They’ve started. The litany of year end lists have begun. Soon, there will be lists everywhere you look. The best of this, the worst of that, lists of books, lists of movies, lists of deaths, lists of restaurants, lists of everything you can think of. I know, I just made a list of kinds of lists. Mea maxima culpa. However, it will be the last list I publish here in 2011.

If you like year-end lists, there are many many places to go for them, but this isn’t going to be one of them. Enjoy. Don’t let me stop you. But when you tire, when you think I just can’t look at another list, you know what to do, friends. That’s right, visit 27th Street. Come on in, stay awhile. I have some nice scotch. Would you like a dram? Rest up, listen to some accordion music, and when you’re ready to sally forth back into the world of year end lists, I’ll just say so long.