On 30/12/20 17:42, James wrote:
> On 30 Dec 2020,
jbjam...@gmail.com grabbed a Big Chief[tm] tablet,
> scooped up some crayons, and scribbled the following in
> alt.tv.farscape:
>
>> A happy and hopefully less erratic one than the train wreck that
>> was 2020. A pandemic, a Hitlerian[1] president who wouldn't
>> relinquish power, the increasingly silly social practices of our
>> culture, other things too many to enumerate here - may the coming
>> year give us a return to -- well, since everything eventually
>> changes, "normalcy" seems not quite precise. Let us instead make
>> this toast: "To the year ahead, may we grow as individuals,
>> appreciating those things and persons with which we have been
>> gifted, and encourage and support others to similarly appreciate
>> their gifts. May we not forget this past year but rather take from
>> it what lessons there may be which will help us avoid any mistakes
>> or errors in judgment as we move forward."
>>
>> *CLINK* #SLURP#
>>
>> Well, that's over with. Someone (other than me) needs to see about
>> cleaning all this up.
>
> [1] This term, while many would consider it to be pejorative, is
> actually intended as a factual adjective. When you examine many
> of Adolph Hitler's actions and attitudes, you will see very uncanny
> similarities with those of our outgoing president.
>