# Happy New Year, Unca Cec!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-new-year-unca-cec/1026248>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [January 1, 2026, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-new-year-unca-cec/1026248 "2026-01-01T17:38:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\
**Post date:** [January 1, 2026, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-new-year-unca-cec/1026248/1 "2026-01-01T17:38:24Z")

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@Cecil_Adams Since you’ve been absent a good part of 2025, I was considering giving you a run down of the year.

Alas, it’s all a blur.

And not worth your time to read.

I did wanna say;

Hey, I hope ‘26 is better. Miss you, big guy.

Your badx3 friend,

beckdawrek 😍

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**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\
**Post date:** [January 1, 2026, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-new-year-unca-cec/1026248/2 "2026-01-01T17:51:07Z")

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Three days ago, while visiting Chicago, I took my teen son to an improv theater event — just a small venue on the North Side.

in their routines, the performers casually made references to Chicago cultural items past and present, including “The [Weekly] Reader.” For me, it evoked sweet memories of living in Chicago in the late 80s and early 90s…including, of course, the Perfect Master’s column.

Happy New Year indeed, Unca Cec.

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**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\
**Post date:** [January 1, 2026, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-new-year-unca-cec/1026248/3 "2026-01-01T20:12:47Z")

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That’s a nice full circle kinda thing.

Thx. HNY to you as well.