Welcome 2005!

I am glad 2004 is over and done with. There is a certain psychological satisfaction in entering a new year. It is almost as if there really is a difference between Fri, Dec 31 and Sat, Jan 1, and that somehow the grime, bad karma, depression of the previous year will be washed away. It rained all day yesterday too. It was a persistent rain, on and on and on and on, like a little energizer bunny, hosing the old year out.

And in this light, new year resolutions for 2005:

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