Out With the Old
We close 2007 with the most appropriate video message possible - Leonid Brezhnev's historic 1970 New Year's address, the first televised January 1st address to the nation by a Soviet leader.
A strange choice, you say? We're living in strange times, I say. Old Brezhnev really livens up the joint. And he looks just like Jonah Goldberg's idea of a liberal.
Anyway, a happy New Year to my friends and readers. Not my idea of a holiday really; more of an obligation to flip the calendar and defrost Dick Clark.
UPDATE: Be sure to check out Jon Swift's truly inspired compendium of many bloggers' self-nominated best posts of 2007, my own included.
Well, if that video isn't the epitome of *lively* then I don't know what is. lol.
Happy New Year, TW!
Posted by: blue girl | January 01, 2008 at 02:03 PM
I think the message was optimistic, from the little Russian I learned. This is the first time I see and hear Brezhnev. Tavarish, you could have provided a transcription, could you not?
Happy new gregorian year, Tom.
Posted by: tina oiticica harris | January 01, 2008 at 04:02 PM
Happy New Year Tom to you and yours...
Posted by: Tony Alva | January 02, 2008 at 09:43 AM