TOPIC: Resolving to skip the New Year's resolutions.

In the last episode of 2011, Merlin and Dan talk about fresh starts and modest changes rather than rehearsing for sucking. You don't need a calendar to tell you to change. Whether you want to give up nail biting, onanism, or drinking a gallon of vodka a day, you need a plan and a tolerance for failure. Plus, a little care never hurts.

How to do it? Keep it small, keep it time-limited, keep it action-oriented.

Happy New Year, jackals. We love you.

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• Neven Mrgan's tumbl - "Focused dabbling"
  
• 5by5 | The Talk Show #72: H.R. Fluffypuff
  
• Looking back at our fresh starts & modest changes | 43 Folders
  
• Fight with knives
  
• kung fu grippe - Blue-Sky Solutioneering
  
• Five cues that Robert Plant is ready to have sexual intercourse with you « 5ives
  
• Twitter - "GoDaddy's the insane roommate…"
  
• Ep. 14: "Big City Apology" - Roderick on the Line - Merlin Mann
  
• Saturday Night Live: "Kings of Catchphrase Comedy Tour Vol. 2"
  
• Fresh Start: The Email DMZ | 43 Folders
  
• kung fu grippe • Fresh Start: The Email DMZ | 43 Folders Per B2W...
  
• iTunes - TV Shows - Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Remastered Edition
  
• livin' the dream · A Step-by-Step Guide to Transfer Domains Out Of GoDaddy
  
• Amazon.com: Horton Hears A Who! (9780394800783): Dr. Seuss: Books
  
• Extensible Provisioning Protocol - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• Sodastream | Turn Water Into Fresh Sparkling Water And Soda
  
• Water intoxication - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
• Onan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  

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