New Year links: songs, strange traditions, hangover science and cures, Dave Barry's Year in Review

Strange New Year traditions around the world.

Advice from 1862: How to Tell Your Fortune for the New Year.

Your Complete Guide to the Science of Hangovers, The Anatomy of a Hangover, and 12 Hangover Cures From Famous Heavy Drinkers.

Why We Sing Auld Lang Syne on New Year’s Eve, and here's Mark Steyn singing and explaining What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?

Speaking of Mark Steyn, here are his New Year links.

Eat your heart out, New York: Boise, Idaho drops a giant potato downtown on New Year's Eve.

Here's Dave Barry's Year in Review; previous such columns are available here.