One of my annual traditions has to become to publish my predictions for the New Year.  You can review past years here, 2012, 2011 and 2010.

And now without further ado, here are my 2013 predictions!!

1. No political compromise or “big deal” on budget or spending happens.
2. Democrats push for and get immigration reform as Republicans cannot think of a reason to fight it and get away with it.  Gun control efforts fail.
3. Disney announces 3 new Star Wars movies, starring Honey Boo Boo Child as an Ewok baby.
4. UK leaves EU as the EU disintegration continues.
5. High ranking member of British Royal family dies.
6. Not a good year for Hugo Chavez. He does not live long enough to see summer.
7. Bad year for stocks but gold sets new higher high.
8. Alabama wins college #1 in football.
9. Falcons face Patriots in the Super bowl, and the Patriots win.
10. Apple releases a watch as their next must have device, not TV. Apple stock stagnant as Android operating system becomes dominate player.
11. A nationwide Internet sales tax is imposed by Congress.
12. William and Kate’s baby will be a girl and will rule as Queen Victoria.
13. Lindsey Lohan dies of drug overdose.
14. Kayne West and Kim Kardashian’s child is named 666 after  the “cute mark on the back of his head.”
15. Economy officially enters recession.
16. Democrats begin calls for reform of the new health care law as it is judged too difficult to implement.
17. Real estate prices remain flat and then fall at year-end.
18. Academy Awards split between Lincoln and Les Miserable, with Lincoln winning Best Picture but Spielberg not winning Best Director.
19. Elmo creator Kevin Clash indicted.
20. Gas prices go up because of Iranian conflicts and global uncertainty even though supplies and reserves surge.
21. Food prices  soar as energy prices go up.
22. Syria’s crazy leader Assad is killed in the streets live on TV.
23. Iran attacks US warships in the Strait of Hormuz.
24. Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt separate, settling for 3 kids a piece. (I predict this every year.)
25. A big quake in California is declared biggest disaster ever. The wealthy flee California and the CA budget deficit doubles.
26. Ryan Seacrest comes out as trangender and dating Justin Bieber.
27. Facebook Premium is revealed for business sites, offering lots of new analytic features and some of the mailing to groups options they removed earlier.
28. Slideshare is the adult version of Instagram and becomes hot.
29. Google + finally catches on as Google forces users to adopt it by clever service bundling.

As far as resolutions, first let me review my past resolutions and their outcomes.  In 2009, I resolved to eat more bacon.  In 2010, I resolved all new t-shirts.  In 2011, all new socks.  Failed there and it took until 2012 to accomplish that.  But, now I do have all new socks!  For 2013, I resolve to eat out more to help the economy, because I want to do my part!

Have a great 2013!