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New Year’s Eve, it’s such a tempestuous event. Loved so passionately by many, hated by perhaps as many others. And indeed basically ignored by a fair portion too.

All razzle, not a whole lot of dazzle

Underlying our conflicted emotions about NYE is the fact that it is the calendar equivalent of a cock-tease. The night that can promise so much and deliver so little.

Although I am not immune to it, I am still amused by the pressure the event seems to engender in many of us to be doing at least something, and if young and frisky to be doing something seriously cool, or at least something as good as all your friends, but preferably better.

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  • Al says:

    08:36am | 01/01/12

    Rudy, yes we can make al the important decisions like: To end our lives at a time of our choosing. To not buy into the myth that recycling paper helps the enviroment and choose not to recycle. To not have laws restricting the actions a person can take regarding their… Read more »

  • stephen says:

    12:32am | 01/01/12

    It was a ‘shameless tease’. Now it’s a tameless sleaze ... and, l-l-loving it. Yahooo…... Read more »

 

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