Countdown on Hold

With deep sorrow it was reported that Dick Clark, one of America's great cultural icons, suffered a stroke, something that usually only afflicts human beings.

Representatives of Clark, who each year ushers in the New Year with his provocative "New Year's Rockin' Eve" program, said that there's is a possibility that Clark won't be able to do the countdown, which could possibly threaten the transition into next year. We could be stuck in 2004 forever.

Please get better, Dick. Folly is depending on you.