Friends: this will be my final post of the year. I’m taking tomorrow off and will be back at you on Thursday! I want to thank you for all of the laughs you gave me in the comment section in 2025. Some exciting things are happening for TBR next year, so stay tuned! (No, I’m not replacing Bari Weiss at CBS 😀.) Happy New Year and love—Andy
Happy New Year to you and your family Andy ! Thank you for the brilliant wit and sanity of TBR and thank you for bringing laughter and a sparkle of mischief into my life 😉
Thank you Andy for being a guiding laugh through all the crap Metamucillini has thrown at us this year. I wish you and your family all the best in the new year - physical, spiritual, mental good health!
Thank you, Andy, for keeping us sane this year. We survived 2025, the Year of the Snake, and I’m very much looking forward to 2026, the Year of the Fire Horse. Dynamic energy, passion, freedom, adventurous spirit, and a time for bold moves and breakthroughs! Blue wave through 2026 and beyond! Andy, I wish you and your family a happy, healthy New Year! Happy New Year TBR family!
I wish you a happy, healthy and peaceful new year, and I thank you for sharing your much needed wisdom and fine wit which never fails to brighten my day.
Happiest New Year to you & yours! Love the Jesse Welles music—what a talent! As for music, mostly music of my youth, in addition to young Mr Welles. Thank you for your wit and wisdom, which definitely keeps this old woman going 🕊️
Andy, YOU kept me sane all year. And you kept me laughing and smiling. Cheers and thanks to you! As for music that keeps me sane: Paul Simon and Bruce Springsteen.
Jesse Welles is absolutely one of the most original voices of our times ♡ listening to him and Josh Johnson, a young comedian, and reading on Substack have helped me cope with the political sphere...or turning it off and looking at clouds ♡ and you, of course
The fourth movement of Beethoven’s ninth symphony. The “Ode to Joy” helps me think that there will be joy again…in time. Here’s hoping I’ll be sentient enough when it returns.
Randy Rainbow parodies help to channel my extreme anger. DonOld Jessica Trump & his minions deserve all the abuse Randy heaps on them. Like you, he only tells the truth.
Simon and Garfunkel CD, "Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme," especially the last song "Silent Night," with the gradually increasing background 7 o'clock news report from Walter Cronkite.
Ditto on the Beatles. I play the piano by ear, more idiot than savant. Along the lines of "Hey Jude" for singalongs. nah nah nah nah NAH NA NA NA........
Friends: this will be my final post of the year. I’m taking tomorrow off and will be back at you on Thursday! I want to thank you for all of the laughs you gave me in the comment section in 2025. Some exciting things are happening for TBR next year, so stay tuned! (No, I’m not replacing Bari Weiss at CBS 😀.) Happy New Year and love—Andy
Happy New Year to you and your family Andy ! Thank you for the brilliant wit and sanity of TBR and thank you for bringing laughter and a sparkle of mischief into my life 😉
Thank you—onward!!!
You wrote what I was thinking and ready to commit to type. Isn't Andy a wonder?!!
He is indeed! A national treasure ! ☺️
I would go as far to say Andy is an international treasure!
At least one Canadian agrees!
Thank you Andy for being a guiding laugh through all the crap Metamucillini has thrown at us this year. I wish you and your family all the best in the new year - physical, spiritual, mental good health!
Happy New Year blessings to you and your family!
Happy New Year! Thank you for keeping me sane ❤️
Thank you, Andy, for keeping us sane this year. We survived 2025, the Year of the Snake, and I’m very much looking forward to 2026, the Year of the Fire Horse. Dynamic energy, passion, freedom, adventurous spirit, and a time for bold moves and breakthroughs! Blue wave through 2026 and beyond! Andy, I wish you and your family a happy, healthy New Year! Happy New Year TBR family!
100%!
Thank you, Andy! You helped keep me sane this past year. Happy New Year! (Are we still allowed to say that?)
Happy New Year, Andy, to you and yours!
And, yes, please replace Bari Weiss at CBS!
Happy New Year to you, Andy, and to your family and sweet pooches. Thank you for keeping me at least semi sane.
Thank you for being part of the madness that keeps us sane.
Happy New Year to you and all in your circles.
Happy New Year, Andy! Looking forward to 2026 with you!
Thanks for the laughs and enjoy your New Year! 🥂🎊🎉
Good morning Andy,
I wish you a happy, healthy and peaceful new year, and I thank you for sharing your much needed wisdom and fine wit which never fails to brighten my day.
"(No, I’m not replacing Bari Weiss at CBS 😀.)" How can you tease us so cruelly?!?!
Thank you for keeping us laughing (not sure if I'm still sane). Happy New Year!
Happiest New Year to you & yours! Love the Jesse Welles music—what a talent! As for music, mostly music of my youth, in addition to young Mr Welles. Thank you for your wit and wisdom, which definitely keeps this old woman going 🕊️
Andy, YOU kept me sane all year. And you kept me laughing and smiling. Cheers and thanks to you! As for music that keeps me sane: Paul Simon and Bruce Springsteen.
Reading Heather Cox Richardson’s almost daily "Letters From An American" has kept the top of my head from blowing off for years.
Heather for President 28
OK, missed a running mate:
Heather / Andy 28.....history and humor
Jesse Welles is absolutely one of the most original voices of our times ♡ listening to him and Josh Johnson, a young comedian, and reading on Substack have helped me cope with the political sphere...or turning it off and looking at clouds ♡ and you, of course
I'm with you.
I love Randy Rainbow. Between Andy and Randy I have been able to laugh out loud when I should be crying. Love you both.
Randy and Andy! Two of the Greats who will never play the Kennedy Center while the orange turd's name is on it.
John Prine keeps me grounded.
ALL music has helped keep me sane this year.
And for a little mind-numbing sanity, try Gregorian chants.
The fourth movement of Beethoven’s ninth symphony. The “Ode to Joy” helps me think that there will be joy again…in time. Here’s hoping I’ll be sentient enough when it returns.
Agree wholeheartedly and I would add Bach’s Brandenburg's and Verdi’s Four Seasons
Take Five, Anna.
“Brothers in Arms” by Dire Straits: reminds us of the futility of war.
Johannes Brahms “A German Requiem”: reminds us of the beauty, hope, and love in our lives.
The hymns with this tune from have been played in our little Congregational church repeatedly this year in a kind of theme of defiance.
Here! Here!
I agree, Rochelle ~ "Ode to Joy" and a gospel version of "Oh Happy Day" are on deck for after I read tRump's obituary.
Motown. Always Motown.
Randy Rainbow parodies help to channel my extreme anger. DonOld Jessica Trump & his minions deserve all the abuse Randy heaps on them. Like you, he only tells the truth.
Simon and Garfunkel CD, "Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Thyme," especially the last song "Silent Night," with the gradually increasing background 7 o'clock news report from Walter Cronkite.
Wow, thank you for reminding me of that "Silent Night". Been a long, long time.
Going on YouTube, finding songs I like from musicals, and belting them out when I’m cooking and driving.
YES!
"There's no Blue Monday in our Sunday Clothes" from "Hello Dolly"!
"Sisters" from "White Christmas"
I’ll give that one a try!
And thanks for introducing me to Jesse Welles. He's a treasure!
Amen - Jesse has his fingers on the strings and pulse of our country.
James Taylor
Taylor - all too well. Applicable to many situations about being lied to, being taken, being devastated.
Happy New Year Andy - we need one.
For pure joy, The Beatles have been there for me for over 60 years. For the power of resistance, still loving Dylan and Peter Paul & Mary.
Ditto on the Beatles. I play the piano by ear, more idiot than savant. Along the lines of "Hey Jude" for singalongs. nah nah nah nah NAH NA NA NA........
John Lennon's "Imagine"