It is the last day of 2021! We made it!

As this post publishes, the New Year is beginning in The Azores, so Feliz Ano Novo!

That can also be translated in Spanish as Happy New Anus so I feel that’s perfectly appropriate.

Our European pals are already in the new year so they can let us know how it’s going. Anything cool happen yet? I’m thinking yes but people complain that I’m too optimistic.

I wish you all the very best this year!

As far as the music, we are back to the puzzles! No one got it last week, so I’m replaying it for the last time. Let’s see if you can figure it out.

Today’s pictures are once again courtesy of you perverts. Thank you very much for your contributions!

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Balls’ New Year Resolutions!

Instead of a stand-alone post, I figured I would include my goals for this New Year here in this space. As in previous years, I encourage everyone else to join in the fun and write down their goals in the comments if you didn’t already in Sharky’s post. They say that writing down your goals helps you A LOT in achieving them, so let’s get to it!

Goal Número Uno – Fitness

Last year, I achieved my goal of getting below 20% body fat and keeping it there. My goal this year is to get jacked like Stewart in Letterkenny

I figure the goal will be getting below 15% body fat and increasing the size of my biceps, thighs, and other muscles.

Goal Número Dos – Literature

Last year, I started reading the Fractured Europe series of books by Dave Hutchinson. I finished the first two (Europe in Autumn and Europe At Midnight) and I have in my possession the third book, Europe in Winter. I want to finish that one and then finish the series with Europe At Dawn.

I also have a book written by former KROQ deejay Richard Blade. Last year, I read his autobiography, The World In My Eyes, which was VERY good. He also writes fiction and I bought his novel, Birthright. Depending on how I like it, I may buy/read more of his books.

So, the goal is to read 5 new books in 2022.

Goal Número Tres – Writing

I really enjoyed writing the Goddess series and other posts with TWBS. He was a great writing partner and provided a lot of inspiration for writing fiction. As you can tell, my posts don’t really go much into creating characters and stories. I did a little of that with the TWBS Dante series that Senor Weaselo so graciously took over after the Inferno portion, but I would like to delve into that world more.

I think it will push me to be a better writer and that’s the purpose of resolutions, isn’t it? To push yourself into areas where you feel uncomfortable and improve yourself?

So, the goal is to write a multi-post series along those lines. I’m not sure yet how it will work, but it will be interesting.

Goal Número Cuatro – Leisure

I have not had a real vacation in a very long time. COVID hasn’t helped, either. I don’t know what the future holds or what the COVID situation will be by this time next year, so I’m not going to say I’m going to travel internationally or something like that, which I’ve done in the past. Instead, I think I will go for the full week off work with the phone being off.

Trust me, that’s going to be EXTREMELY difficult to pull off.

However, I need to. I don’t have long, hopefully, until retirement but I also do not want to burn myself out. To paraphrase Depeche Mode, you’ve got to Get The Balance Right.

Goal Número Cinco – Giving Back

I know that I am extremely lucky to have the life and lifestyle that I have. Not many people do and most of the time, it’s not their fault. As I get older, I realize more and more how life is not in your control and how, if one or two things were to happen differently, your life would change drastically.

So, this year, I want to devote a lot of time and energy to helping others. I’m not quite sure how that’s going to play out. I may mentor some staff at work and help them to improve themselves and their skills. I may volunteer my time doing beach cleanups or some things like that. I may run 10K or 5K runs for charity. I’m not sure exactly what I’ll do, but I do know I want and NEED to do something.

So, the goal is to do one act of giving back each month. More if I am able to.

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For those of you prudes that don’t like cheesecake or beefcake, click HERE to skip to the music videos.

Here are your 12 pictures of the week.

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YOU’RE-A-PRUDE

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And now, for the music!

As I mentioned before, I’ve decided that I must take up the mantle that tWBS ran with and help to make this world a better place. I will do this in the one way he couldn’t: By introducing you to good music!

This week, I present to you what I think is the toughest puzzle yet. The first clue was Video. The second clue was Release. The third and final clue is: Title. I’m hoping you’re able to get it from there. Enjoy!

Song Number One:

Canción Número Dos:

Chanson Numéro Trois:

Canzone numero quattro:

Canção número cinco

Seigarren zenbakia:

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That’s all for this week, folks! Be good to each other and fly low and avoid the radar.