December 31, 2008

weird questions

The questions and comments that I hear this time of year sometimes boggle my mind.

"How was your Christmas?" I don't know what that means. Maybe the real question is "Did you get some good presents?" or "Did you get to see your family, and if so, was that a good thing?"

What about, "Have a happy new year!"? Is that like saying, "I hope your stay-up-until-midnight night goes well, and if the first day of the new year goes well too, that'd be great!"?

It's 20 minutes until the new year in Iowa, so happy new year (almost) to those of you in the Central time zone. We have an hour and 20 minutes, and we might not make it that late.

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