From: niall_shapero	Date: April 15th, 2008 04:54 pm (UTC)		(Link)
	In many ways...

it is guaranteed to be better. We can say that we've survived another year, that we haven't blown ourselves to dust over trivia for one more year, and that we are still eating (rather more or less) well enough to get by.

Although we have to wait until NEXT year (20 Janaury to be precise) to be rid of one of the less pleasant realities of the last few years.