Final Analysis: January 2 - Reality Bites!
Failed New Year's resolutions.
By Marian Rosin published January 1, 2010 - last reviewed on June 9, 2016
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Go on—light that cigarette, drink that martini, eat that cupcake, and hang some clothes to dry on that treadmill! You're only human. And to prove it, here's a quick history of failed New Year's resolutions.
Casanova: Find Ms. Right.
Ann Coulter: Find Mr. Extreme Right.
e.e.cummings: get "caps" key fixed.
René Descartes: Stop overthinking things.
Amelia Earhart: Walk more.
The Brothers Grimm: Lighten up; they're kids.
Lady Godiva: Do the laundry.
Sigmund Freud: Don't giggle when delivering conference paper on penis envy.
Henry VIII: Find a wife with a good head on her shoulders.
Niccolo Machiavelli: Wish coworkers a sincere "Happy Birthday."
René Magritte: Get real.
Suze Orman: Splurge! Buy shoes without getting a second pair free!
Sarah Palin: Prepare for 2010 presidential race.
Pablo Picasso: Get eyeglasses.
Keith Richards: Stop doing drugs.
B.F. Skinner: Think outside the box.
Keith Richards: Stop doing drugs on Tuesdays.
Jane Goodall: Get this monkey off my back.
Jack the Ripper: Stop taking life so serially.