Thank you, sincerely yours

Any year we lose Dennis Hopper, Solomon Burke, Billy Taylor, Teena Marie and Lena Horne could easily have been a better one, but if you’re reading this, you’ll make it to the end of 2010. For that, congratulations.

And if you’re one of the people reading this ... well, you’re one of the people reading this, instead of or in addition to something else. For that, a heartfelt thanks to my tens of hundreds of readers around the third rock from the sun.

Thanks Dublin and Dallas, Bremerton and Bangkok, Austin and Adelaide, Copenhagen and Chicago, New Zealand and New York City.

Here's hoping your visits to the Shock were worthwhile.

It's been one hell of a year, and one hell of a decade. Thanks for sharing it. You know who you are:

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