This is my final Soapbox of 2014. With only 250 words at my disposal, should I attempt some earnest year-end reflections, perhaps combined with some inspired future gazing? Or maybe there's a market for a little truly heartfelt seasonal cheerfulness?

Nah, let's go for some (scarcely) veiled insults and a bit of (thinly-veneered) sincerity. So, in true turn-of-the-year style, let's start with a ‘what's in, what's out' in 2015 routine.