Happy New Year to everyone,
I'm glad you made it through the holiday season relatively unscathed and despite Zach and Marlowe not wishing to return to school (I didn't want to go to work today either), everyone seems to be fairly upbeat and ready to take on the new year with the vim and vigor that one would expect with the introduction of a new decade. It goes without saying that some of my previous new years resolutions have met with some semblance of success if I don't include anyone else's opinion other than my own, which after all is why it is "my" resolution. For instance one year I resolved to allow my nose hair to grow and I think that was a banner year in terms of fulfilling my resolution. Another year I resolved to be a better person. Well I forgot to mention that I was going to better than Attila the Hun but in any event, I believe I achieved that with some measure of success, although one or two people may wish to dispute that conclusion. The losing weight and quitting smoking one's were no brainers but thank god I didn't commit to more than a year on either of those.
In any event I believe it is time to declare my "new year's resolution" for 2010 and for that I have contemplated long and hard. One cannot just willy nilly change aspects of one's life without thinking about it. After all, what if that was the lone thing that people liked about you and then you decide to rid yourself of that one feature. Furthermore, to give up particular food or drink which could be damaging to you, may simply gravely wound the economy which is already suffering immensely from people giving up this and that without regard to the impact it had on their economic brothers and sisters. Hold on I say and lend some time to such an immensely serious concern. So my new year's resolution this year is to think about what a good new year's resolution would be. I will have 361 days left to decide on a good one and then declare that one next year. Well unless, despite all that thought, I've only come up with stuff that may be damaging to the environment, myself, my relationships or those who still tolerate me with any measure.
Oh and by the way - according to the Peruvian calendar, I will only have to do this once more because after 2012, the world will end. Thank god!!!
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