How to say the date this year? Judging by last night’s New Years Eve broadcasts, I think American media may have finally abandoned the “Two-thousand” construction when saying the name of the year. I heard a lot more “Yippee, it’s Twenty-Twelve!” than “Two-thousand-twelve” on the teevee machine.

I ran into Lt. Dan Choi again Friday at Netroots Nation and he graciously discussed D-Lister Kathy Griffin’s comments with me.