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EARLY NEW YEARS RESOLUTION FULFILLED

On the New Years resolution thread the other day I resolved to be more surly in the new year. I fulfilled this resolution a couple hours early.

Our New Years day started out uneventfully as we arrived at the Valley Forge Casino, checked in to the Radisson, got our wristbands for the concert, and access cards for the casino. We met up with the other two couples we were going to the concert with, and had a couple drinks. Then we took the hotel shuttle to Morton’s Steakhouse for an excellent early dinner. Then it was back to the casino to drink some more before the 10:00 pm concert. It was an open bar from 9:00 to 11:00 within the concert venue.

The concert was in a fairly small auditorium with movable chairs for the seating. Avalon had gotten unbelievably good seats in row 2, directly in front of the stage. The crowd was laid back and in a good mood. There were no constraints, checkpoints, or overbearing security measures. Everyone was drinking and ready to enjoy some good music and a new years celebration afterward. We grabbed our drinks and settled into our row as the concert started at 10:00.

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HAPPY NEW YEARS TBPers

I can’t remember the last time I went out on New Years. I’m usually asleep by 11:00. Not this year. I’ll be partying until the wee hours of the morning. First we go to an early dinner at a steakhouse in King of Prussia. Then we head over to the Valley Forge Casino to drink and gamble until 10:00 pm. Then we ring in the new year with a concert by Avalon’s favorite band of all-time – Third Eye Blind. I hope I can stay awake until midnight.

It’s been an eventful year for TBP. Our visitor count went from 4.4 million last year to 6.1 million this year. As things get worse, more people gravitate to reality based sites like TBP. I must have attracted nothing but cheapskates, as the donation total dropped from $12,000 to under $11,000. It must be my tremendous business acumen that makes this site such a financial juggernaut.

I’d like to thank all the donors, all the contributors, all the commenters, and all the lurkers for being part of something bigger than themselves. We may disagree, fight, curse each other, and get bent out of shape on occasion, but at least we have a place to vent where the government and the mainstream media can’t interfere. I think 2016 will be a historic year. We are still in the midst of the Fourth Turning, so 2016 will certainly not be better than 2015. But we can all ride it out on a daily basis here on TBP.

See you next year.

And since SSS and the rest of you old farts have never heard of Third Eye Blind, here are a few of their hits.


2015 NEW YEARS CELEBRATIONS IN PICTURES

Munich, Germany

Fireworks illuminate the sky above Munich in Germany

Las Vegas

Fireworks explode above the strip in Las Vegas to ring in the new year

London

Fireworks explode in central London as 2015 is welcomed in in the UK

The Houses of Parliament and the London Eye are lit up by a spectacular fireworks display over the River Thames

Edinburgh

Hogmanay gets underway in Edinburgh

Moscow

A sea of smartphones photograph the Moscow New Year fireworks in Red Square

Berlin

Fireworks explode behind the quadriga of Berlin's landmark Brandenburg Gate

Baghdad

Crowds gather in Firdous Square Baghdad, Iraq, for their celebrations to mark 2015

Manila

People look at fireworks during a New Year Celebration in Manila, Philippines

Fireworks light up the sky as Filipinos welcome the New Year in Manila, Philippines.

Dublin

People take part in the Procession of Light through the centre of Dublin to begin the city's New Year's eve festival

Singapore

Fireworks go off above an arrangement of five thousand red balloons spelling the number '50' on the Marina Bay in the Central Business District of Singapore. The country will celebrate its golden jubilee of 50 years of independence from Malaysia in 2015.

Beijing

Performers wear the Beijing opera's costumes as they celebrate the New Year in Beijing, China

Syria

A candlelit vigil for victims of the Syria conflict in Aleppo

North Korea

North Koreans watch the fireworks in Pyongyang

Taiwan

Fireworks set off from the Taipei 101, a skyscraper, to mark the New Year's Day in Taiwan

Hong Kong

Fireworks explode over Victoria Harbour in Hong Kong

Kuala Lumpur

Fireworks explode near Malaysia's landmark Petronas Towers during the New Year celebrations in Kuala Lumpur

Seoul

Buddhist monks and believers hit a traditional bell as fireworks go off during a ceremony to celebrate the new year at Bongeun Buddhist temple in Seoul, South Korea

Tokyo

People release balloons to celebrate the New Year during an annual countdown ceremony in Tokyo

Sydney

Fireworks explode off the Sydney Harbour Bridge during the midnight fireworks display on New Year's Eve in Sydney, Australia

Sydney locals Demi Bryant and James Hundt celebrate the beginning of the New Year atop a high-rise overlooking the iconic Sydney New Year's Eve fireworks display aside their next dream car, the all-new 2015 Ford Mustang.

More than 10,000 aerial fireworks, 25,000 shooting comets and 100,000 pyrotechnic effects were used during the annual Sydney Harbour New Year's Eve show, with an estimated 1.6 million people watching from along the harbour foreshore, local media reported.

Fireworks explode off the Sydney Harbour Bridge during the midnight fireworks display on New Year's Eve in Sydney, Australia

Fireworks explode off the Sydney Harbour Bridge during the midnight fireworks display on New Year's Eve in Sydney

Thousands of people crammed into Lady Macquaries Chair look-out to see the new year in and watch the annual fireworks show.

Harleysville, PA

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