I anxiously await the 2009 NYTÂ Trender tool so we can see how things have changed since 2008, a year in which Cassandra ended on the decline while Pollyanna was on the ascendant. Maybe that’s just due to holiday drinking. @derekg, I certainly hope you plan to update this tool for 2009, because it offers hours of amusement. There are less than two weeks left to get it up and running.
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