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Clean slate for ‘07 fills up with good intentions
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
We’re so — sniff — proud.
Many of this year’s New Year’s resolutions are quirky, fun and just a little … well, out there. Some of you are resolving to stop stalking rapper T.I., to start prowling around senior citizen communities for a potential date, to get out of the cabaret business and even to cease getting sucked into episodic TV shows that quickly get canceled.
Read on, and Happy New Year!
Jay Tullis, Tyrone: “I resolve to become a lesser person. If I don’t achieve my goal through diet and exercise, I can always resort to being petty and mean.”
Knox Demmond, DeKalb County: “To jump out of airplanes more often. Also, to teach neighbors willing to learn the way to kill kudzu with minimal use of herbicides.”
J. Ivey, Forest Park: “To stop collecting Mike Luckovich cartoons, as I am running out of album space, and to stop looking for rapper T.I.”
Marilyn Gamble, Winterville: “To quit stressing out over world peace as long as this administration is in office and to just strive for peace in my house. Here’s to serenity and tranquillity for all!”
Will Gara, Atlanta: “After spending too much money in ‘06 on remodeling my house and a trip to the South of France, I declare 2007 to be the Year of Thrift. My American Express card will be put in a drawer until all the other bills are paid off.”
Libby Whittemore, Atlanta singer and owner of Libby’s Cabaret: “To only ever be an employee and to never be self-employed again.”
Bob Peterson, Brooks: “To waste more time, gain more weight and grow less hair. It worked last year.”
Frank Walker, Atlanta: “My wish is to play at least 30 rounds of golf in 2007. This is the third year that this has been my resolution, and I haven’t come close to achieving it.”
Brian DiNapoli, Decatur: “To really make a difference and touch somebody’s life through volunteering.”
Reva and Hank Ezell, Atlanta: “Now that we are both retired, we resolve to do whatever it takes to spend our children’s inheritance. We’re starting with a trip to Antarctica, and then … who knows?”
Melanie Massell, Dunwoody singer-songwriter: “To recognize and celebrate that every day on this side of the grass is a great day!”
Tiffany Dillard, Decatur: “To order season tickets to Auburn University football games. And to be prepared for another University of Georgia and Auburn battle on the field. But most importantly, to turn off my cellphone when my UGA family and friends are trying to reach me every time UGA is leading in the game.”
Susan Brooms, Woodstock: “I want what most women want in 2007 — to lose the weight before bathing-suit weather, to get organized and clean out the clutter, to be a better mother and to stop running around all crazy and nuts, while also decreasing the size of my butt.”
Dorothy Ringsrud, Milledgeville: “At my age, I resolve to quit telling my children and everyone else in the family what they are doing wrong. They seldom listen, anyway.”
Jerry Schwartz, Chamblee: “To show kindness in all that I say and do. I’ll be a person of integrity, someone who can be trusted and counted on, and I’ll realize that a positive attitude can influence the condition of your life.”
Lea McLees, Smyrna: “To introduce as many residents as possible to their pancreases. My volunteer passion is raising money for pancreatic cancer research through Atlanta Team Hope, and I’ve been asked ‘What is a pancreas?’ a lot this year.”
Barb Evangelista, Canton: “Hmmm, I just don’t know. So … the Peach Buzz resolutions I will read. To consider the ones where I can succeed. I’ll skip the ones about diet, exercise and money spent. They’re just too hard to implement.”
Johnny Esposito, Johnny’s Hideaway nightclub namesake, Atlanta: “To look for a new girlfriend. I’m gonna try the senior citizens’ homes this year.”
Mike Casey, Johnny’s Hideaway comic: “To clean out our Lost and Found items that have accumulated over the years, including 3,000 invitations to Johnny Esposito’s 39th-birthday party, a size 52 girdle, 650 copies of Glenn Miller’s singalong sheet music, 16 pairs of dentures, eight assorted hairpieces and 320 men’s wedding bands.”
Victoria Schwartz, Tucker: “To watch no more mystery TV shows until they become established hits. After leaving the folks in Florida in the middle of an ‘Invasion’ and the folks in North Carolina on the ‘Surface’ of a tsunami last year, I watched ‘Vanished’ vanish this fall, along with several other good mysteries. So, I resolve this year to read novels instead, because I have never read a novel that stopped in the middle because sales weren’t good enough.”
Celebrity birthdays
Actor Frank Langella is 67. Comedian Don Novello (Father Guido Sarducci) is 64. Country singer Steve Ripley of the Tractors is 57. Rapper Grandmaster Flash is 49. Actor Morris Chestnut (“The Brothers,” “The Best Man”) is 38. Actor Verne Troyer (“Austin Powers”) is 38.
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