Two things.
First off, these were the first words of 2011:
"Happy fucking new year!" (Katana)
Second, The Goddamned Shinmaru is now officially "Taco-chan". We have an illustration of this:
(Drawing courtesy of Gidget. She's awesome like that.)
Happy 2011, guys. It's got a better start than not, I suppose.
EDIT:
Y'know. For posterity.