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Happy New Year to all my readers.
No resolutions here. Resolutions are such a waste of energy. Time would be better spent demanding the treasury figure out where all my bail-out money went, because they don’t appear to know. Better spent answering the question asked of me recently, “have you ever loved anyone to [...]

My “it’s a new year” post will have to wait. I wanted to post on the first day of the year. I didn’t quite make it, so all the “best of’s” and resolutions will have to wait until next year because it’s Old School Friday. This week it’s “blogger’s choice”.
Dusty Springfield cover of Lesley [...]

The Final Countdown

Welcome to the final countdown.
My first auto post on this blog. Fingers crossed.This should post prior to midnight my time.
I wish for you
the best,
my friends
to you
at midnight
plus one second,
happy new
year
thank you for being here
Couldn’t decide which version of “Final Countdown” to post, so on New Years Eve my only excess will [...]

I wanted to wish you a “happy few days before New Years” in case I fail to make it back here until next year. It’s unlikely, but you never know. I have some blog reading
to catch up on. I’ve had a bit of a respite and even though I’m working while on break I feel [...]

I’ve made it through a lovely few days with no news or television. Tons of conversation and good cheer only, a calming experience which even the obligation to work didn’t dampen.
Preferring to learn even on my time off from official academia I was able to fulfill my off-time learning quota while sipping Pinot Grigio and [...]