Overheard

• I dream of a new year when I'm not expected to be resilient.
• When I'm not exhausted by having to be strong.
• I want to be at ease.
• I want to be supported.
• I want something soft under me.
• I don't want to be patted on the back for how well I can take a hit.

Tonite's Tonite

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

i hope

BTW

Friday could be pretty fuckin' weird,

but then Monday could be

one for the all time books.

Today's Today

So I did my usual NYE thing last night - a coupla cocktails and Casablanca - even though I've got some kind of roaring cold going. About every 3 or 4 years, I get one of these whoppers and it seems to go on forever.

I'll spare you the details on quality and quantity of the various mucosal discharges, and just say, "Fuck, man - what a semi-shitty way to start the new year."

But y'know - I've had it worse, and there are people everywhere who'd trade places with me in a short New York minute. So I'm not going to bitch about it.

Besides, my Broncos beat the Chargers yesterday, so the world is a bit less fucked up right now.

Day 1

Good morning.

2022 was not great, but it was a damn sight better'n 2021, which was a shitload better'n 2020, which was a metric fuck ton better'n 2019, 2018, 2017, and 2016.

We'll have some pretty heavy GOP fuckery to contend with, but hey - Trump isn't president, and Reagan is still dead.

So we've got that going for us.

Tonite's Tonite

This was the year that was not the year

By Brian Bilston

This was the year that was not the year

I repaired the bathroom tap

and emptied out the kitchen drawer

of a lifetime’s worth of crap. 

This was the year that was not the year

in which I launched a new career. 

516 A West End hit eluded me 

as did Time Person of the Year. 

This was the year that was not the year

I became a household name. 

Action figures were not sold of me. 

I wasn’t made a dame. 

This was the year that was not the year 

I spent less time on my phone. 

Nights of passion did not happen

in boutique hotels in Rome. 

This was the year that was the year 

I didn’t get that much done – 

much the same as the year before, 

much like the one to come.

Predictions For 2023

Let's come back to check status on this one in about 8 months.

Let's Review

Trump lost. Jan6 was a coup.

BLM Summer was not the same as Jan6. Ashli Babbitt was no hero. Kyle Rittenhouse is a murderer. Women are not vessels.

Ukrainians are the good guys. We are a nation of immigrants. Love is love. The GOP is one big hot fucking mess. Democrats are delivering. Happy Holidays.

or Kwanzaa

or Hanukkah

or Solstice

or whatever the fuck turns your crank.

Today's Reddit

The kids are alright

Tonite's Tonite

We'll take a cup of kindness yet.

A New Year

It's understandable to think we're past the worst of it and that we can look forward to so much better in the coming year, but we might do better thinking 2020 was not some weird anomaly.

There's more than a fair probability that what happened last year was actually a glimpse of just how close to the abyss we're dancing.

So...

Year End

Another year when I'll make a point of staying up til midnight New Year's Eve just to watch the old year die.

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