January

Time is the coin of your life. It is the only coin that you have, and only you can determine how it will be spent. Be careful lest you let other people spend it for you.
-Carl Sandburg (1878-1967)

Appropriately, January gets its name from the Roman god Janus, the god of gates, doorways, and beginnings and endings. That is a heck of a responsibility to be entrusted with and I am quite happy that Janus was saddled with it and not yours truly. I find it difficult, nearly impossible, to believe that we are already entering 2007. Considering how fast time seems to be passing, I strongly advise you to hang on to your hats campers, because it is only 93 years until the next century starts. In addition, like it or not, judging from a brief look at the newspaper headlines each day, I think it is obvious that we are in for a very bumpy ride.