Whereas it is common to make various and sundry resolutions at the start of the New Year; and whereas I am admittedly lazy, undisciplined, and doubleminded; and whereas I am a more inclined to follow through with commitments that I have made in the light of day and before both God and man; therefore, let it be resolved:

1. That I will walk a minimum of 30 minutes at five separate and distinct times a week—if at all possible with my main squeeze, Megan.
2. That I will continue to I resist the lure, draw, and undeniable seductiveness of tobacco in all its forms, particularly the cigar.
3. That I will pray the morning, noon, and evening offices, making exception only for times of gathering and liturgy at Church.
4. That I will add to these times of prayer the traditional reading of the Psalms—through the entire Psalter once a week.
5. That I will read Thomas Wolfe’s Look Homeward, Angel and Mario Vargas Llosa’s The War at the End of the World before the earth wanders around the sun once more.

So let it be noted. So let it be done. And please kick me in the drawers if you see me getting off track.