i forget about this place sometimes, often.

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let us toast to animal pleasures, to escapism,
to rain on the roof and instant coffee,
to unemployment insurance and library cards,
to absinthe and good-hearted landlords,
to music and warm bodies . . .
and to the "good life," whatever it is
and wherever it happens to be.
--hunter s. thompson

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cheers to this new year,
again and again and again.