From Twitter 12-30-2010

• 00:09:00: Well, tweeps & peeps, time to retire. The exhibition would have been first-rate if they'd had seats for the lesser-abled (like me).
  
• 08:56:35: Good morning,tweeps & peeps. Feeling better this morning--was a bit rough last night. Rest day today.
  
• 16:43:56: RT @ianvisits: Retweet this and you stand a chance to win nothing, gain no new followers or get any follow backs. Thanks.
  
• 21:30:05: RT @daveyrobson: Just got fucked. << Hooray! A late Christmas prezzie...
  
• 23:51:50: Well, tweeps & peeps, time to hit the hay. I hope everyone has a safe New Year's Eve. Remember, it's Amateur Drinker's Night!
  
• 23:52:22: @TrevorWesley Because the whiskey drinkers prefer ginger ale with their tipple so the airlines stock lots of it.
  

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Today's Tribute Video

I think that for people my age and older, the Marx Brothers were an essential part of growing up. By the time I was aware of them, they had stopped making movies and were mostly slipping into retirement or death. However, Groucho went on, quipping on You Bet Your Life and a slew of talk shows.

CBS Sunday Morning profiled Groucho a few years ago on the anniversary of his death. My favourite Groucho line wasn't from a movie, or from TV, but from a chance encounter in a restaurant. A priest came up to him and said, "Groucho, I'd just like to thank you for bringing so much joy into the world." Without looking up from his meal, Groucho said, "And I'd like to thank you for taking so much joy out of it."

In this time of enforced joy around the Christmas and New Year's holidays, those of us who follow a religious path might want to think of that.