Misadventures of the Monster Librarian

What Are You Doing New Years Eve? sung by Zooey Deschanel and Joseph Gordon-Levitt So, what are your NYE plans? I will be ringing in another new year with two of my besties, their families, and a smattering of other friends, and ChicagoBoy--yep, he's actually coming up to Michigan! I'm excited that in just hours I will be seeing him!--Prairie Dawn says the person you kiss at midnight on NYE is supposed to be who you spend the rest of your life with; I definitely wouldn't go so far as to say that...I mean I love When Harry Met Sally and everything, but I also realize real life doesn't work like that! I'm definitely not over-thinking anything, I am just psyched to have someone to smooch as a new year rolls in! So, as you make last minute appetizers, or get dressed up to go out for a good meal or party with your friends, be safe and have a wonderful night! May 2014 be a year full of fun and fulfillment for you all. HAPPY NEW YEAR!

It seems like we love to review things: books, movies, restaurants, dates. I like to think it's something inherent in man; the first cavemen probably sat around and reviewed the first wheel, the wooly mammoths. Maybe it's because we want to look back and be appreciative of our time, cherish our memories; maybe it's just so we can rehash the good times, hope to hold onto those memories, or maybe we want to relive the bad stuff and be grateful that family, friends, a love pulled us up and out of ourselves; or maybe it's because we just hope to look back and be thankful that we made it out alive. Whatever the reason, I guess I can't break tradition. 2011 looked a lot like this: Got settled into my new digs, a cabin at the Farm (moved in last Christmas) A tree fell on my cabin . Moved in with B1& B2 Lots of firsts: I ate morel mushrooms; I made horseradish, I dug up potatoe s I gardened like a maniac!  I went to Jamaica and the U.S. Virgin Islands   My brot...

Helpful flow chart borrowed from  here . Anybody who's every gotten drunk more than a couple of times has a cure-all for hangovers. If you are planning on getting your party on this New Years' Eve, read this article first, or save the time, the point can be summed up as: "The best thing to do, besides avoiding getting drunk in the first place, is to eat a large, fatty meal beforehand, drink plenty of water during your escapades (a large glass after every alcoholic drink should do it), and eat right the next morning. Eggs are truly helpful because they have something called "cysteine," a substance that can break down the hangover-causing toxin acetaldehyde in the liver." --Kurt Michael Friese, Huff Post  Food 12/29/11 The greasy burger meal has always been a favorite amongst our crowd; water between drinks; and we always drink OJ as soon as we get up--I heard that booze deplets your body of Vit C--true or not, this trick has always worked for us! ...

I am still fumbling over what I want to say about another year coming to a close, until then, if I were eloquent or clever I would say something like this. "The New Year,"  Death Cab for Cutie So this is the new year. And I don't feel any different. The clanking of crystal Explosions off in the distance (in the distance). So this is the new year And I have no resolutions For self assigned penance For problems with easy solutions So everybody put your best suit or dress on Let's make believe that we are wealthy for just this once Lighting firecrackers off on the front lawn As thirty dialogues bleed into one I wish the world was flat like the old days Then I could travel just by folding a map No more airplanes, or speedtrains, or freeways There'd be no distance that can hold us back. There'd be no distance that could hold us back (x2) So this is the new year (x4)