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The Bar Man: Taverns revved up with Eagles Fever (Delaware County Times)
Tavern owners and bars were just as happy as Philadelphia Eagles fans -- maybe even more so -- when the Birds crushed the Dallas Cowboys last Sunday and earned their way into the NFL playoffs as the final Wild Card team. Oprah and Ellen and Celine and Charice (Philippine Daily Inquirer)
SPAM and eggs. We are in an ABS-CBN dressing room, waiting for Charice's call to go on "Wowowee!," where she will presently knock them dead with her new version of Gloria Gaynor's disco chestnut "I Will Survive." 20 Questions (The Memphis Flyer)
To kick off the Flyer 's 20th anniversary year, our intrepid staff boldly answers 20 questions about the future - or at least the near future, namely 2009. You read 'em here first. Local calendar, January 3 (Inland Valley Daily Bulletin)
Clubs Build Networking Group: The networking group invites business owners who want to network, grow their businesses and help other business owners. There is no fee to join. The group meets each Tuesday. Begins at 7:30 a.m. Tuesday, Guasti Cafe-Chino, 13526 Central Ave, Chino. Information: (909) 988-6083. Sammamish scouts to recycle Christmas trees (Issaquah Reporter)
As they have done for the past 24 years, the Boy Scout troops of Sammamish will again collect and recycle discarded Christmas trees in the area. Fiesta Bowl: IF U. GO (The Columbus Dispatch)
In a NutshellOhio State fans have enjoyed some of their highest and lowest moments of the decade here. Whether beating the University of Miami and Notre Dame or losing to Florida, one thing has remained consistent: the beautiful scenery of Arizona. There might not be a better place in the country to rent a car and just drive. Mountains, deserts, championship golf courses, it's all within reach. ... Free Login/Register (Lewisboro Ledger)
A snowy and fiercely cold New Year's Eve and New Year's Day are forecast, but First Night and Last Night celebrations were still scheduled to go on (see Events listings, under Afterdark). Scouts to collect old Christmas trees (Snoqualmie Valley Record)
Valley Boy Scouts are set to retire this season's Christmas trees and help the environment at the same time. 2009 Web Predictions (ReadWriteWeb)
It's time for our annual predictions post, in which the ReadWriteWeb authors look forward to what 2009 might bring in the world of Web technology and new media. Looking back at our 2008 Web predictions , we got some of them right! "The big Internet companies will [embrace] open standards" ( Google , Yahoo and others did this); "Mobile web usage will be a big story in 2008" ( check! ... Bang a gong and get it on in Oklahoma City (The Oklahoman)
New Year's Eve Freak-Out # 2!!! 2008 becomes 2009 "For the second year in a row, Oklahoma City will become the center of the known universe. For on this one magical night Oklahoma City is the center eye and life-giving, beating heart of all conscious bedazzlement. It will mark twice that this unequalled celestial occurrence has changed this normal Midwestern town into a cosmic holy land."So ...
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