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1. Get to the cabin more often
2. Finish up some of the home projects that have been lingering (kitchen floor, bathroom, entry way)
3. More exercise less cocktailing.
4. Get to the Mill Ruins park for an outdoor concert.

Loose weight? Strap it down!

Oh, you meant lose weight...never mind. As you were.

A very Lebowskiesque observation, Rat.

Here's another: "They figured he was a lazy time wasting slacker. They were right."

No resolutions for me. It's hard to improve upon perfection.

HAHAHAHAHAHA! J/K.

There is wisdom in doing that.

My (our I hope) number one resolution is to have a party at our house. To do that would mean lot and lots of work on the house, including unpacking from when we moved in two years ago. Shelves will need to be built, a mantle purchased and installed, and some wall patching and painting.

My second resolution is to lose 100 or so pounds. That isn't going to be easy.

i resolve to dryhump more random strangers in the skyway than I did this year.

Resolve to get a job. And stop eating so much junk food (which allows me to keep eating junk food).

I resolve to become more ambidextrous.

I resolve to make up resolutions as needed throughout the year.

mnblrmrk, I hear you on that one. I hit 2k in 2007 and wanted to hit 3k this year. Maybe hit about half that. I'm going to have to start doing centuries this year to get where I want to be.

I resolve to become more ambidextrous.

You naughty little minx!

R you back home or still a broad?

Every year as I see my resolutions dissolve sooner and sooner, it occurs to me there's wisdom to resolving in retrospect. So, for 2008 I resolve to still spend much time on the Internet, buy a Wii, and write a book about snakes.

I hope those snakes were in their proper and natural environment, kurtis, that is to say, a plane.

Aww, thanks, Bob! And to think I (cheerfully) cursed your name as it appeared on your most recent press release :)

I blame yoga for a lot of things. My cheerful "who cares?" demeanor, my propensity to contort myself in darkened rooms with strangers.

Back to resolutions. I resolve to at least TRY to learn to count cards. I play enough that I really oughtta be better at that.

A couple months ago some total stranger gave me a really nice compliment and he clearly was not hitting on me (and because of that I decided to sleep with him)

A couple months ago some total stranger gave me a really nice compliment and he clearly was not hitting on me (and because of that I decided to sleep with him .. Or did I just dry hump him in the skyway?)

I've resolved to make no resolutions -- damn and I've already broken that one!

Bob, I'm only giving you money if you dance for it!

On a separate note, why the hell doesn't the rest of the world realize it's supposed to be lowkey and quiet the week between Christmas and NYE? I've been putting out fires all day!

Well, does one REALLY know anyone, Jane? Aren't we all strangers to each other in some way?

For you, CINF, I would dance like the Nicholas Bros!

Those brownies were for after work, Alie.

CINF, it's not just looks over here!

I know it's Bob's greatest desire...

I don't have resolutions so much as I have projects. Many many projects. I plan to finish my fake memoir in the new year. I have just written a bunch of songs and I am going to start performing them. I'm going on the Rocknrolla diet, which may the worst diet ever, and will blog about what a nightmarish experience that will be. I'll be writing a script for the Off-Leash Area again, this time for a main stage show. I plan to start a series of videos teaching people how to do new wave dances. And I hope to at least double the number of freaky three ways I had last year.

Heh, heh

Read more books.

Write more blog posts.

Be nicer.

Oh, I actually have a real resolution: Get into grad school. I want to have my application to the HHH MPA program (I love abbreviations!) done by the end of January. That way I can read bad thrillers and go biking until August when I move fully into not having a life for two years. But then I'll get to be a lobbyist and spend my days on the golf course drinking martinis with politicians. Hell. Yeah.

Oh, along with 'get in' to grad school, I'd also like to 'start' grad school.

But Max, if you're 19 again you won't be able to drink. Cuz it'll be against the law!

i resolve to no longer eat whole scabs.

g rote resolves to talk about himself in the 3rd person.

I resolved to be more sexy in 2008, but it was just an impossible task.

The Rat thinks he can make it a whole year without reading Sheletta.

The "not eating scabs" thing would go a long way toward bringing the sexy back.

I had a roommate who did the same diet, Alie. Eventually, his digestive system hardened like there was concrete in it. He would go into the bathroom early in the morning, scream for about 20 minutes, and then come out with the red eyes and puffy face of someone who has been crying for a while. Sometimes there were also fingernail marks embedded in his palms.

Enough coffee and cigarettes can take care of that too.

I meant this year. 2008.

Jane, I always looked at coffee and cigarettes as vitamins to supplement my beer/ramen/rice-a-roni diet.

You foolishy think me resolute and gentle.

Ack! For the New Year, I hope you learn how to spell "lose" vs. "loose". This is one of the things that drives me the most nuts about blogs, etc., SO many "writers" apparently have no idea of the difference in meaning/spelling between the two words. Thanks for listening to my lament!

A complaint is not a lament. A lament is a song or poem expressing lamentation. It's generally a good idea to use language correctly when you complain about someone else's misuse of language.

Stephen Fry's latest podcast is an excellent statement on being picky (or not) about language. I recommend it.

I can't wait to steal Kurtis' toast at midnight. thanks.

I see what you did there.

My resolution will be to only silently judge those who use bad grammar.

Oh, Bob, you big dummy! (kidding)

In honor of Sanford and Son, I should tip a glass of Champipple (champagne and Ripple) tonight.

I resolve to be a little less bitter this year, I suppose, along with the standard weight loss/eat better resolution I seem to have every year.

bob, where are you planning on going on your 'real' vacation?

I made that resolution last year. Best resolution I've ever made and Mexico was way the hell more fun than Houston or Iowa to see my family.

CINF...Have you considered the MAPL (Masters of Advocacy and Political Leadership) program at UMD? It's a 2 year Friday Saturday deal where you meet 11 times a semester and they provide transportation to Duluth and back and housing. A few of my friends have done this while working full time and seem to have benefitted greatly.