Happy New Year 2016, 29th of December 2015.

One should wish a happy new year to all those whose existence will make the world a better place. There are also those whom we do not wish happiness neither in the coming nor in any other year because their deeds and intentions are evil. I don't know which are more numerous.

To those from the first category, I can wish a happy New Year with sketches of wooden mannequins which somehow remained aside in the last three years (above and below).

A mannequin in the image above tries to spill the wine (Chilean carmenere - cabernet) but the glass is far too heavy to move it even for a millimeter. A mannequin below carries a bauble. Appropriate. Chinese say that red things bring luck in the new year (above and below) so one should have them near when the clock ticks midnight. Good wine is certainly not a bad choice. If not enjoyed in excess, of course. Cheers !

That regarding the color red is superstition, of course. In that context, I just remembered an anecdote about a dad of quantum mechanics, Niels Bohr. Bohr allegedly had horseshoes on the office walls so some smart guy asked him how can it be that the man responsible for the most fundamental theory of nature is superstitious. Bohr answered that he heard that horseshoes help also those who don't believe in them.

I always find that this anecdote nicely represents the weirdness of quantum mechanics - it is a humorous superposition of confronted realities.

>> Better sketches of mannequins were published in the beginning of year 2013, in extravagant poses and with adequate rock 'n' roll poetry.

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Last updated on 29th of December 2015.