For many, this is the last work day of the year! Hope 2017 has been good for you.
“Baby It’s Cold Outside”, the song has been recorded by several artists over the years, who had the original version in 1954? Dean Martin would be the first I was aware of, then Tom Jones in 1990 and numerous others over the years. Very true today, and will be applicable for several more days, if the weather folks are correct. Yesterday was brutal.
Discovered a quote by one of America’s greatest!
“The Seven Habits of Happy People”, a tweet by Warren Buffett;
1) Don’t show off
2) Talk less
3) Learn daily
4) Help less fortunate
5) Laugh more
6) Ignore nonsense
7) No entitlement
It’s the perfect time of the year if you are a football fan.
College bowl games are underway with some great games scheduled over the next few days.
And, the last regular season games of a controversial NFL season will be played this weekend. Playoffs begin the following week, with all participants hopeful of playing in the 2018 Super Bowl in Minneapolis, Mn. on February 18.
Bladen County high school basketball teams, are or have been participating in holiday tournaments. John Clark has results on our Sports page.
I am not a good online shopper. I prefer to see, touch, try-on, if clothing, and, if it isn’t what I want, put it all back in place and move on. Not so online, but, I realize, apparently I am in the minority. Nothing new!
A reminder that New Year’s Resolutions are due soon. Think I will just make a copy of last years. Little has changed.
Cheers to a new year and another chance for us to get it right. Oprah Winfrey
Write it on your heart that every day is the best day of the year. Ralph Waldo Emerson
The new year stands before us, like a chapter in a book, waiting to be written. We can help write that story by setting goals. Melody Beattie
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