Governments are nothing more than a specific type of bureaucracy. Never, ever forget the number one priority of bureaucracies: increasing their size and reach.

Lead and iron. The real precious metals.

That sounds like a Schrodinger’s resolution to me. Ha ha ha ha.

Hush,

🤣

I’m told often to get the lead out!

LifeSavor……..My better half hasn’t told me what my New Year’s resolution is….Yet.

Hush, Geoff,

I would make a New Year’s resolution if there was anything about myself that I knew I could change. But I am stubbornly intransigent, ornery, embedded in my habits, and vainly proud of my flaws. So, there is nothing to change.

My wife, however, sees things differently.

Total pounds of iron lifted.
Average iron per workout day.
Average iron per calendar day.
Total aerobic minutes.
Average aerobic minutes per workout day.
Average aerobic minutes per calendar day.
Ratio of workout days to calendar days.

My only goal is to not do less than the prior year.

For 2025, I may add:

Days at the range
Rounds fired.

Tracking the numbers is a great motivator. I cannot tell you how many times I wanted to skip a workout, but when I looked at the numbers, I mustered the self-discipline.

Geoff, I haven’t made any New Year’s resolutions either, but if I did……………………….