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Ah….. my birthday. One more year on this mortal coil. One more year of eating and sleeping. It is best I evaluate this year now rather than at new years; things are too blurry around that time of year.

So what have I done and achieved. Not a great deal I am afraid thou I have lost some weight, I am still debt free and achieved a good pay rise through changing jobs. I created some art and fitted out the pantry of my home in a very stylish manner. Not a big year for making stuff but not totally unproductive.

My blog entries have increased in length (but I am unsure about the quality). At least I know that I can dribble at a faster rate than last year. I haven’t measured it but I suspect my alcohol consumption would be at its lowest point in 25 years.

My CD collection grew by thirty or so albums and I read some quite good books. I also went on two holidays and visited four oil and gas facilities.

I am still alarmed at the stupidity I encounter. I know that by this age I should have accepted humanity but I am regularly surprised by the new and novel forms of foolishness I observe. I find it hard to accept the short term opportunism and the lack of long term planning by our current group of world leaders (elected or not). The rise of fundamentalism and the rejection of enlightenment worry me. Perhaps it is just getting older that makes me more prone to intolerance of stupidity.

On a personal note I was depressed for a while for no good reason and I am feeling less sure of my self worth. Still, I love my family and I am hanging around the same people as last year. I still find work a downer but that has been a life constant except for a few brief episodes.

To be continued …….