because the light is too intense."
--Bob Dylan
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Do you make new year resolutions? What goals have you resolved to do this year? Lose weight? Improve finances? Be more generous? Quit drinking? Learn a new skill or take up a new hobby?
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Four big stories in the news today, January 2, 2025:
New Orleans attack
Cybertruck explosion in Las Vegas
Puerto Rico power outage
and the looming debt ceiling.
Regarding the national debt: when will the leaders of this country seriously address this issue? For me, it's a bit like the Founding Fathers on the slavery issue. "We'll let the next generation deal with it." We all know how that turned out, a bloodbath known as the Civil War.
Regarding the power outage in Puerto Rico: This is another example ofwhy we can't take our electric grid for granted. There is no way we as a nation can meet our future power needs without nuclear energy. Our energy policies must be driven by reality-based common sense, not wishful thinking. Note: In Puerto Rico the temps are perpetually 70 to 90 degrees. Not so here in our frigid Northland. I really, really don't want our water pipes to freeze.
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In addition to watching or listening to music videos on YouTube, the music streaming service I use is Tidal. At the end of the month Tidal provides you with a recap of the top five artists you tuned in to. Here is my top 5 from January:
1. Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
2. Bob Dylan
3. Peter, Paul and Mary
4. Christian Lindberg
5. Gioachini (Antonio) Rossini
What artists have you been listening to?
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"Teach us to number our days,
that we may gain a heart of wisdom."
--Psalm 90:12
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