My New Year Resolutions for 2008

I have done a great amount of thinking about what my New year resolutions for next year should be. Unfortunatley, the thought of, "no more procastination" came up but then I realized that I had already passed that one by. Hey Dummy, it's already January 6.

The list I could make would be long...... I thought about losing weight....yeah right!
I thought about being a nicer person.... but how can you add to perfection?
The idea of helping people in need crossed my mind ..... It's easier just to cross those people off my list of acquaintences.
More regular excercise is a good one..... I'm going to take a nap and think about that.

This is becominng a lot more difficult that I thought it would be. After all, a list of New Year Resolutions should be simple everyday things that we can actually accomplish sometime throughout the year. "Hey Joe, I just accomplished my New Year Resolution. Thank goodness, .... now I can go back to being the same old slob".

This morning I was saved! I read in the paper about some person who received the keys to the city of St George. (Who knew that it took more than one key to open the city) That's cool! Your own key to a city. I have resolved that my New Year Resolution is to be given the key to a city. It doesn't matter which city.

A little research turned up the fact that keys to cities are largely an honorable offering. If you receive one you are not encouraged to use it. After all, we do have to be careful about who we let roam willfully around our city. However, I can find no firm rule against using it.

My next task is to find a city someplace who has an extra key hanging around not being used. Again after some online research I found the company who manufactures keys to cities. (No kidding) They are perfectly willing to send me a key of my choice.....with proper credit card information of course. They would make me a lot better deal if I bought them a dozen at a time which makes me wonder just how big this "Key to the City" business is. I surely don't want a key to a city that just lets anyone in, or keeps eleven spare keys around where soneone's brother-in-law could get one and come into the city unannounced.

I do realize however that sometimes an extra key to the city may be needed. What if the Mayor left town without a key. How would he get back in. I'm sure that any astute Mayor would have a key hidden someplace outside the city where only he knew where to find it.

So today I start my quest for the key to a city. I haven't selected a city yet. I suppose my first task should be to select a group of cities that would be suitable candidates. San Francisco would be nice. I wonder if their key lets you ride the cable cars all you want.

Can you just imagine how much fun it would be to have the key to a city? I could call my friends and say, "Hey, you guys want to go to San Francisco and spend the weekend.....I have the key to the city, ......we can get in anytime!"