Seahawks vs. Broncos

Someone has to favor the Seattle Seahawks in Sunday's SuperBowl XLVIII, so I shall take that role.
Prediction: Seattle 32; Denver 28

Boeing seems to agree with me:

And, next door in Redmond, someone assembled 7000 Microsoft employees, dressed them in either
blue or white plastic raincoats, and took a picture.

Can you tell that the sun seldom smiles up in the Northwest in January?

What to do on New Year's Day

Be a fireman in Minneapolis

Prepare Japanese New Year's food in the Midlands of England:

 

 

Go swimming off Ocean Beach in San Francisco:

 

Or, perhaps, join with three other people and prepare Japanese food in the East Bay:





 

Happy New Year!