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All of you have to agree that just this past year, 2007, blogs have been coming in from left and right including up and down. The enormous growth of people joining in on this blog trend is going to go on for many years to come until we get hit by a huge “hole” in the system. What I mean by this “hole” is scammers, hackers, and anything along those lines. I experienced those auto-surfs, hyips, and pyramid schemes, so I do know how it ends up, but it might take some time or might never happen…who knows.

With that said, there are New Year resolutions that I’m going to follow and I suggest others follow as well, but before we get to that, lets recap on what a “New Year’s Resolution” really is.

New Year’s Day

The celebration of New Year is the oldest of all holidays. It was first observed by the ancient Babylonians about 4,000 years ago. The beginning of spring is the logical time for a “new year” because it is the season of rebirth of planting new crops and blossoming of flowers. January 1st was just chosen by pure arbitrary and has no significance. The Babylonian celebration lasts for 11 days and the Romans continued to observe “New Year” in late March, but it soon got out of hand when different emperors messed with the dates and calendar, which brought it out of synchronization with the sun. In order for the New Year to return to its proper date, the Romans declared January 1st to be the “New Year” date.

The use of this image of a baby on the right was to signify a new year and this tradition began in Greece around 600 BC. It was the tradition to use a baby to celebrate their God of Wine, Dionysus, by parading a baby in a basket, which represented the annual rebirth of that god as the spirit of fertility.

The Christians denounced that the baby was not Jewish, Christian, or Muslim and therefore the Christians did not like the idea of using a baby for the “New Year”. The church eventually allowed the use of a baby as the popularity grown, but it was used to symbolize the birth of Jesus.

New Years Events

• Resolution

This tradition goes back to the ancient Babylonians and popular resolutions are usually to lose weight or to quit smoking, but there are much more. The Babylonians considered returning borrowed farm equipment as a resolution, but it can be anything a person chooses.

Here’s a government website with a list of popular New Year’s Resolutions.

• Good Luck

It was traditionally thought that luck can be affected by what you do or eat on the first day of the year and that is why it became common for people to celebrate this day with the company of friends or family. It was once believed that the first visitor on New Year’s Day would either bring good luck or bad luck for the rest of the year. Good luck was considered meeting a tall dark-haired man. LOL!

• Food

Traditional New Year foods are also thought to bring luck. Many cultures believe that anything in the shape of a ring is good luck, because it symbolizes “coming full circle,” completing a year’s cycle. For that reason, the Dutch believe that eating donuts on New Year’s Day will bring good fortune.

Many parts of the U.S. celebrate the new year by consuming black-eyed peas. These legumes are typically accompanied by either hog jowls or ham. Black-eyed peas and other legumes have been considered good luck in many cultures. The hog, and thus its meat, is considered lucky because it symbolizes prosperity. Cabbage is another “good luck” vegetable that is consumed on New Year’s Day by many. Cabbage leaves are also considered a sign of prosperity, being representative of paper currency. In some regions, rice is a lucky food that is eaten on New Year’s Day.

Source: Wilstar

2007 = Bloggers

This past year was a huge year for the blogging industry. I’ve just started my blog in November, but I’ve been an active reader of JohnChow.com and a few others. I jumped in on the wagon after noticing how much blogs are popping up around the world and how it’s growing at such a substantial rate. It’s just amazing how people are using this concept to earn a living. Here’s a CHEERS to a job well done for all the 2007 bloggers!

2008 = Bloggers Take Over

Since there’s a 2007, of course I’m going to talk about the new 2008…you didn’t think I would leave this out would ya? This year is going to be even bigger for bloggers all over the world. I predict this year, the Internet will be the Blogosphere because us bloggers will be the ones providing all the information to the big corporations out there and we will be the ones that will make all the money. Here is another CHEERS and good luck to all the bloggers around the world!

Here Is A Happy New Year

I’m just going to make this simple and link to all the blogs that I’ve basically read and liked in this past 2007 and there is no special order except what comes to my mind first.

John Chow, Garry Conn, Zac Johnson, Darren Rowse, Jeremy Schoemaker, Carl Ocab, Caroline Middlebrook, Claire, Milk Man, Neil Duckett, Ben Cook, Bob Buskirk, Jim Kukral, Big Bald Guy, Jim Karter, Nate Whitehill, Stephen Fung, Ed Lau, Tyler Cruz, David, Marco Richter, Gerardo, Kiwi Pulse, J.D., Jon Waraas, DNseo, The University Kid, Max Lee, Paul Hartrick, Steven Finch, Keith Ireland, Nick Sanders, Bruno B., Prija, Roseate
There are probably a lot more, but those are all the names I’ve gotten so far

Bloggin-Ads’ Best Posts

To end this post, I’m going to list the best content I provided that YOU viewers enjoy. HAHA! We only started at the end 2 months of 2007, but I’ll still follow the concepts and include my best posts here:

November:

• Unique Blog Designs Aren’t Very Unique Anymore
• Paying Huge Bills Need Skills, But Not For Some People
• John Chow Rambles, Why Can’t We?
• Blogging Successfully Is Not An Easy Way Out

December:

• When In Doubt, Start Contests To Boost Things Up
• Return Of The FaveMe Up Trainstation
• I Love Human Bread, Don’t You?
• $1 Wikis, Beating All The Competitors In A Flash!

Lastly, my wife Michelle and I would like to wish everyone a Happy New Year and best of luck to all of you in 2008!

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