<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?><oembed><version><![CDATA[1.0]]></version><provider_name><![CDATA[Life, the Obstacle Course]]></provider_name><provider_url><![CDATA[https://lifetheobstaclecourse.wordpress.com]]></provider_url><author_name><![CDATA[taurusingemini]]></author_name><author_url><![CDATA[https://lifetheobstaclecourse.wordpress.com/author/taurusingemini/]]></author_url><title><![CDATA[A Word, to Describe This Past&nbsp;Year]]></title><type><![CDATA[link]]></type><html><![CDATA[<p align="center"><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0;font-family:'Lucida Handwriting';"><span style="color:#000000;font-size:medium;">It’s that time again, the year’s nearing end, and, there’s this “project”, call it that if you will, which called out to the citizens, people who live here, to select a word, that best describes this year that’s, almost ended…</span></span></p>
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<p align="center"><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0;font-family:'Lucida Handwriting';"><span style="color:#000000;font-size:medium;"><em>(applause please!!!)  And, the WINNER is&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;oh wait, there ISN&#8217;T one!!!</em></span></span></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0;font-family:'Lucida Handwriting';"><span style="color:#000000;font-size:medium;">A word, to describe this past year? </span><span style="color:#000000;font-size:medium;"> </span><span style="color:#000000;font-size:medium;">But why? </span><span style="color:#000000;font-size:medium;"> </span><span style="color:#000000;font-size:medium;">I mean, what’s the purpose of this “vote” that we’re casting? </span><span style="color:#000000;font-size:medium;"> </span><span style="color:#000000;font-size:medium;">Are we, hoping, that if the majority chooses a word, then, there would, be a less likely chance of the exact SAME word showing up next year? </span><span style="color:#000000;font-size:medium;"> </span><span style="color:#000000;font-size:medium;">Or, how ‘bout last year, huh? </span><span style="color:#000000;font-size:medium;"> </span><span style="color:#000000;font-size:medium;">Did that word that was voted get “mentioned” on this year’s word list? </span><span style="color:#000000;font-size:medium;"> </span><span style="color:#000000;font-size:medium;">And, what, does that tell you, huh???</span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0;font-family:'Lucida Handwriting';"><span style="color:#000000;font-size:medium;">A word, to describe this past year? </span><span style="color:#000000;font-size:medium;"> </span><span style="color:#000000;font-size:medium;">Do I have to, I’m draining my brain juice right now, and still can’t come up, with a fitting adjective here! </span><span style="color:#000000;font-size:medium;"> </span><span style="color:#000000;font-size:medium;">A word, to describe this past year, there’s NO purpose in “playing” this “game”, it’s just, some bullshitting way, that people come up with, to lie to themselves on how they won’t repeat what they did this year, the next year!</span></span></p>
<p align="center"><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0;font-family:'Lucida Handwriting';"><span style="color:#000000;font-size:medium;"><img src="https://i0.wp.com/businesshubs.org/farnham/wp-content/uploads/sites/8/2015/12/End-Of-Year-Business-Review-624x416.jpg" /></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="margin:0;font-family:'Lucida Handwriting';"><span style="color:#000000;font-size:medium;">&#8230;not my photograph.</span></span></p>
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