MOTHER OF THE YEAR. Sorry, Mayor B — this isn't about your beloved nonagenarian mother Charlotte. I'm actually thinking of a very special lady who's much older and much better known. I mean, when was the last time the designee of Time's Man/Person/Thingie of the Year seemed like such a...natural? Like Jon Friedman of MarketWatch, I can't think of anyone who has dominated 2005 news more than publicity-hound Mother Nature. Earthquakes... floods...tornadoes...hurricanes...volcanoes...avian flu...limited oil wealth — I shudder to imagine what would happen if MoNa didn't take Her place on Time's cover! As Dena Dietrich used to say, "It's not nice to fool Mother Nature."

Of course, a sidebar on Idiotic Design would be appreciated, too.


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