Not a List of New Year's Resolutions

I had a nice long post all about my New Year's resolutions for 2006 95% complete. But I got so annoyed at the whole list and all that thinking about what needed improving in myself and my life that I deleted the whole thing.

I bet you’re happy about that! That’s one less tedious list of something or the other to read through.

What is it about the end of a year or decade or century that makes people want to make lists of everything?

I went through yesterday’s Globe and Mail and also another daily paper this morning and it was one list after another through both papers. Newsmakers of the year (I had completely forgotten about most of them.) Election campaign what’s hot and what’s not hot (I have noticed that the same items and/or people seem to appear frequently on this weekly list, they just keep changing sides from hot to not hot and visa versa.) Most memorable quotes by otherwise forgettable people. Funniest jokes by late night talk show hosts. All the shooting incidents in the last 30 days. Best stocks. Worst stocks. 10 tedious things talked about by a columnist during the year. A review of last year’s (mostly wrong) predictions. Predictions for next year (you would think after last year’s list that they would know better.) Ways to cure a hangover. The trendiest beverages to drink to acquire a hangover. Hottest TV shows (most of which I have never seen.) A list of celebrities who are famous for no other reason than they end up on a lot of lists.

The whole point is that I am not making another list for you to read today.

But I am researching a number of potential topics for future posts. E.g., The birds who visit my feeder in the winter. 10 ways to make more money with less effort on eBay. Potential causes for the defective sound coming out of my computer’s speakers. Best podcasts I have subscribed to. Why I bought each one of the stocks I hold. And more…

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