HODGEPODGE DECEMBER 18

 

1. What's one thing on your to-do list that you want to get done, need to get done, or that must get done before the year ends? 

Youpee, my "To do list" as empty as my wallet ! 

2.  December 17th is National Maple Syrup Day...are you a fan? Do you like maple flavor in other food items such as candy, cookies, donuts, oatmeal, hot toddies, coffee? 

I love Maple Syrup ! I didn't know that at all and ate it for the first time in 1971 when we visited my aunt in Madison/Wisconsin. From that day on I had every morning a "stack" of pancakes with maple syrup ! After our return I tried to find a pot of maple syrup here, but couldn't find it. When my aunts neighbors visited us in 1980, they brought me a huge pot of maple syrup, it lasted nearly a year ! The only problem was, the "holiday" feeling was missing ! 

3. Time magazine names a person of the year every year.  The tradition started back in 1927 with a 'man of the year' but has since changed to recognize not only an individual, but also to consider the impact of a group, movement, or idea that most influenced the year. The selection is not always someone or something good (think Hitler in 1938 and Stalin twice). 

 

I never followed the "Man of the year" ! Unbelievable that these two mass murderer became "man of the year "! Then even Mr. Trump would be better ! I thought the man of the year must at least be handsome, which I can't say from these three ! I prefer George Clooney !

This year they've named The AI Architects as their 'person of the year'. What say you? Is this a good choice, an obvious choice, a logical choice? Who do you think should have been named person of the year? 

I don't know well AI architects, or even use AI. I saw how you can use it to write a Christmas greeting to your grandma, maybe I could do it, if she was not dead, 

4. What's a city, state, or country you've visited that you never care to visit again? Tell us why. 

5. Next Sunday (December 21st) marks the first day of winter (or the opposite if you're living down under). What's one thing you love about this new season? 

6. Insert your own random thought here.