January 1st - What's in a name

Dec 29, 2005 13:33

I've seen a lot of "end-of-year" posts cropping up lately. This is not one of them. Instead, I'm going to rant on why I'm not doing one ( Read more... )

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singingnettle December 30 2005, 01:46:28 UTC
I avoid the whole mess by simply ignoring the New Year except as a day to sleep late after, hopefully, having gone to a pary. I don't get resolutions, either; as they say on Passover, Why is this night different from all other nights? Answer: It's not.

Except that it's as good a placeholder as any for folks who like having an endpoint on which they can assess the recent past or reboot.

You could just as well pick March 3 or September 15 or whatever. Humans make patterns and rules; it's just how our brains are structured. The universe chugs on pretty much oblivous.

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qweeeejk December 30 2005, 04:59:17 UTC
I'd love to come, but I don't have a thing to wear…

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A ramble for a ramble qweeeejk December 30 2005, 05:37:37 UTC
I read this this afternoon, and it's tangentially relevant, so I figured whet the heck, I'd type it in in between hands. Maybe it helped, maybe it didn't, but I'm up 12 bucks in the last half-hour ( ... )

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