Well, I had to let Tiki Month 2010 peter out just a bit this year. Real life intruded a bit and I couldn't keep up the frenetic pace all month long. Still, I had a blast, and I hope you did too. So now, in a nod to my favorite late night TV host, Craig Ferguson (that's CraigyFerg on the Tweety), and spurred on by Dr. Bamboo, PBBOTI's own anniversary ruminations, I'd like to discuss a few of the things I learned this February. I learned that There´s a fine line between a tropical drink and a Tiki drink because a Tiki drink is a tropical drink that is Tiki. I learned that Tiki music is powerful stuff. Play the right song, and you can get carried away by it all. I learned that once you finally find the right use for that bottle of Lemon Hart, it suddenly empties really, really, fast.... I learned that rambutan fruit scares grown adults.... I learned that now even books have trailers! I learned that the right illustration will get you traffic.... I learned that Hawaiian shirts are properly called Aloha shirts... and men wear them to business meetings in Hawaii. I learned that with seven Tiki posts unfinished and unpublished from this year's Tiki Month, I have a great head-start for Tiki Month 2011! I learned that when you do a theme month, you build up a lot of material for when it's over, even with Tiki Timeouts. Speaking of Tiki Timeouts, I learned that James Buchanan hod to go buy his own booze while President. Mostly, I learned that this Tiki blogging thing is still cool, and I'll be looking forward to next year's extravaganza. I hope I'll see you here next year, but with the next post, we return to our regularly scheduled programming! Please stay tuned! Aloha! abc