Hopes for 2011

What many of us wouldn't give for a little peace and quiet. Like, a whole year of it. Kevin Modesti in the jDaily News.

We've just ended a year that will be remembered as one long Meg Whitman commercial, accompanied by the drone of soccer fans' vuvuzelas, played to the nervous tapping rhythm of millions of Twitterers kvetching about all the ruckus.

Fortunately, now comes a non-major election, non-World Cup, non-Olympic year that could allow for some relaxation - at least until the inevitable surprises.