Dec 31, 2008

And we'll toast to the old days...

And Dimaggio too,
To Drysdale and Mantle
Whitey Ford and to you.


It's out with the old and in with the new. Yeah you're gonna lose that 20 pounds this year. You gonna start that novel that 's been rattling around your head all of your adult life . You gonna start looking forward and stop looking backward. Pray more. Laugh more; frown less. You're going to...change. And not a phony baloney Obamassiah kind of change, but instead, the real McCoy. An actual brunette to blond, fat to muscle metamorphosis. You've given up on Dickens and you've adopted Kafka. Or maybe the other way around. In any event, another year has flown by. With the new year you sense something big on the horizon. Something life altering. For you? For all of us? You pray that we'll all still be here healthy, happy and making the same tired and unfulfilled resolutions this time next year. You take inventory of your life and realize with profound reverence that life is good and that, despite your moments of doubt, the grace of God is enough to sustain you. Regardless of kings, queens or tyrants.

Happy New Year Blogosphere!


6 comments:

cube said...

How in the world did you know?

;-)

Hey, from your post to God's ear, right?

Wishing you and yours a Happy New Year.

Chuck said...

Happy New Year Larry

Z said...

what, are you in there rattling around in MY mind? YOU MUST BE.

(but Kafka TO Dickens..much better!)

Happy New Year...I love your comments at Chuck's, they always bring me back to you here and I'm never disappointed.

El Cerdo Ignatius said...

Happy New Year, everyone.

Anonymous said...

Ah great another Yankee fan. That make 2 of us on these blogs..lol

Thomas Lawrence said...

Thru My Eyes: As much as I hate to say it...I'm a Braves fan. But something tells me you are not alone in your love of the Bronx Bombers.

So here's a toast to Dimaggio, Mantle, Whitey Ford and to you.

PS. They should have kept Torre.