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Well today marks, what will no doubt be, the last forum of the year. It was, I think, a decent year for this journal. This entry marks the 44th of the year, and 145th overall. Though there were times that I tried, I still have no idea how people post more than once a week…as anyone who comes by this little site knows, it’s a very rare thing indeed, when I can find more that one thing to say over the course of seven days. Today at the mill, the decorations started to come down. The fake Christmas trees were dismantled and loaded into boxes, the swag and fake presents taken down and put away for another year. Here in the City of Destiny, the promised rumors of a post Christmas day snow have all but petered out, and though the sun was making it’s way over the mountain this morning on it’s way to what will no doubt be a beautiful clear day, I found myself wishing for those low hanging gray clouds, and the big white flakes they bring when it’s cold enough. I am looking forward to the retu...

10 things I will do to earn Christmas Spirit this year. (subject to change next year) 1.I will release all my anger, as it is poison and is actually a known Christmas Spirit repellent. 2.I will forgive people their stupidity, since being stupid is not a crime, just unfortunate. 3.I will forgive myself my own stupidity, we all have those moments in life...can't be helped. I will also refuse to rehash them over and over in my head, at least until New Years gives me some new ammunition. 4.I will Give. I'll give everything and anything I can think of. I will give without strings attached, without thought, without good reason. I will give time to someone who needs it, give hope to someone who's lost it --- give Taco's to someone who's hungry. Good tacos, not cheep lousy ones from places like Taco Bell, but really, really good tacos, the kind where the grease drips down your chin and the shell falls apart in your hands. 5.I will sing. Nothing can fill you up wi...