It looks like my dance card is open for both for the first time in a long time. My NYD crew, which had been a staple for at least a decade, is crumbling this year. One friend has been out of a job for a while and has to work that day. Another just got divorced and has the kids. A third wasn't sure he can make it and he always drives a fourth guy. Its kind of sad because NYD was the old reliable even if we didn't see each other during the holidays.

I usually either find a neighborhood party or host one on NYE. I haven't been invited to anything and my boy asked that we not host one this year, for whatever reason. I still have hope something will pop up.

I always saw these days as the capper to a social season during the holidays, followed by doldrums for a couple of months until around St. Patrick's Day. I suppose the Bears Super Bowl run will change that this year.

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.

NYE sucks. I'll watch Ryan Seacrest and pass out.

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

I dropped $600 on a tux

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Ditto, without the Ryan Seascrest.

We had a few things that we were looking to do. But between the $100+ it would cost to board the dog and the fact that this will be our first NYE/NYD in our house, we decided to stay in and have two other couples over.

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@audioidkid

No plans at all. We had access to a cabin up in Door County but have only been home two weekends since Thanksgiving and running all over the place so
it will be nice to just be home. My wife and I usually go through the past year and kind of recap what we did, goals met, etc... and then look ahead and
start looking at the calendar and events we need to be at through the first half of the year at least. We'll put a couple of new goals out there and look at how the finances are and if we need to make any changes. Looking forward to watching the college football playoffs and maybe a few other bowl games.

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I've always had a lot of fun staying in the neighborhood. The brother of my closest friend used to host so it started with people I really want to hang out with for 4-5 hours. He has now missed the last couple of years. We hosted last year. It was more of my wife's friends than mine because she is closer to people in the neighborhood.

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.

Taking the kids to a Kids New Year's eve thing at dinner time...then home.

Going to South Bend for the Winter Classic on Tuesday.

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Working M-W nights, truck brake project for waking hours. Some year-end inventories to gather, otherwise, just another week.

I could see it if you could stay local. Most of ours were bars or hotel ballrooms.

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

2/3 day at work, grilling burgers, having a fire, and MANY drinks with a couple friends. Hoping I can stay up until midnite. We'll probably do a 7:00 or 8:00 countdown for AJ before he goes down for the night.

NYD day is nothing. Some housework and maybe take down some of the Christmas stuff. My wife is off on Thurs and Fri so I'm hoping she can take most of that stuff down because I legitimately get sad when the Christmas stuff gets packed away.

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wife's sister is bringing the whole family for four days since she can't stand to be trapped in the house with her depressed alcoholic husband. Good times to ensue.

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Reality is your friend, not your enemy. -- Seacrest

I'm going out for an early dinner and then home to binge watch Game of Thrones. Trying to catch up before the new season starts.

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Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Elon, Tulsi, and Don

Not sure that being trapped in the house for four days with you is a viable alternative.

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Gather with friends and family on a beach in Florida. It’s better than Christmas.

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Why are only 14 percent of black CPS 11th-graders proficient in English?

Seacrest really does suck.

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Power is always in the hands of the masses of men. What oppresses the masses is their own ignorance, their own short-sighted selfishness.
- Henry George

When I graduated eighth grade in 1977 there were guys in my class that seriously dressed like that for the ceremony.

I had on a light beige three-piece suit (picture Travolta) with a burnt orange faux silk shirt and burnt orange shoes with three inch heels. That was conservative.

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Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Elon, Tulsi, and Don

'77?! I figured you were in high school when Kennedy was shot

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I wish I had a picture of my graduation. The fashions were wild.

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Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Elon, Tulsi, and Don

Earth tones were quite the thing in the late '70s.

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Sex isn't dirty, sex isn't a crime. It's a loving act between two or more consenting adults.

-Hank Kingsley

So I'm sure you can imagine what it was like having 4 older brothers from that era, and wearing their "special occasion" hand-me-downs years later.

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Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Elon, Tulsi, and Don

Surprised to see you here Bob.

I figured you to be standing at a border crossing insulting immigrants.

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I assume families did not hold applause until after every name was called.

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.

You seem to have me confused with JLN or The Hawk.

That's cool on going to the game

Just the usual gay orgy thing.

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A friend posted an all class picture from that year. I may have been the only guy in a suit. And I blame my dad for my wearing tube socks.

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There are only two examples of infinity: The universe and human stupidity and I'm not sure about the universe.