Sorry to be the turd in the New Year's punch bowl, but it looks like the end of this year is littered with famous deaths.  James Brown, the Godfather of Soul dies in his prime.  Apparently he still had booked gigs.  Ex-President Gerald Ford dies at a ripe old age of 93.

Then, in a disgusting act of revenge, Saddam Hussein is executed in Iraq.  Look, there's no sugar-coating it.  He was an evil dude, and deserved to rot in a prison cell.  But, in Iraq they wanted his blood.  I think he got off easy.

Here's to 2007 - may it be less brutal than 2006.