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I made five Resolutions last year. I have kept, let us say, 2.5.

The resolutions were these:

1. Get my car through December 2012 in good working order. I'm happy to report that the car is doing fine.

2. Make an entrepreneurial investment. Did absolutely nothing in this line. Oops.

3. There was a computer-tech related resolution concerning entry into the 21st century. I'm giving myself half a point for this one. I have gotten Skype and and did get the audio problem resolved, but I'm still not comfortable scanning and can't work the printer due to some software problem.

4. My book did come out early this year, but sales fell far short of where I had resolved they would be, so this one counts as a Fail.

5. Venture outside the borders of the US. Success! I did get to London for the Trading Technology conference.

So, counting (1) and (5) as full successes, and   (3) as a half success, I get my 2.5 score.  Well ... I've had worse years.

For the year 2013, let's try these.

1. Get to Nevada

2. Let's carry over the second from last year: make an entrepreneurial investment.

3. Change in nightlife habits (no, I'm not going to tell the world through this blog the specifics of that resolution).

4. Make progress toward my next book, which is taking shape as a more post-Mandelbrotian approach to  recent financial history than was my last.

5. Lose some friggin' weight.

6. See Les Mis. I've tried twice since Christmas and both times was frustrated by snow.
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