{"id":16483,"date":"2009-12-31T18:57:39","date_gmt":"2010-01-01T01:57:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2009\/12\/31\/happy-new-year.html"},"modified":"2009-12-31T18:58:03","modified_gmt":"2010-01-01T01:58:03","slug":"happy-new-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2009\/12\/31\/happy-new-year.html","title":{"rendered":"Happy New Year"},"content":{"rendered":"

Since I’m writing this on my Blackberry, I won’t write at length. <\/p>\n

This past year, 2009 has been long and stressful in many ways, but I remain blessed by a good job, a wonderful family (immediate and extended), fine friends, a nice house in an excellent state in a really good country (critiques notwithstanding).<\/p>\n

My life is rich. Even if it were better in some fashion, I’d still find things to bitch about. <\/p>\n

I’ll have to save the New Year’s Resolution retrospective until I have full keyboard and blog access. From what I recall, I’ve done better at some than others, with triumphs and tragedies (to be melodramatic) in most of them. <\/p>\n

Here’s hoping 2010 is even better, for me, my family, my friends, my country, my world, and my (as Asimov used to call them) Gentle Readers. May the New Year treat you all well. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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