I'd Like To Thank The Academy

For getting me to 39 1/2

For not sending me to Iraq

For the long-awaited departure of Bush/Cheney in 340 days (and counting)

For Scrabulous

For more good days than bad days

For Vampire Weekend, Sea Wolf, Dengue Fever, and Rogue Wave

For hitting the point

For that 401(k) I rarely see

For pulling me over but not giving me a speeding ticket last month

For sticking me in Williamsburg

For those World Series Championships in '04 and '07

For Marion Cotillard (hubba hubba!)

For old friends, new friends, future friends

For trying to find out what I'm doing here

For getting rid of my hangover

For birthing me in New Hampshire instead of Rwanda

For someone from No Country For Old Men finally thanking Cormac McCarthy

For letting me keep my teeth when I hit that tree stump at Gunstock in '86

For giving it to Daniel Day-Lewis

For waking me up