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My grandson has been calling me spontaneously lately, something new. We talk once a day regularly, but he doesn’t just call me out of the blue. Although a grandpa can wish.

But he called me on New Year’s Eve, so we had a little impromptu discussion about the big night. The conversation was a little confusing, since it was well past his bedtime. He was trying to stay awake until midnight, although apparently most of his brain cells were already asleep. It was like conversing with a drunken person who was desperately trying to keep it together. He also told me a meandering joke that wasnâ...