In the interest of starting 2012 off on a high note, we bring you some good news via Military.com ...
The president yesterday signed into law a 1.6 percent pay raise for all servicemembers!
Gripe about the pay raise amount if you like, but I can see no downside to starting the new year off with a slightly bigger paycheck.
You can read the rest of the story here.
Now, if I could only convince myself to resolve not to spend a mega slice of that 1.6 percent on lattes ...