December 19, 1984

 I don't make New Year's resolutions. Since your letter, four people plus Johnny Carson have mentioned New Year's resolutions. I don't make them because I don't believe in New Year's. It's a Hallmark Holiday. Well, maybe not exactly. Not like Father's Day or Mother's Day or Valentine's Day. But it's a made up holiday. I just don't like 'em. People getting drunk and crazy and feeling like they must go to a party or commit suicide... And the programming on television is for the dogs! I think I'll go to a hockey game on New Year's Eve... Hockey games have become somewhat difficult to go to as well. The Islanders (my favorite team in the world) cost too much and they can't win a hockey game to save their lives. The Rangers tickets are cheap enough, but Rangers games are violent, the fans are nuts, and the Rangers can't seem to win anything either. The Devils are too far away. That exhausts the hockey repertoire of the New York metropolitan area. I could forget it—or move to Montreal.

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