Remember, click on the 'toon to enlarge it.Thought for the day: As I was surfing, I wandered across a blog implying that America was somehow selfish for celebrating the New Year at midnight, while in parts of the world the New Year hasn't arrived yet.
It was as if this self-righteous complainant was picturing Americans sitting about, still breathless from dancing and hoisting a decadent glass of champagne, chortling "Ha ha! It is New Years here already, which simply enforces America's vast superiority over the world! What sort of losers don't have a New Year of their own already?"
No, I honestly don't remember which blog it was.
So, this morning I'm going to help everyone out by making a New Year's Resolution for this person(s): For 2006, I do solemnly resolve to lighten up and stop trying to find something to complain about. If I feel the need to start complaining over nothing again, I will start looking a little closer to home. Or put my energy into figuring out how they make perfectly round nonpareils.
Happy New Year, one and all!
25 comments:
Good morning Saur. Don't tell me you are STILL up. Actually I would rather you be still up than have woken up before 6am.
In response to your post, I think I will celebrate the New Year at 11pm for 2007!
Happy New Year! I ADORE Bloom County.
A good, worthy resolution!
Happy new year to you too, Saur.
Actually, everyone else starts celebrating New Year before us. We are, in this situation, behind!
May you have a great year!!
I've always wondered about those nonpariels myself. Darn it, now I'll be rolling that around in my head all day! Came here from FTS.
I'm so glad FTS picked you as our spotlight this week,I don't often comment here, but I love your stuff. Why isn't someone screaming about Australia celebrating New Years a full day ahead of everyone else....do these nutso liberals now want to change the time zones so we are all on equal footing? Good Lord what will they think of next?
So, they don't celebrate in Paris, Rome, London, Venice, at midnight THEIR time? Coulda fooled me!
tsb, who says it's the LIBERALS who want to "change the time zones"? I'm a liberal. I ain't nutso, and I never thought once about such silliness. Maybe it was those nutso rightwingers?
FTS sent me, though I think the postage was insufficient. Eh.
Interesting. Hadn't heard that some malcontent chip-on-the-shoulder whiner thought we -- America -- were selfish for how we celebrate the New Year.
Pathetic is as pathetic whines.
Happy New Year.
Saur: Really, now, doesn't it hack you off to know that Australia gets to celebrate the New Year A WHOLE DAY ahead of us 'Mericans?
Effing Aussies....
Well really, I'm offended that the east coast gets to celebrate the new year a whole 3 hours before those of us on the west coast get to. Are we the bastard children of the U.S.? WE don't get to see the ball drop when it really drops... Sheesh. Now I feel so...so...LEFT BEHIND!!!
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Got here via FTS, glad I did!
Good for your Saurkraut... make a resolution for the poor whiner who obviously has no live other than to sit around and complain about the time and the revolution of the earth. Sorry, no boo hoo moments from me on that one... although those non-pereils are a tricky little number to put together.
Ellen, I want a view inside the nonpareil factory!!!
Thumper, Thanks for stopping by! I'd never considered that... It's East Coast Vs. West Coast! Hey, that sounds like a rapper rumble... bring it on, West Coast! Hang on, where's that switchblade...?
Old Hoss, those Aussies always think they've got it all over us! I'm boycotting Outback!
Skunkfeathers, Thanks for stopping by! Well, there are nuts all over the place, of course, and the internet fosters them like blue cheese fosters mold.
TLP, yeah, nutsos come in all varieties, don't they?
TSP, thanks for stopping by! How nice to know you've been here before. I'm glad you like it! You and Old Hoss pointed out the Aussie dilemma. I think we need to boycott the Outback because of it.
FTS, thanks for the hoo-rah! How nice to meet some of your more avid readers!
Jules, Thanks for stopping by! Once you start thinking about it, you gotta ask: how??? See how addicting it is? Maybe there are tiny little nonpareil fairies that work all night on them.
Barbara, Happy New Year to you, and your family!
Miss Cellania, Thanks for stopping by! I loved the old Bloom County. It's almost impossible to find anything of that quality now... but Get Fuzzy comes close at times.
Michelle, well... we planned on living rioteously but all we did was go out to dinner, flirt with each other, and go home. No drinking, no dancing, but no hangovers and no sore feet! ;o)
well..Kid 1 played on the computer, new game. Kid 2 went to bed at 8pm. Hubby did yard work until 11pm. I watched New Year's Rockin Eve. I hate Mariah Carey.
You're talking about taking our one right that we have as "women"-----complaining. Oh come on----we have to complain, it's in our nature! I forbid you to do this! hehe!
Hey---thanks for nominating me---that was really cool of you to even consider me on that list.
I wish you a Happy New Year!!! I am off to the bar to celebrate "today", and NOT midnight!
Ciao for now! ((hugs))
Deb! How'd you know? You definately were worth nominating, though! Have fun!!!
Michelle, sounds like you were more wild than *I* was! ;o) Yardwork till 11??? Yeesh! That takes some kind of stamina!
I hate Mariah Carey too. And I felt really bad for Dick Clark. He was obviously struggling with his speech.
Yeah, I was noticing last night that most of the world's time is ahead of us.
After reading your review, I'm going to add Eats Shoots and Leaves to my list of books I need to buy for myself! There is probably a great deal on half.com.
Hear, hear. I with ya.
Happy New Year!! Hope your funny walk is better (hee, hee) ;-)
Happy New Year Saur!
Love the new design!
Yo Boo,
Word up sister. Phat post. Dem cold foreigners need to marinate. Probably best to step off.
Gone get loose, don’t be shy. All that Mermaid is fly, she’s still my dog. I’m pimpin without a Caddy.
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Haha... there are some pretty wierdly opintionated people out there... usually I can be understanding and accepting of other views, but c'mon now! That's just plain dumb.
Oh and Happy New Year!
Greetings from a fellow Floridian! I think we can all rest easy now that it's safely 2006 in ALL parts of the world. ;)
FTS sent me and I'm glad he did. I'll be back.
Suzie, ah why not? Rant on! The rest of us do! ;o) Welcome to the blog! I've seen you at the Joes!
Brianne, it takes all kinds, doens't it?
Monique, Always nice to meet a fellow Floridian! Here we are in day two already. One of my friends had a very rotten day yesterday, and I spent half the day trying to convince her that it wasn't setting the tone for the rest of the year. I hope today is good to her... *knock on wood*
Anon/Mr. Gator, I see you peeking out, dear. ;o)
Eddo, and to you, too! Glad you like the design! Coming from an expert, that's high praise!
MommaK, *LOL* And to you, too!
Bryan, welcome, and Happy New Year!
Jenn, you just taught me something, thank you! I'd never heard of half.com before!
Always Questioning, hi hon! Welcome back! Yeah, I heard that a lot about Dick Clark. Hopefully they'll retire the poor guy this year.
Happy New Year!!! I'm in the part of town that celebrates New Year's 3 days late! :)
If you want to, send me your background and I can see if I can make it less choppy(I saw your post on postednote, didn't want to thread jack) I can't promise you anything but I can try! :)
All right. I'm getting sick of all foreigners. I say nuke the rest of the world and just let America stand alone. It would be better that way. The rest of the world are unappreciative whiners.
Of course, I'm joking. Or maybe not. ;)
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