Last Year's Resolutions...How Well Did YOU Do?

END OF 2007...END OF 2008...While perusing the archives for an upcoming "top 10 vanderposts", er, post, I came across my resolutions for 2008. Let's see how well I did...(1) Fewer squid. - I was successful in limiting my deployment of squid. They are mentioned only twice in Finch, and not at all in the stories I wrote or had published in 2008.(2) Keel fewer peoples with me mind bullets. - Largely because I was in a secluded location working on Finch, or traveling, I did indeed kill fewer peoples with mind bullets.(3) Suffer fools better, so as to continue to like myself. - I continue to struggle with this one.(4) Learn French or conquer the world. - Neither occurred, although I think I am more likely to conquer the world than learn French as I remain dreadful with languages other than English.(5) Stage “cat plays” renowned in the neighborhood for their rough truculence. - No progress was made on this resolution, except that I did attempt to teach our cats how to carry weapons.(6) Further develop the “demented sea captain” look I’m currently sporting. - As evidenced by the photographs above, and this blog entry, I have done very well keeping this resolution.(7) Learn to type with toes in case of horrible industrial accident. - I did not accomplish this goal.(8) Write a story around the title “Buckwaldo Mudthumper Hocks a Hoe”. - I pondered writing this story, but wrote Finch instead.(9) Fewer mushrooms. - As Finch will reveal, I failed hideously in this endeavor.(10) More meerkats. - No meerkats appeared in my fiction or my life in 2008.So, how about you? What were your resolutions? Did you keep any of them?