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Seriously.
I mean, tributes are nice, but I’d prefer less occasion for them.
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I’m not going to tempt fate by expressing any certainty over 2017; I’ll merely wish for a much better and kinder year for all.
Likewise, no optimistically extravagant promises for the coming twelve months, just a hope that things will be easier and more productive. Thank you to our visitors for your support and input, it is greatly appreciated.
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#1 by Alaric on December 31, 2016 - 6:39 pm
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Thank you, O Dweller in the (Very Near) Future, for once again ushering in the new year for those of us living hours in your past. It’s been a very difficult year for many of us- to top it off, after everything else, one of my cats died yesterday (she had been diagnosed with stomach cancer several weeks ago, and, despite her valiant attempts to live her normal life, it had become obvious that it was time to say goodbye yesterday- she was only 9 years old), and, frankly, I’m worried about the coming year, but a little ceremonial rebirth should be good for all of us. I wish you, the other B-Masters, and anyone else who reads this a happy new year.
#2 by lyzard on December 31, 2016 - 6:44 pm
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Oh, Alaric, I’m so sorry!
It’s been a shocking year in so many ways. I keep beginning to remark that surely things have to get better, before realising I should just shut my big mouth… But we can hope! Thank you for the good wishes. 🙂
#3 by The Rev. on January 1, 2017 - 1:09 am
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As always, a Happy New Year to all of you wonderful people here. I hope this year is better by a fair margin for all and sundry.
I won’t be holding my breath, though.
And seriously, fuck 2016.
#4 by blake on January 5, 2017 - 6:29 pm
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Happy New Year to all!
I hope I can be better at posting here than I have been the last two or three years. But I still visit this place daily, you can be sure of that.
#5 by Possum TV on January 1, 2017 - 4:12 am
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Not sure if you guys have seen this but someone on Youtube did the trailer to the B-grade horror movie that was 2016:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z04M6NhkIKk
#6 by goddessoftransitory on January 1, 2017 - 12:22 pm
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Girl, I feel you.
2016, enjoy your unmarked grave, knowing that nobody loved you.
#7 by Richard on January 3, 2017 - 8:32 am
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Oh come on….
Leicester City won the Premier League.
The Olympics were pretty good.
The Cubs won the World Series
Bob Dylan won the Nobel Prize for Literature.
That’s got to be good for something, right?
#8 by blake on January 5, 2017 - 6:28 pm
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Plus…In 2016:
1. Giant Pandas were removed from the endangered species list;
2. The Ebola Epidemic was declared over by the WHO;
3. Several world health problems, like colon cancer, dementia and hip fractures, have continued their steep decline;
4. The Americas were declared completely free from measles;
5. The world terror index declared that the number of deaths from acts of terrorism declined by 10%;
6. Acidic pollution levels returned to almost 1930 levels;
7. CO2 levels are flat for the third straight year;
8. Maternal deaths have declined by almost half since 1990;
9. Peace in Colombia now mean that the Americas are the Continents of Peace;
10. Current wars are one-quarter as deadly as the wars in the 1980s;
11. Malaria deaths are down by 60% since the year 2000;
12. 100 million people rose out of extreme poverty.