Lists:Self-explanatory

Planck wrote:

“Children’s Authors Who Don’t Like Children
Beatrix Potter never had children, and perhaps for good reason. Neighbor Diana Wynne Jones recalls two young girls resting on the author’s fence one day. A minute later,“an old woman with a sack over her shoulders stormed out of the house and hit both of them for swinging on her gate,” Jones said “This was Beatrix Potter.”
Dr. Seuss never had kids, either. Apparently, children made him nervous, especially throngs of them.“Individually, I can handle them,” he once said.“But en masse…they terrify me.”
Fairy-tale creator Hans Christian Andersen hated it when children perched on his lap for story time. Poor Hans must have done a nice spin in his grave when his 8-ft. likeness was erected in New York City’s Central Park. It was purposely made for children to climb and sit on.
Maurice Sendak, the author and illustrator of Where the Wild Things Are, doesn’t limit his distaste to just children:“I hate people,” he told The New York Times in 2008, explaining that he much prefers dogs.”

I'm sooooo disillusioned! LOL

3 Weird Disasters Involving Food

The Food and Drug Administration has issued a number of dangerous food recalls in the last few years. But there was a time when food didn’t just attack us after we ingested it. Some foods just cut out the middleman and created wide-scale disasters without contaminating a single colon.
1. The Boston Molasses Flood of 1919
A 50-foot high tank of sweet syrupy goodness stood over the North End of Boston when the massive steel behemoth burst open on an unusually warm January afternoon and violently drizzled over everything in its path, killing 21 people. The viscous liquid created quite a disturbing sound as it coated two city blocks. A Boston Herald reporter described how the sweet syrup tidal waves created a “muffled roar [that] burst suddenly upon the air.” It also moved quite fast as it slithered through the town into a destructive fist that flipped houses and buildings, knocked over horses as if they were tasty slices of French toast and even smashed an elevated railroad structure “like an eggshell.” If you’re suddenly thinking about making an IHOP run, seek counseling immediately.

2. The London Beer Flood of 1814
In 1814, Meux’s Horse Shoe Brewery in London constructed a brewing vat that was 22 feet tall and 60 feet in diameter, with an interior big enough to seat 200 for dinner — which is exactly how its completion was celebrated.(Why 200? Because a rival had built a vat that seated 100, of course.)
After the dinner, the vat was filled to capacity. Unfortunately, they overlooked a faulty supporting hoop. Yup, the vat ruptured, causing other vats to break, and the resulting commotion was heard up to 5 miles away.
A wall of 1.3 million gallons of dark beer washed down the street, caving in two buildings and killing nine people by means of “drowning, injury, poisoning by the porter fumes, or drunkenness.”
The story gets even more unbelievable, though. Rescue attempts were blocked and delayed by the thousands who flocked to the area to drink directly off the road. And when survivors were finally brought to the hospital, the other patients became convinced from the smell that the hospital was serving beer to every ward except theirs. A riot broke out, and even more people were left injured.

3. The Wales Tapioca Freighter Time Bomb of 1972
Tapioca might sound like an innocent treat that’s the favorite of toothless infants and toothless elderly the world over, but the right conditions can turn it into a bulky ship destroyer. The crew of the Swiss freighter Cassarate were hauling 1,500 tons of the stuff when a fire started in some timber in the upper holds. The freighter docked in Cardiff, Wales, so firefighters could extinguish the blaze the crew had kept under control for more than 25 days. But the fire wasn’t the ship’s biggest problem. The water from the firefighter’s hoses seeped into the cargo hold, and the fire started cooking the tapioca. The food swelled to massive size and raised concerns that 500 truckloads of the dessert treat could buckle the ship’s supports and sink it. Fortunately, crews were able to stamp out the fire and cool down the pudding before it could do any real damage to the ship’s supports, the town’s docks or the crew’s blood sugar levels.

Little Golden Books That Never Made It

1. You Are Different and That's Bad

2. The Boy Who Died From Eating All His Vegetables

3. Dad's New Wife Robert

4. Fun four-letter Words to Know and Share

5. Hammers, Screwdrivers and Scissors: An I-Can-Do-It Book

6. The Kids' Guide to Hitchhiking

7. Kathy Was So Bad Her Mom Stopped Loving Her

8. Curious George and the High-Voltage Fence

9. All Cats Go to Hell

10. The Little Sissy Who Snitched

11. Some Kittens Can Fly

12. That's it, I'm Putting You Up for Adoption

13. Grandpa Gets a Casket

14. The Magic World Inside the Abandoned Refrigerator

15. Garfield Gets Feline Leukemia

16. The Pop-Up Book of Human Anatomy

17. Strangers Have the Best Candy

18. Whining, Kicking and Crying to Get Your Way

19. You Were an Accident

20. Things Rich Kids Have, But You Never Will

21. Pop! Goes The Hamster...And Other Great Microwave Games

22. The Man in the Moon Is Actually Satan

23. Your Nightmares Are Real

24. Where Would You Like to Be Buried?

25. Eggs, Toilet Paper, and Your School

26. Why Can't Mr. Fork and Ms. Electrical Outlet Be Friends?

27. Places Where Mommy and Daddy Hide Neat Things

28. Daddy Drinks Because You Cry

1.Life isn't fair, but it's still good.

2.When in doubt, just take the next small step.

3.Life is too short to waste time hating anyone.

4.Your job won't take care of you when you are sick. Your friends and parents will.Stay in touch.

5.Pay off your credit cards every month.

6.You don't have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.

7.Cry with someone. It's more healing than crying alone.

8.It's OK to get angry with God.. He can take it.

9.Save for retirement starting with your first paycheck.

10.When it comes to chocolate, resistance is futile.

11.It's OK to let your children see you cry.

12.Don't compare your life to others. You have no idea what their journey is all about.

13.If a relationship has to be a secret, you shouldn't be in it.

14.Everything can change in the blink of an eye. But don't worry; God never blinks.

15.Take a deep breath. It calms the mind.

16.Get rid of anything that isn't useful, beautiful or joyful.

17.Whatever doesn't kill you really does make you stronger.

18.It's never too late to have a happy childhood. But the second one is up to you and no one else.

19.When it comes to going after what you love in life, don't take no for an answer.

20.Burn the candles, use the nice sheets, wear the fancy lingerie. Don't save it for a special occasion. Today is special.

21.Over prepare, then go with the flow

22.Be eccentric now. Don't wait for old age to wear purple.

23.No one is in charge of your happiness but you.

24.Frame every so-called disaster with these words ''In five years, will this matter?".

25.Always choose life.

26.Forgive everyone everything.

27.What other people think of you is none of your business.

28.Time heals almost everything.. Give time, time.

29.However good or bad a situation is, it will change.

30.Don't take yourself so seriously. No one else does.

31.Believe in miracles.

32.God loves you because of who God is, not because of anything you did or didn't do.

33.Don't audit life. Show up and make the most of it now.

34.Growing old beats the alternative -- dying young.

35.Your children get only one childhood.

36.All that truly matters in the end is that you loved.

37.Get outside every day. Miracles are waiting everywhere.

38.If we all threw our problems in a pile and saw everyone else's, we'd grab ours back.

39.Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.

40.The best is yet to come.

41.No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.

42.Yield.

43.Life isn't tied with a bow, but it's still a gift.

I thought these bear repeating...

MERRY CHRISTMAS and a JOYOUS YULETIDE season to all!.....

Love, Light, Peace and Hope!
IRC

Effective Daily Affirmations

As I let go of my shoulds and feelings of guilt, I can get in touch with my Inner Sociopath.

I have the power to channel my imagination into ever-soaring levels of suspicion and paranoia.

I assume full responsibility for my actions, except the ones that are someone else's fault.

I no longer need to punish, deceive or compromise myself. Unless, of course, I want to stay employed.

In some cultures what I do would be considered normal.

Having control over myself is nearly as good as having control over others.

My intuition nearly makes up for my lack of good judgment.

I can change any thought that hurts into a reality that hurts even more.

I honor my personality flaws, for without them I would have no personality at all.

Joan of Arc heard voices too.

I am grateful that I am not as judgmental as all those censorious, self-righteous people around me.

I need not suffer in silence while I can still moan, whimper and complain.

As I learn the innermost secrets of the people around me, they reward me in many ways to keep me quiet.

When someone hurts me, forgiveness is cheaper than a lawsuit. But not nearly as gratifying.

The first step is to say nice things about myself. The second, to do nice things for myself. The third, to find someone to buy me nice things.

All of me is beautiful and valuable, even the ugly, stupid, and disgusting parts.

I am at one with my duality.

I will strive to live each day as if it were my 40th birthday.

Only a lack of imagination saves me from immobilizing myself with imaginary fears.

I honor and express all facets of my being, regardless of state and local laws.

Today I will gladly share my experience and advice, for there are no sweeter words than "I told you so."

False hope is nicer than no hope at all.

A good scapegoat is nearly as welcome as a solution to the problem.

Just for today, I will not sit in my living room all day watching TV. Instead I will move my TV into the bedroom.

Why should I waste my time reliving the past when I can spend it worrying about the future?

The complete lack of evidence is the surest sign that the conspiracy is working.

I am learning that criticism is not nearly as effective as sabotage.

Becoming aware of my character defects leads me to the next step - blaming my parents.

To have a successful relationship I must learn to make it look like I'm giving as much as I'm getting.

To understand all is to fear all.

Fifth Grade Assignment

Wouldn't this be great if it was taught in every school.



A fifth grade teacher in a Christian school asked her class to look

at TV commercials and see if they could use them in 20 ways

to communicate ideas about God.



Here are some of the results: scroll down.

God is like.
BAYER ASPIRIN
He works miracles.

God is like.
A FORD
He's got a better idea..

God is like.
COKE
He's the real thing.

(This is great)

God is like.
HALLMARK CARDS
He cares enough to send His very best.

God is like.
TIDE
He gets the stains out others leave behind...

God is like.
GENERAL ELECTRIC
He brings good things to life.

God is like.

WAL-MART
He has everything.

God is like.
ALKA-SELTZER
Try Him, you'll like Him

God is like.
SCOTCH TAPE
You can't see Him, but you know He's there.

God is like..
DELTA
He's ready when you are.

God is like.
ALLSTATE
You're in good hands with Him.

God is like.
VO-5 Hair Spray ;
He holds through all kinds of weather

God is like.
DIAL SOAP
Aren't you glad you have Him? Don't you wish everybody did?

(that one is my favorite)





God is like .
The U.S. POST OFFICE
Neither rain, nor snow, nor sleet nor ice will keep Him from

His appointed destination.



God is like.
Chevrolet....the heart beat of America

God is like
Maxwell House......
Good to the very last drop



God is like.
B o u n t y ....
He is the quicker picker upper.. Can handle the tough jobs...

And He won't fall apart on you

Top Mensa Pick Up Lines

"This is your brain. This is your brain on my naked thigh. Any questions?"

"Could you help me get this tie tack out of my hand?"

"Towards what end does a substantially empathetic demoiselle such as yourself inhabit a locus such as this?"

"What say we skip this nerd-fest and hit an all-night symposium on Euclidean Geometry?"

"Perchance, would you be inclined to participate, at my domicile, sans apparel, in a modicum of copulation?"

"It doesn't take a genius to see how gorgeous you are, but if it did, I'd be overqualified."

"You'll have to excuse me -- Your presence excites me beyond all capacity for cognitive discourse."

"Vini, Vici, Va-va-va-voom!"

"You must be tired, because you've been running quadratic equations through my mind all night."

"That tape on your glasses really sets off your eyes."

"According to Heisenberg's Uncertainty Principle of Quantum Mechanics, we may already be making love right now."

"If I were to mention to you that you have a bellus corpus, would you hold it against me?"

"I bet your brain stem reaches almost down to your gluteus maximus."

"Ooohh, your IQ is 145? I like 'em dumb and strong!"

"By visually measuring the wrinkles in the front of your pants, calculating your body mass based on your height and weight, and dividing that number by your waist size -- I conclude that you have absolutely nothing in your pocket and are, in fact, glad to see me."

"Baby, I'll have you barking like a *canis familiaris*."

Top 10 Signs You're Broke After Christmas

1. American Express calls and says; "Definitely leave home without it."
2. Your idea of a 7 course meal is taking a deep breath outside a restaurant.
3. You think of a lottery ticket as an investment.
4. You give blood everyday, just for the orange juice.
5. You finally clean your house, hoping to find loose change.
6. McDonalds supplies you with all your kitchen condiments.
7. Sally Struthers sends you food.
8. You go back for seconds at communion.
9. You've rolled so many pennies, you've formed a psychic bond with Abe Lincoln.
10. You rob Peter and then you rob Paul.







A HEALTHY LEVEL OF INSANITY

To Maintain A Healthy Level Of Insanity:

1. At Lunch Time, Sit In Your Parked Car With Sunglasses on and point a Hair Dryer At Passing Cars. See If They Slow Down.
2. Page Yourself Over The Intercom. Don't Disguise Your Voice!
3. Every Time Someone Asks You To Do Something, ask If They Want Fries with that.
4. Put Decaf In The Coffee Maker For 3 Weeks . Once Everyone has Gotten Over Their Caffeine Addictions, Switch to Espresso.
5. In the Memo Field Of All Your Checks, Write ' For Marijuana.
6. Skip down the hall Rather Than Walk and see how many looks you get.
7. Order a Diet Water whenever you go out to eat, with a serious face.
8. Specify That Your Drive-through Order Is 'To Go'.
9. Sing Along At The Opera.
10. Five Days In Advance, Tell Your Friends You Can't Attend Their Party Because You have a headache.
11. When The Money Comes Out The ATM, Scream 'I Won! I Won!'
12. When Leaving the Zoo, Start Running towards the Parking lot, Yelling 'Run For Your Lives! They're Loose!'
13. Tell Your Children Over Dinner,'Due To The Economy, We Are Going To Have To Let One Of You Go.'

And The Final Way To Keep A Healthy Level Of Insanity

14. PICK UP A BOX OF CONDOMS AT THE PHARMACY, GO TO THE COUNTER AND ASK WHERE THE FITTING ROOM IS.



It's Called...THERAPY , and lastly…

FORECAST FOR TONIGHT: DARK

HANDBOOK 2010

Health:

1. Drink plenty of water.
2. Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a
prince and dinner like a beggar.
3. Eat more foods that grow on trees and plants and eat less food that is manufactured in plants..
4. Live with the 3 E's -- Energy, Enthusiasm
and Empathy
5. Make time to pray.
6. Play more games
7. Read more books than you did in 2009.
8. Sit in silence for at least 10 minutes each
day
9. Sleep for 7 hours.
10. Take a 10-30 minutes walk daily. And while
you walk, smile.

Personality:

11. Don't compare your life to others. You have
no idea what their journey is all about.
12. Don't have negative thoughts or things
you cannot control. Instead invest your energy in the positive
present moment.
13. Don't over do. Keep your limits.
14. Don't take yourself so seriously. No one
else does.
15. Don't waste your precious energy on gossip.
16.Dream more while you are awake
17. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need..
18. Forget issues of the past. Don't remind
your partner with His/her mistakes of the past. That will ruin your present happiness.
19. Life is too short to waste time hating
anyone.Don't hate others.
20. Make peace with your past so it won't
spoil the present.
21. No one is in charge of your happiness except you.

22. Realize that life is a school and you are
here to learn. Problems are simply part of the curriculum that appear and fade away like algebra class but the lessons you learn will last a lifetime.
23. Smile and laugh more.
24. You don't have to win every argument.Agree to disagree...

Society:

25. Call your family often.
26. Each day give something good to others.
27. Forgive everyone for everything.
28. Spend time w/ people over the age of 70
& under the age of 6.
29. Try to make at least three people smile each day.

30. What other people think of you is none of
your business.
31. Your job won't take care of you when you
are sick. Your friends will. Stay in touch.

Life:

32. Do the right thing!
33. Get rid of anything that isn't useful,beautiful or joyful.
34. GOD heals everything.
35. However good or bad a situation is, it will
change..
36. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and
show up.
37. The best is yet to come..
38. When you awake alive in the morning, thank
GOD for it.
39. Your Inner most is always happy. So, be
happy.

A Dog's Rules For Christmas

1. Be especially patient with your humans during this time. They may appear to be more stressed-out than usual and they will appreciate long comforting dog leans.

2. They may come home with large bags of things they call gifts. Do not assume that all the gifts are yours.

3. Be tolerant if your humans put decorations on you. They seem to get some special kind of pleasure out of seeing how you look with fake antlers.

4. They may bring a large tree into the house and set it up in a prominent place and cover it with lights and decorations. Bizarre as this may seem to you, it is an important ritual for your humans, so there are some things you need to know:

a. Don't pee on the tree

b. Don't drink water in the container that holds the tree

c. Mind your tail when you are near the tree

d. If there are packages under the tree, even ones that smell interesting or that have your name on them, don't rip them open

e. Don't chew on the cord that runs from the funny-looking hole in the wall to the tree

5. Your humans may occasionally invite lots of strangers to come visit during this season. These parties can be lots of fun, but they also call for some discretion on your part:
a. Not all strangers appreciate kisses and leans

b. Don't eat off the buffet table

c. Beg for goodies subtly

d. Be pleasant, even if unknowing strangers sit on your sofa

e. Don't drink out of glasses that are left within your reach

6. Likewise, your humans may take you visiting. Here your manners will also be important:

a. Observe all the rules in #4 for trees that may be in other people's houses.(4a is particularly important)

b. Respect the territory of other animals that may live in the house

c. Tolerate children

d. Turn on your charm big time

7. A big man with a white beard and a very loud laugh may emerge from your fireplace in the middle of the night.
DON'T BITE HIM!!

The Top 12 New Year's Resolutions Made by Pets

12. Have a torrid one-night stand with a street mutt.

11. Try to understand that the cat is from Venus and I am from Mars.

10. I will no longer be beholden to the sound of the can opener.

9. Circulate petition that Leg Humping be a juried competition in major dog shows.

8. Call PETA and tell them what that surgical mask-wearing freak does to us when no one is around.

7. Take time from busy schedule to stop and smell the behinds.

6. Hamster: Don't let them figure out I'm just a rat on 'roids, or they'll flush my ass.

5. Always scoot before licking.

4. Grow opposable thumb; break into pantry; decide for MYSELF how much food is *too* much.

3. Get out of the castle more, maybe swim counter-clockwise this year.

2. January 1st: Kill the sock! Must kill the sock! January 2nd - December 31: Re-live victory over the sock.

and the Number 1 New Year's Resolutions Made by Pets...

1. I will NOT chase the damned stick unless I see it LEAVE HIS HAND.

After Christmas Organizing
Barbara Myers

The gifts have been opened. Leftovers chill in the fridge. Before you start focusing on the new year, try these tips to organize next Christmas.

1. Make a list of people who sent you Christmas cards. Add anyone else you'll send cards to next year. Input the list into your computer. Shop for cards at after Christmas sales.

2. Check your inventory of wrapping supplies. Buy them now at 70% off in most stores.

3. Make sure you have enough storage containers for all your decorations. Storage supplies go on sale every January.

4. Open your planner. Start a shopping list for next Christmas. List names. Shop or at least note gift ideas throughout the year.

5. Establish a budget for next Christmas. Include gifts, cards, postage, shipping costs, gift wrap, special meals, holiday clothing and baking supplies. Set up a savings account and arrange for monthly direct deposit.

6. Ask family members what were their favorite and least favorite activities this season. Make a note to focus on preferences and eliminate the least-liked next year.

7. Write Christmas goals in your planner for next year. For example, July 15th, complete gift list; October 15th, address cards; November 15th, finish shopping; December 8th, reward self with spa day.

Happy New Year - In Different Languages

Note: In some languages the accents are important, for example in Spanish you really do need the tilde over the 'n' in Año. Ano without a tilde, has the most unfortunate meaning happy new anus.


Afrikaans Gelukkige nuwe jaar

Arabic Sana Sa-eeda

Bengali Shuvo Nabo Barsho

Cambodian Soursdey Chhnam Tmei

Catalan Feliç Any Nou

Chinese (Mandarin) Xin Nian Kuai Le 謹 賀 新 年

Croatian Sretna Nova godina

Danish Godt Nytår

Dutch Gelukkig Nieuwjaar

Eskimo Kiortame pivdluaritlo

Esperanto Felican Novan Jaron

Finnish Onnellista Uutta Vuotta

French Bonne Année

Gaelic Bliadhna mhath ur

German Prosit Neujahr

Greek Kenourios Chronos

Hawaiian Hauoli Makahiki Hou

Hebrew L'Shannah Tovah

Hindi Naye Varsha Ki Shubhkamanyen

Hong Kong Sun Leen Fai Lok

Hungarian Boldog Ooy Ayvet

Indonesian Selamat Tahun Baru

Iranian Saleh now mobarak

Iraqi Sanah Jadidah

Irish Bliain nua fe mhaise dhuit

Italian Felice anno nuovo

Icelandic Farsælt komandi ár

Japanese Akimashite Omedetto Gozaimasu

Korean Saehae Bock Mani ba deu sei yo

Kurdish Newroz Pirozbe

Latvian Laimīgo Jauno Gadu!

Lithuanian Laimingu Naujuju Metu

Maltese Is Senat Tajba

Nepal Nawa Barsha ko Shuvakamana

Norwegian Godt Nyttår

Papua New Guinea Nupela yia i go long yu

Persian Saleh now ra tabrik migouyam

Philippines Manigong Bagong Taon

Polish Szczesliwego Nowego Roku

Portuguese Feliz Ano Novo

Punjabi Nave sal di mubarak

Romanian An Nou Fericit

Russian С Но&#10 74;ым Го&#10 76;ом (S Novim Godom)

Samoa Manuia le Tausaga Fou

Serbo-Croatian Sretna nova godina

Slovak A stastlivy Novy Rok

Slovenian Sreèno novo leto

Somali Iyo Sanad Cusub Oo Fiican

Spanish Féliz Año Nuevo

Swahili Heri Za Mwaka Mpyaº

Swedish Gott nytt år!

Sudanese Warsa Enggal

Tamil Eniya Puthandu Nalvazhthukkal

Thai Sawadee Pee Mai

Turkish Yeni Yiliniz Kutlu Olsun

Ukrainian С Но&#10 74;ым Го&#10 76;ом Z novym rokom

Urdu Naya Saal Mubbarak Ho

Vietnamese Chuc Mung Tan Nien

Welsh Blwyddyn Newydd Dda

Yukpa, Nitak Hollo Chito!!!!!

"New Year's Eve, where auld acquaintance be forgot. Unless, of course, those tests come back positive."
- Jay Leno .
"An optimist stays up until midnight to see the New Year in. A pessimist stays up to make sure the old year leaves."
- Bill Vaughan .
"New Year's Day is every man's birthday."
- Charles Lamb .
I'm a little bit older, a little bit wiser, a little bit rounder, but still none the wiser.
- Robert Paul
.
"Youth is when you're allowed to stay up late on New Year's Eve. Middle age is when you're forced to."
- Bill Vaughan .
"Never tell your resolution beforehand, or it's twice as onerous a duty."
- John Selden .
"For last year's words belong to last year's language
And next year's words await another voice.
And to make an end is to make a beginning."
- T. S. Eliot , Little Gidding.
"No one ever regarded the First of January with indifference. It is that from which all date their time, and count upon what is left. It is the nativity of our common Adam."
- Charles Lamb .
"The merry year is born
Like the bright berry from the naked thorn."
- Hartley Coleridge .

continued below..

"Drop the last year into the silent limbo of the past. Let it go, for it was imperfect, and thank God that it can go."
- Brooks Atkinson .
New Year's eve is like every other night; there is no pause in the march of the universe, no breathless moment of silence among created things that the passage of another twelve months may be noted; and yet no man has quite the same thoughts this evening that come with the coming of darkness on other nights.
- Hamilton Wright Mabie .
Ring out the old, ring in the new,
Ring, happy bells, across the snow:
The year is going, let him go;
Ring out the false, ring in the true.
- Lord Tennyson .
"A New Year's resolution is something that goes in one Year and out the other."
- Unknown .
"Every man should be born again on the first day of January. Start with a fresh page. Take up one hole more in the buckle if necessary, or let down one, according to circumstances; but on the first of January let every man gird himself once more, with his face to the front, and take no interest in the things that were and are past."
- Henry Ward Beecher .
"Yesterday, everybody smoked his last cigar, took his last drink and swore his last oath. Today, we are a pious and exemplary community. Thirty days from now, we shall have cast our reformation to the winds and gone to cutting our ancient shortcomings considerably shorter than ever."
- Mark Twain .
Year's end is neither an end nor a beginning but a going on, with all the wisdom that experience can instill in us.
- Hal Borland .
"The object of a new year is not that we should have a new year. It is that we should have a new soul."
- G. K. Chesterton .
"Many people look forward to the new year for a new start on old habits."
- Unknown .
"Time has no divisions to mark its passage, there is never a thunder-storm or blare of trumpets to announce the beginning of a new month or year. Even when a new century begins it is only we mortals who ring bells and fire off pistols."
- Thomas Mann
The new year begins in a snow-storm of white vows.
- George William Curtis .
The Old Year has gone. Let the dead past bury its own dead. The New Year has taken possession of the clock of time. All hail the duties and possibilities of the coming twelve months !
- Edward Payson Powell .
The proper behavior all through the holiday season is to be drunk. This drunkenness culminates on New Year's Eve, when you get so drunk you kiss the person you're married to.
- P.J. O'Rourke .
I do think New Year's resolutions can't technically be expected to begin on New Year's Day, don't you ? Since, because it's an extension of New Year's Eve, smokers are already on a smoking roll and cannot be expected to stop abruptly on the stroke of midnight with so much nicotine in the system. Also dieting on New Year's Day isn't a good idea as you can't eat rationally but really need to be free to consume whatever is necessary, moment by moment, in order to ease your hangover. I think it would be much more sensible if resolutions began generally on January the second.
- Helen Fielding , Bridget Jones's Diary.

Computer New Year's Resolutions

1. I will try to figure out why I "really" need 12 e-mail addresses.

2. I will stop sending e-mail to my husband (wife). A phone call every now and then would be appreciated.

3. I resolve to work with neglected children -- my own.

4. I will answer my snail mail with the same enthusiasm with which I answer my e-mail.

5. I will stop sending e-mail, ICQ, Instant Messages and be on the phone at the same time with the same person.

6. I resolve to back up my 12 GB hard drive daily...well, once a week...okay, monthly then...or maybe... at least once a year.

7. I will spend less than one hour a day on the Internet. This, of course, will be hard to estimate since I'm not a clock watcher.

8. I will stop checking my e-mail at 3:00 in the morning... 4:30 is much more practical since my friends overseas already had time to answer me by then.

9. When I hear a funny joke I will not reply, "LOL... LOL!"

10. I will read the manual... just as soon as I can find it.

11. I will think of a password other than "password."

12. I resolve... I resolve to... I resolve to, uh... I resolve to, uh, get my, er... I resolve to, uh, get my, er, off-line work done, too!

IReality Check wrote:

Yukpa, Nitak Hollo Chito!!!!!

Chahta imanumpa ish anumpola hinla ho?