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January 1st, 2008

New Year (2008)

new year cartoon

Don’t worry – I’m not here in person at 00.01 on January the 1st. This post is posted by the Autoblogger, specially activated ahead of time using a pulley and a very long piece of string.

Anyway – Happy New Year!

We are back from going to and going fro. A splendid time was had by all. Well, most. The cats probably didn’t enjoy spending Christmas in a cattery cage but they haven’t really told us about it out of, one assumes, politeness.

OK, resolutions. Last year I set my sights too high I think. This year I plan to draw more, put things away when I have finished with them, join an environmental organisation, do the bins the night before, cut dilly dallying by 12-15% and generally be a marginally better person. How about you?

Update: From Diamond Geezer – The hell that is central London on New Year’s eve.

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  1. Ann says:

    In case you did not get out to see the London 2007 fireworks – here they are.

    January 1st, 2008 at 12:58 am
  2. Arti says:

    I agree with the putting things away and cutting dilly dallying. If I made resolutions (which I don’t on principle)I’d go for those! 15% is probably a really good target level too!

    January 1st, 2008 at 1:07 pm
  3. Lesley_Redd says:

    Hi Dave. I’m going to try and lose another stone in weight. I’m not going for anything higher. Just one stone will suffice and then we’ll see where we get to from there.

    I’m also going to try and declutter.

    January 1st, 2008 at 1:09 pm
  4. Miffy says:

    Happy 2008 to you, too, oh Autoblogger. I was so inspired by your message that I’ve linked to it in my Greenpatches blog. Note the order of posting; you have been elevated above the Hairy One in order of precedence. :)
    http://feelinggreen.typepad.com/green_patches/2008/01/god-doesnt-do-1.html

    January 1st, 2008 at 1:12 pm
  5. Dave says:

    Thanks all – Happy New Year.

    We saw in the New Year in an obscure street in Grays. Enjoyed neighbours fireworks and the hooting horns from the tugs in Tilbury docks.

    January 1st, 2008 at 2:10 pm
  6. truthsign says:

    I highly recommend http://www.generous.org.uk as an environmental organization, if you are not already part of it (being a Greenbelty person you probably are). You can choose your own level of involvement.

    January 1st, 2008 at 6:10 pm
  7. Cosmo says:

    We visited my sister and her family over Christmas where they live in the east end of London. We watched the London fireworks on TV then opened the front door to listen to them a couple of seconds later.

    By the way, did anyone notice that the Jools Holland new year show was pre-recorded?! In disgust we turned it off and saw the new year in with a cup of tea.

    January 1st, 2008 at 11:29 pm
  8. Pax Vobiscum says:

    I just don’t get it. Would somebody please tell me what the point of all this new year razzamatazz is? You get an evening of constipated TV of the lowest common denominator and then, just when I’m trying to get a decent night’s sleep the whole world suddenly lets off bloomin’ loud fireworks. And then the phone rings, and it is never anyone we know. Why? Every year I find it utterly baffling, no more so than at the so-called ‘millennium’. It is just plain weird.

    January 2nd, 2008 at 8:50 am
  9. Russ says:

    I have made no resolutions at all this year, but hope to keep a slightly clearer in-tray, and would like to spend more time doing things than buying things.

    We watched the Jools Holland Hootenanay – my wife’s illusions were shattered when she discovered it wasn’t live. Some quality music, though.

    January 2nd, 2008 at 11:06 am
  10. Phelim McIntyre says:

    Seeing the New Year in with either a party or television!?! Not me. Some of us had to work on new Years day (stomps off mutteriing about mean employers then sticks head back in) Did people see the Christmas greeting to ex and current SPCK/SSG staff from the Vicar of Bagdad that I posted on the SPCK/SSG Bookshops on Radio 4 thread?

    January 2nd, 2008 at 11:56 am
  11. David Keen says:

    Happy New Year to you too Dave. My resolution in the new year is to put on a stone in weight. This has 2 advantages a) it’s more realistic than aiming to lose a stone b) If I fail I’ll be happy.

    January 2nd, 2008 at 12:26 pm
  12. Steve says:

    Where can we find this thread Phelim – can you please post the link?

    January 2nd, 2008 at 9:35 pm
  13. Phelim McIntyre says:

    Here’s the link to the Christmas Wish from Andrew White (Vicar of Bagdhad).

    Oh yes, two years ago when I met up with him (Dec 2006) just after the take over his comment on looking up a certain site was “The Lunatic Fringe”. As Andrew (when he is in the States) is a guest lecturer at Weaton College then he knows more than we think about the US Church.

    January 3rd, 2008 at 9:35 am
  14. Simone's Butterfly says:

    Happy New Year.

    Thank for sharing your talent with us.

    January 4th, 2008 at 1:48 pm