I finally made it to the Oregon Coast before the year ends, right before returning home to Los Angeles. It may look sunny here, and it is, but it's cold. I yearned for the chilly beach of my PNW childhood.   

And, since Paul Thomas Anderson's Inherent Vice was my favorite movie of the year (I will write more on that later), here's Neil Young (who also knows the cold) singing one of his greatest songs, live, featured beautifully in the movie.

Happy New Year.