Tag Archives: New Year’s Eve

It’s almost nine hours before midnight and Times Square is already mobbed. EarthCam is streaming live shots from multiple angles.

Their fireworks are always the best.

Via World Net Daily: When the famous ball drops on New Year’s Eve in New York City’s Times Square, a message will be there to remind “our intolerant liberal friends” about the U.S. Constitution’s First Amendment. Answers in Genesis, the Christian ministry best known for operating the Creation Museum in Petersburg, Kentucky, announced it is purchasing a recurring, 15-second spot …

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At this writing midnight is some eleven hours way, but as you can see there are already thousands of people crammed into the pens across Times Square. You can watch the craziness live from a number of cams in different locations.

Native New Yorker Lady Gaga will join Mayor Bloomberg in dropping the ball tomorrow night in Times Square. Each year, Hizzoner chooses a guest to help drop the ball and count down the year’s final minute. Past choices have included Bill and Hillary Clinton, Colin Powell, Muhammad Ali and Rudy Giuliani. Lady Gaga will perform on ABC’s “Dick Clark’s New …

Is this thing on? What with the funky weekend holidays this year, who’s working this week?

Not terrible, but the classic disco version is this one.

What are your plans for New Year’s Eve? Share your traditions, party links, and plans.

NYC Eagle, Thursday, 2am Bear 1: I need to find a more gay-positive working environment. Bear 2: Oh, really? Where do you work? Bear 1: At home.

On last night’s live New Year’s Eve show from Times Square on CNN, Kathy Griffin dealt with some off-camera hecklers in her typical fashion, not realizing her microphone was still live. Wait for the end. RELATED: The CNN reporter in New Orleans had to deal with some obscene gestures from the crowd himself. UNRELATED: How cool was it that the …

Left to right at a NYE 1998 party at my place in the Castro: Marty, me, Jerry, Robb, Jim, Robert (center, my roommate), Ed, and Ken. Half of those guys were visiting from Fort Lauderdale….the house was very busy that weekend, as I recall. Regarding my silver metallic shirt (since I know you’ll bring it up) – I used to …

Tonight’s weather promises to be very ugly for the expected 1 million revelers in Times Square. Winds are expected to gust from 40-50mph, bringing the wind chill to far, far below zero. Nightmare. I had pondered actually going to Times Square tonight, until a dozen or so of my friends collectively threatened to have me committed. Times Square on New …