It’s 6 a.m. on the first day of 2013. You are either a very disciplined person or you, more likely, are still up from last night’s revelry. We made it through a contentious election, school shootings, a Mayan calendar end of the world, a zombie apocalypse and even a global bacon shortage in 2012. God help us for whatever comes in 2013.

Vaya con Dios!

Jeff Balke is a writer, editor, photographer, tech expert and native Houstonian. He has written for a wide range of publications and co-authored the official 50th anniversary book for the Houston Rockets.