Dude, The Baby-Sitters Club books were hands down my favorite thing to read when I was a kid. I'm totally going to read this prequel!

Quoted: Scholastic Inc. plans to reissue repackaged versions of the first two volumes of “The Baby-Sitters Club,” in the hopes of igniting enthusiasm in a new generation of readers.

Ha, now I know where the expression "once in a blue moon" comes from...

Quoted: Revelers ringing in 2010 will be treated to a so-called blue moon — that is, the second full moon in a month. Some might even see a partial lunar eclipse.

Aw, sad...

Quoted: Tavern on the Green, once America's highest-grossing restaurant, is singing its culinary swan song. The famed Central Park landmark serves its last meal New Year's Eve.

So crazy!

Quoted: Mike Hermanstorfer was clutching his pregnant wife’s hand when her life slipped away in a Colorado hospital on Christmas Eve, and then he cradled his newborn son’s limp body seconds after a medical team delivered the baby by Cesarean section.

Very cool!

Quoted: Here is my mutinous list of the top 20 most influential South Asian American Women of the Decade (in alphabetical order). Please vote on the woman that you feel has been most influential to you in the poll at the bottom of the post.

Not surprising ... but potentially bad news for public broadcasting.

Quoted: For more than 60 years, TV stations have broadcast news, sports and entertainment for free and made their money by showing commercials. That might not work much longer.

The Root's picks for the the top 20 events/developments of the decade.

Quoted: When we asked our contributors to name the most important events of the decade, there were some obvious choices, and quite a few that reflect The Root’s unique worldview.

Such a good point...

Quoted: In rural areas, the “information superhighway” is really more like a one-lane dirt road. The “rural-urban gap” in broadband service can leave residents and businesses at a real disadvantage. Msnbc.com’s Alex Johnson reports.

Cool!

Quoted: The New Year's Eve crystal ball that drops in Times Square will have a new kind of sparkle when it descends at the stroke of midnight Thursday.