New Years Non-resolutions - Redux

Since we are still deeply engrossed in what is loosely referred to as the New Year, I’ve decided it’s time to “retire” some things...people...sayings...words...and habits. Generally speaking, anything I (we) don’t need in my (our) life any longer.

The items on this arbitrary list of the overused, the untimely, the out-of-date, and the downright silly are long overdue for a fling toward the circular file of life.

1. The word “dude”. Yesterday I heard it used at least a dozen times in one hour while in the company of a very young male friend of ours, and he was referring to a female friend.
2. George Bush. This can also be assumed here to represent most of our current foreign policy movers and shakers who seem now to appear “clueless”.
3. That nasty little secret habit Loretta and I have involving a product called “Swisher Sweets Little Cigars”.
4. Our dependence on foreign oil.
5. Winter. I used to love it. Loretta has always hated it. I want the warmth of the sun back!
6. Cheesewiz. More specifically, the Cheesewiz found in the pressurized spray can. It ain’t a cheese product folks.
7. Late Night Infomercials. More specifically, the ones claiming “You can make a million dollars just like I did”. They made the million dollars bilking unsuspecting insomniacs out of their $39.95.
8. Millionaires who tell you that money does not make you happy.
9. All T.V. reality shows NOT on the National Geographic channel.
10. Joan and Melissa Rivers. When was the last time you met anyone who is fan of or takes these two seriously.
11. Hip Hop songs whose words would make a sailor blush. On second thought, all Hip Hop music.
12. Having to look at body piercing and excessive tattooing on ugly people. There should be a Board of Tattoo and Body Piercing set up to approve or disapprove any of this on a person-by-person basis.
13. SPAM. Not the Hormel, meat-like gak in a can...the e-mail junk.
14. Hollywood News programs telling us about all those Hollywood bad boys and girls. Do you really have any sympathy for the Lindsay’s, the Paris’, the Downey Jr’s, and all the other 15-minute-famous, once-famous, once-rich, now-sad, in-therapy celebrities?
15. People who tell you to “...cheer up, look at the bright side, you could be dead..remember the movie Pollyanna?”

Yes, this list is arbitrary...unfocused...wandering...non-specific...improperly written...mundane...judgemental...stereotypic...trivial...and silly. With that in mind...

16. People who blog lists of things *of which they are sick*.