11:30 AM -- For those of you planning your spring wardrobes during this holiday season, UnBeige informs us that Pantone has declared turquoise the color of the year for 2010:

"Turquoise evokes thoughts of soothing, tropical waters and a languorous, effective escape from the everyday troubles of the world, while at the same time restoring our sense of wellbeing..."

Thus spake Pantone. I feel better already.

Last year's color, in case you've forgotten, was Mimosa, a.k.a."yellow," the color of fear.

— Larry, Attack Monkey, Light Reading