year. hey, thank you for being with us tonight. in 2012 we earthlings got to see what mars looks like. it turns out mars looks kind of amazing. in 2012 we had one of the most successful and riveting olympics ever. if you re in the center or on the left it s a probably cause for celebration. there are many causes for celebrations in terms of what happened in 2012. that said, even with all that, kind of feels like 2012 is going to be a year we ll be happy to see the end of. american shootings from newtown to aurora to oak creek. a full year of the war in syria, another year of the war in gaza, the euro crisis, penn state, trayvon martin, petraeus, 2012 is a year in many ways, forget the phrase, sucked, which is why it s been worth it as ever to con come the things that did not suck. that did not suck about this year. legitimately without irony or only with a trace amount. behold a clear year that sucked much less than you remember it sucking. everybody on this show is a 13-ye