Our New Year’s resolutions

Published 10:58 pm Tuesday, December 30, 2008

We’ll take a cup of kindness yet: The Buzz is jotting down our new year’s resolutions, with some prodding from today’s news.

And a glass of pinot noir: The one bright spot in the state revenue picture in 2008 was receipts from state liquor stores, which increased 6 percent over the previous year. The Buzz resolves to continue to contribute fully to the state coffers and stands at the ready with a corkscrew.

Whiskers on kittens: A Zogby poll says that at the stroke of midnight tonight, more of us will kiss a pet to ring in the new year than a fellow human. The Buzz resolves to kiss more animals in the new year, and further resolves that this time we’ll ask their owners.

You’re a mean one, Mr. Greenwich: The world’s timekeepers at the Royal Observatory at Greenwich, England, say that a leap second will be tacked on to 2008 to keep everyone’s digital watches aligned with a slight slowing in the Earth’s rotation. The Buzz resolves to use that extra second well, and not to waste it on meaningless pursuits and needless drivel. Oops. Too late.