ring in the new

Jan 01 2006 12:00 AM filed in: life in general

New Year's Eve is always a time of reflection for me...and upon reflection I have to say that 2005 was a pretty shitty year. In fact, it was a completely shitty year; it started off shitty, and it didn't get any less shitty as it went along.

At the end of the day, though, I know I am truly fortunate. At Christmas I saw a billboard at a roadside stand that read: "No man is a failure who has friends" - the inscription Clarence leaves for George Bailey in It's a Wonderful Life. At the end of that film, after he's been to hell and back, George's life is changed by the love of his friends - and he realizes the many ways his love for them has changed theirs, too. read more...

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