Drink up: Things always get worse before they get better.

Toyota's halting production for 11 days. Some poor skier ends up hanging, half-naked, from a ski lift. And your grandma's crystal stemware maker, Waterford, has filed for bankruptcy.

Go read some of PC Magazine's favorite blogs, pour yourself a glass of flat New Year's champagne in your favorite Lismore flute, and curl up in your Snuggie. The inauguration is just two weeks away.