Shooting, Inaugural Threat, More On The Underpants Bomber, Cheney Emerges (Again), And A Medical Mystery Of The Positive Variety

Hi everybody. First review of the decade! Unfortunately, I think it's going to have to be of the bare bones variety. Your blogger is tired and still fighting what I've begun to refer to as "the sickness." I believe some of you out there on the interwebs know what I'm talking about. So, grab some tissues and a big bowl of chicken noodle soup. Time to get this pathetic little party started.

There's nothing like ushering in a new year with a good old fashioned shooting. *sigh* We're kicking off the broadcast with the news that 66-year-old Johnny L. Wicks opened fire at a Las Vegas courthouse, killing security officer Stanley W. Cooper, and wounding a a deputy United States marshal, before being taken out himself. Reportedly, Wicks was angry about a lost Social Security case.

Though an important story on its own, what no doubt specifically struck our news peeps' fancy is the fact that there's video. Pretty intense. Also? They've got the yellow "breaking news" chyron up, when this is soooo not "breaking." This will teach me not to praise them about that stuff.

On now to Anderson Cooper telling us that there's a new report out that shows an increase in threats against judges and prosecutors. This segues into an interview with Judge Suzanne Childers of Jefferson County, Alabama. Judge Childers doesn't just pack a gavel; she's packing heat. According to her, judges no longer have the security they once did. A tad disturbing.

Transitioning to New York Times reporter Peter Baker calling in to talk about the revelation of an inaugural day plot against Obama. I have yet to read Baker's piece, but it sounds like it's worth doing. The part about the "poison pen" is particularly interesting, though perhaps a little disappointing, seeing as though I initially thought he meant a literal poison pen. Very James Bonds-y! Don't judge me, people. I'm sick.

Moving on to some Magic Wall action to examine the frequent flyer miles of Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab. I gotta say, that name is waaaay too long. So what are we calling this guy? The Underwear Bomber? Captain Crotchfire? Flamey McExplosive-Nuts? Vote now! I'm going with Underpants Bomber unless otherwise corrected by the Internets. Anyway, Peter Bergen and Nic Roberson follow this up with discussion, but I'm going to have to take a pass.

Well, it's that time again. Lord Cheney has slithered out of his lair to tell lies and other related-BS to those good little stenographers over at Politico, who helpfully refrain from that bit of nastiness often known as "a follow up." Then, instead of shunning them as the link/click-bait whores that they are, the rest of the media eagerly gobbles up the Politico's "reporting" and serves it to We the People, who are so sick of this crap. Seriously, those people are an embarrassment to their profession. At least Chris Matthews seems to be on to their game. Watch him call out Jonathan Martin. I guess the idiom is right, even a broken clock is right twice daily.

As for 360, they played the big media circle jerk game, but oh, they went rogue! Instead of just regurgitating the BS, we get a piece from Joe Johns that fact-checks Cheney's statements that insinuate Obama is weak on terror. Hey guess what, Bush also released detainees! Hey guess what, Obama continually says we're at war! I'm assuming there was more, but I had to take a phone call. So...good. I loves me a fact-check, though I'm honestly torn on whether I want the media to play it this way or just stop acting like the man is relevant. Because he's not. And Politico can quote me on that.

Moving on now to a positive piece from Tom Foreman. Yes, positive pieces apparently exist. On Christmas Day, Tracy Hermanstorfer "died" while in labor with her son Coltyn. After several failed minutes of trying to revive her, the doctors quickly performed an emergency c-section to at least give Coltyn a chance. Unfortunately, he too appeared lost. But just when it looked like it was going to be the worst day of Mike Hermanstorfer's life, mom and baby came back from the dead. Yay!

The "Big 360 Interview" is then with the Hermanstorfer family. Well, okay, Coltyn's there, but he's not doing much talking. No one really has an explanation for what happened, though it is interesting that Tracy's troubles started right after the epidural. But I'm no doctor. I think you know what's coming, right? Sanjay Gupta to explain! Except, well, he doesn't know anything either. He did, however, write a whole book that nicely relates to this kind of thing. How convenient! Book pimping ensues.

I'm skipping the "shot" because it was sporty and I'm just not in the mood. The show wasn't bad. My commentary pretty much speaks for itself, though I will note that at this point I have no idea what they mean by "Big 360 Interview." At first it was just really important news makers (I think Clinton once), but lately they've also been adding in human interest story players. Not a big deal. I'm just saying the segment feels less like "Big 360 Interview" and more like "People We Could Get." That'll do it.

Check out my NYE post if you missed it. There's pictures!