From revelry:
To those who made it to midnight on purpose to usher in the new year I salute you. To those who were forced to make it till midnight by merrymakers in your neighborhood ushering in the new year, I sympathize. And to those who were awakened from a sound sleep by neighborhood merrymakers ushering in the new year, I empathize.
to predictions,
I’m not making any more predictions because I just realized they’d be mostly pessimistic which somehow doesn’t seem appropriate for a New Year post. I’m still optimistic about some things but at my age it takes infinitely more effort to convince myself that logic and circumstance warrant such irrational exuberance. So I tend to conserve my optimism these days for really important stuff, like saving the world. [Relevant current article]
and resolutions:
Happy New Year everyone! We’ve made it through one Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Year.
I don’t know what year that last excerpt was from but I must say, it applies to 2022 as well.
When my eyesight improves I might just muster enough energy to make a couple of casual promises to myself.
Until then I wish you all a very happy and healthy New Year.
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