Privatize Social Security? I can tell you who is happy about that idea: See That Line at the Ferrari Dealer?

Want to do something?
List of places to donate. [nytimes.com]
How to help [washingtonpost.com]
Doctors Without Borders accepts donations through the net with your credit card. As do a few others on the above lists.
Update: 2004/12/29 Donate to the American Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund on Amazon.com

Hello Friends and Family,
Do not be alarmed if you call our cell phones and get our home answering machine or my work voice mail… you are not crazy, you called the correct number…
It’s just that I discovered how to utilize the call forwarding feature on my cell phone, so we are going to try that [...]

The market share in Europe of diesel-powered passenger vehicles reached a new high this year. More than 50% of new passenger vehicles registered in were diesels. This compares with (i’m guessing here) about 2% of American vehicles being diesels.
This change will come to America as well, but the holdup is manufacturers waiting for the 2006 [...]

Napoleon Dynamite
Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind
Hero
The Incredibles
Garden State

Best Older Movie Seen For the First Time: Rushmore

Here it is, my favorite albums of the year:

Funeral - The Arcade Fire
A Ghost Is Born - Wilco
Good News For People Who Love Bad News - Modest Mouse
The Grey Album - Jay-Z + DJ Danger Mouse
Med??lla - Bj??rk
Franz Ferdinand - Franz Ferdinand
Antics - Interpol
Boy In Da Corner - Dizzee Rascal
A Grand Don’t Come For [...]

Seen on a (seemingly homemade) bumper sticker over lunch:
“Bring it on, Iran!”
Uhh, yikes!
(sorry, no photo… it drove away too quickly)