What is it that makes people stay up until the wee hours of the morning one night out of the year? My primary objective in life is not to see how late I can stay up, but getting up in the morning.
If I can get up each morning, it is a major accomplishment that I should celebrate with eggs, bacon and a hot cup of coffee which is about all the celebrating I can handle.
Im not anxious to see someone drop the ball on New Years Eve. I do enough of that myself throughout the year and believe me, nobody cheers.
One thing I am most careful to do each New Years Day is make out my resolutions for the coming year. New Years resolutions represent one of the most ancient of human rituals. I say human rituals because it is not known whether the animal or plant world enjoy such exhilarating rituals. The evidence at this point in time is inclusive.
Perhaps Mark Twain was correct when he observed, humans are the only animals that blush or need to.
I have not always held such high and lofty views of the New Years resolution. Once, when I was young and did not know any better, I completely ignored this yearly ritual.
My good friend and mentor, the...