Happy New Year!

Madame L wishes all her Dear and Gentle Readers a very happy, loving, and successful 2012.

Madame L is pretty sure the world isn't going to end in 2012, no in spite of what any Mayan calendar may say or any other kook may prophesy.

Madame L agrees with the lyrics of the U2 song "New Year's Day" in that Madame L doesn't think that one second at midnight really changes anything, but she does think it's a good time for reviewing the past year and setting goals for the new one. Here's the song.

Lyrics ---

Yeah...
All is quiet on New Year's Day
A world in white gets underway
I want to be with you
Be with you night and day
Nothing changes on New Year's Day
On New Year's Day

I will be with you again
I will be with you again

Under a blood red sky
A crowd has gathered in black and white
Arms entwined, the chosen few
The newspapers says, says
Say it's true it's true...
And we can break through
Though torn in two
We can be one

I...I will begin again
I...I will begin again

Oh...
Maybe the time is right
Oh...maybe tonight...

I will be with you again
I will be with you again

And so we're told this is the golden age
And gold is the reason for the wars we wage
Though I want to be with you
Be with you night and day
Nothing changes
On New Year's Day