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He did not have his ticket punched...but yours was.
The train of life has pulled into the station on Dec. 31, to disembark those who will not be permitted to continue life's journey ( James Arness, Jackie Cooper, Joe Frazier, Christopher Hitchens, Steve Jobs, Andy Rooney, Jane Russell, Duke Snider, Tom Wicker, etc, etc, ).
The conductor looks us straight in the eyes to determine if we should have our ticket punched (the eyes don't lie), "click-click" we are the privileged ones. We can continue on the life train and experience the good, the bad, and the ugly that 2012 will reveal.
The engineer will track the course for the year, as the steward washes off all the grease, grime, & sludge that accumulated during our 2011 ride on the giant H Class locomotive. We will continue our journey into 2012 afresh, anew, a crisp clean blank page ready to receive our entries.
The conductor looks at his Waltham Vanguard pocket watch and shouts...ALLLL ABOOORD!
It's now time for WE THE LIVING to step on board the 2012 Express, and as we do, we pause and glance at those who will not be boarding, all those who will remain on the platform, as we slowly leave the station.
SMILE...WE SURVIVED...WE THE LIVING...HAPPY NEW YEAR!
Note: "We The Living" is just three words and there's no trademark/copyright on those three words but I associate them with, Ayn Rand. A great love story I read as a teenager. OMG! at one time I was a teenager?
Happy New Year George and Sara. Hope you both are doing well. Wish you were here, we'd go out to Demos' or Mimi's and have a great meal and some even greater conversation. So 2012 is the year of the big 7-0 for you, you young whippersnapper. I hope you have a happy birthday whenever it is (let us know) and if you are visiting this area, we'll throw you a big shindig. I like that Ayn Rand quotation: "We the living." Let's hope that sometime in November, Mr. Obama and company are sent packing!
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