Merry whatever. We hope all you lil' bastards had a great holiday (or whatever) and during 2006 BM promises to keep delivering loads o' fun rat's ass type stuff along with the assorted random skateboarding news. We also predict this will be the Year of Brad Staba.

The whole Neil Heddings fiasco had me taking a trip down a dark side alley of memory lane, regarding the many experiences I've had with skaters who have ended up in prison. Well, perhaps there really aren't that many - on the order of four or five - but one is too many for my taste. Arguably, the worst of these episodes was involving Mark Rogowski, a.k.a. Gator, a.k.a. Gator Mark Anthony.

Poor Kate Moss. You do a little blow, unknowingly get caught on tape and lose millions! What's a girl to do??? Moss was dropped by Burberry, Chanel and Swedish clothing giant H&M. The British cosmetics company Rimmel London said it was "reviewing" her $2.3 million contract. Well, we don't have the answer, but we do have a brand new internet game to keep you lil' bastards from doing your work all the day long. Like me. Right now. Here we have a recent snapshot of Moss leaving rehab in Arizona looking approximately 132 years old.

You can add this one to your list of totally random fashion skate references. The October 2005 issue of Vogue Magazine has run a photo set of Gwyneth Paltrow being, uhhh, stalked by a suspicously conspicuous skateboard? Not only that, but it appears they solicited a Peralta doppelganger to jump around with Gwyneth in some sort of Pagan ritual celebration.