A reminder to eat black-eyed peas on New Year’s Day.
Brings good luck.
And:
Happy (QT offers this statement without representation or warranty as to the effects or repercussions thereof upon any and all persons who might elect to celebrate the holiday as represented therein and with the understanding that any persons taking such actions without such representation or warranty do so with the express understanding that they have agreed to indemnify and hold QT harmless from the effects thereof) New Year!

There have been no new reports of a man biting a dog.
But a man punched a snake in Airlie Beach, Australia.

News Item: “. . . national security interests of the Untied States. . . .”   
News Item: “. . . nuclear negotiations with the Untied States. . . .”
Used to be a typo.
Now an apt description.

News Headline: “2019 was a good year for grapes in N.J.”
So it was good for something, after all.

The Sub-Bureau for Rapid Service and Predictions of Earth Orientation of the International Earth Rotation Service has announced that there will be no leap second added to civil time at midnight December 31.
Or did you have plans for that second?

After 41 days with no sunspots on the sun, there suddenly appeared 24 sunspots.
That was Christmas Day.
Then suddenly down to 11.
And now suddenly zero again.
Not that this should be of concern.

News Headline: “Meet the robots poised to take over the world.”
Happy New Year!

News Headline: “Holiday weight gain could be prevented by drinking coffee, study reveals.”
Keep up the good work, researchers!

News Headline: “Express horses to pull double duty at 131st Rose Bowl Parade.”
Dave Carr, an Owen Sound, Ontario, reader, writes:
“Does it matter that it’s not the Rose Bowl Parade, but the Rose Parade?”
And is it time for QT’s sesquiennial reminder that a horse doesn’t chomp at the bit, but champs at the bit?
Evidently.

News Headline: “Trump’s holiday menu: handouts for billionaires, hunger for the poor.”
Let the peasants eat MAGA hats.