{"id":26332,"date":"2017-01-02T17:40:29","date_gmt":"2017-01-02T17:40:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/itsnotaboutme.tv\/news\/?p=26332"},"modified":"2018-12-28T19:20:18","modified_gmt":"2018-12-28T19:20:18","slug":"holiday-happy-new-year-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itsnotaboutme.tv\/news\/holiday-happy-new-year-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"HOLIDAY: HAPPY NEW YEAR 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2017<\/h1>\n

Unfortunately, 2016 ended with more for most of us to be depressed about than all the other years in recent memory. No event was moreso than the phony election results, which gave us the oldest, dumbest, most evil, most ignorant, most dangerous fool of a United States President in history! Just when we\u2019re supposed to be advancing in life, we\u2019ve gone all the way back to slavery and Nazis! What a supreme shame.<\/p>\n

This country has been in a national funk since the night of November 8th, and then things got progressively worse. The world lost so many famous people last year, especially at the end. By the middle of this week, half of my last eight columns will have been Rest In Peace tributes to the ones I knew! That\u2019s a very sad record.<\/p>\n

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A subtle reminder of how delicate life is.<\/p><\/div>\n

In this one year, we lost (to name only a very few,) Muhammad Ali, Prince, David Bowie, Gene Wilder, Florence Henderson, Garry Shandling, Alan Thicke, Doris Roberts, Glenn Frey, Jose Fernandez, Patty Duke, Ken Howard, Carrie Fisher, Debbie Reynolds, and, of course, Zsa Zsa Gabor.<\/p>\n

But the saddest to me is young Anton Yelchin, whose horrific death at the hands of his defective Jeep was beyond senseless.<\/p>\n

Even New York\u2019s iconic Carnegie Deli closed this week-end, after eight decades of existence! What was up with these past twelve months???<\/p>\n

But I had wanted to be bringing the room up here, because…it\u2019s 2017!!! So, let\u2019s hope for a wonderful year! Maybe if we concentrate on positivity en masse, we can deflect all the new horrors that are sure to be foisted on us by this insane administration, and the rest of us can create change for the good.<\/p>\n

[Note: I\u2019m surprising even myself that I can’t stop being upset about the election. I\u2019ve never been particularly political, but this one was different, on so many levels. And that it was corrupted by Russia, which appears to be a power for evil once again, and also voted on by people who showed themselves for the bigots they are, just chaps my hide, and I\u2019m finding it hard to move past it. But I promise you that I do<\/em> keep trying.]<\/p>\n

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And a subtle reminder that my birthday is coming up on January 14th!<\/p><\/div>\n

So, let’s try to move ahead on a positive note, and try to find some things to be happy for in the coming year. Like, my upcoming birthday, for instance! It\u2019s less than two weeks away, on January 14th. Getting older is never any fun, (unless you\u2019re a teen-ager, who cannot wait to grow-up,) but just being alive, especially after the past year\u2019s losses, is indeed a major cause for celebration!<\/p>\n

I usually use this space to recount my blessings, and to remind you to do the same. (Not for you to recount mine<\/em>, of course, but your own.) I think I\u2019ll just do that privately this year, and here\u2019s why: I just read those happy moments of a friend on Facebook, and was thrilled for her that she had so many fun times last year. But then I remembered that I always read reports that say reading about other people\u2019s happiness on social media often sends someone into a depression, and I would not want my glamorous life to do that to anyone. So, let\u2019s just say that I have lots to be grateful for, and, just like everyone else, I also have my own private anguishes. In other words, I\u2019m human.<\/p>\n

\"c1agjpcxuaawcrn\"<\/a>I just hope that all of your years are filled with many more joys than sorrows, and I hope that we can all work together to make this one the best it can be.<\/p>\n

And, when I blow out my birthday candles in twelve days, when I make my usual joke about wishing for world peace, this time, I will absolutely<\/em> be meaning it, with all my heart!<\/p>\n

Happy 2017!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

HAPPY NEW YEAR 2017 Unfortunately, 2016 ended with more for most of us to be depressed about than all the other years in recent memory. No event was moreso than the phony election results, which gave us the oldest, dumbest, most evil, most ignorant, most dangerous fool of a United States President in history! Just<\/p>\n

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