'04 Eve

I don't have any other plans for New Year's Eve, but there always seems to be some big public festival here in St. Louis to mark the end of the year. This time, it's the kickoff for the city's big celebration of the centennial of the St. Louis World's Fair, so they're holding a massive party in Forest Park. Nobody seems to be excessively concerned about the DHS's Orange Alert, though:

While some cities take extraordinary measures, St. Louis authorities say they'll do little special to protect against terrorist attacks this New Year's Eve. They simply don't consider the Forest Park Ferris Wheel or any of the other area celebrations to be high on the al-Qaida target list.