早や御用納め。何時もの事ながら、この時期になると、イヤと言うほど時の早さを痛感させられる。小・中・高の学生時代は、１年１年が鮮明で記憶もハッキリしているが、６０歳を過ぎた今では、今年１年何をしたのか、昨日何をしたのか、今朝はどうだったのかさえおぼろげである。こんなだと後何年生きても、そう大したことは無いか？などとつい思ってしまうが、実は来年は、学生時代に帰った様なワクワク感を覚える計画を持っており、凄く楽しみである。もしかしたら、このブログでも、今までと一寸違ったご報告が出来るかも・・・。

　何れにしても今年１年、小生の拙いブログを覗いてくれた、未だみぬ貴方に厚くあつく御礼を申し上げます。良いお年をお迎え下さい。

　弊社は、２８日で通常業務を終わり、２９日に大掃除をし、その後社員皆で打ち上げをする予定。来年は７日の月曜日を初出とし、平成２５年のスタートを切ろうと思っています。宜しくお願いします。

　何となくではありますが、何故か来年は弊社にとって非常に良い年になりそうな予感がしています。過去余りそうした事を感じたことは無かったのですが、この暮れ迫って突然沸いてきた予感です・・・・。きっと良いことが有るぞ・・・。

それはそれで楽しみだな・・・・。来年はきっと良いことが一杯あるぞ！！。

では少数精鋭の、小生のブログフワンの皆様、良いお年をお迎え下さい・・・・。

It’s time to end our business. As always, this time of year makes me feel the speed of time so fast that I can’t stop thinking about it. When I was a student in elementary, middle, and high school, I had a clear year and a clear memory, but now that I am over 60 years old, I don’t know what I did this year, what I did yesterday, or even what I did this morning. How many more years do you think you’ll live like this and it won’t be such a big deal? In fact, I have a plan for next year that will make me feel as excited as if I had gone back to my school days, and I’m very much looking forward to it. I may be able to report something a little different from what I’ve been reporting in this blog…

At any rate, I would like to express my deepest gratitude to those of you who have not yet seen my blog in the past year. I wish you a very Happy New Year.

We will finish our normal business on 28th and have a big cleanup on the 29th, followed by a party for all employees. Next year, we are going to start the year 2013 with the first appearance on Monday the 7th. Thank you for your cooperation.

Somehow, I have a feeling that next year is going to be a very good year for our company. I hadn’t felt such a thing in the past, but I had a hunch that I was going to get a sudden feeling at the end of the year…. It’s going to be good…

It’s going to be fun….. I’m sure next year will be full of good things!

I wish you all a very happy New Year…..

昨日、東京から深夜に帰宅。早や家のなかは真っ暗でシィーンと静まり返っている。ところが玄関を開けるや否や、脱兎の如く廣太郎（愛犬）が飛んできて、何ともいえない甘え声を出しながら飛びかかる、腰を下ろすや顔をなめまわす。一日家を空けると、普段とは一寸様子が違う。完全に我を忘れ、わけ判らなく、走り廻っては飛び掛る。まさに狂喜乱踊である。人間もこれくらいストレートに愛情表現が出来たならなー・・・。

　リビングに入るとテーブルの上に小生不在時に届いた葉書や手紙の類が置かれていた。先般、松江の「しんじこ温泉」で行われた同窓会の写真を皆に送ったので、お礼の返事が数枚あり、そのなかに混じって、「赤紙」が届いていた。

　いよいよ！！。「北朝鮮と戦闘状態に入れり、トラ・トラ・トラ！！。テポドンなど恐れるに足りず」。で、早速若き小生に赤紙か？。　雀躍する感激に咽びつつ、その赤紙を手にすると、なな何と、「介護保険被保険者証」。だれ宛？、「氏名、松谷廣信」。なな何なんだ、これは？。何が介護保険被保険者証だ！　怒り心頭？、これが飲まずに居られるか・・で、結局床についたのは２時過ぎ。

　眠い眼をこすりつつ会社に来ると、ピチピチの女子社員が、黄色い声で、社長おめでとう・・・一寸早いけど。

　これは嬉しいね・・・英気倍増だ！！。

　それに比べ、国の遣ること成すこと・・・「介護保険被保険者証」、何だこんもの・・これが毎年、何百万も税金を払うマッちゃんへの誕生日プレゼントか（チョッと云い過ぎか？）。しかも、何万円払えとの計算書までご丁寧についていた・・・・。

Yesterday, I returned home from Tokyo in the middle of the night. It was dark and quiet in the house. As soon as I opened the front door, however, Krotaro (my beloved dog) jumped at me, making an indescribably sweet voice, and licked my face as I sat down. When I am away from home for a day, I feel a little different than I usually do. Completely forgetting myself, I don’t understand, I run around and jump on them. It is indeed a frenzied dance. If only humans could express their love so straightforwardly….

When I entered the living room, there were postcards and letters on the table that had arrived while I was away. The other day, I sent a photo of the reunion held at Shinjiko Onsen in Matsue to everyone, so there were a few replies thanking me, and among them was a “red paper”.

At last! Put North Korea in a war zone, tiger, tiger, tiger! It’s not enough to be afraid of Tepodon. So, is it a red letter to the young me immediately?　Sobbing with excitement, I held the red paper in my hand, and what was it, the “Certificate of Insurance Coverage for Long-Term Care Insurance”. Who is this to? Name, “Matsutani Hironobu”. What the hell is this? What the hell is a long-term care insurance card!　Angry? I didn’t know if I could stay without drinking, so I went to the floor after 2 o’clock.

When I came to the office, rubbing my sleepy eyes, a perky female employee said in a yellow voice, “Congratulations to the president…it’s a little early.

　マスコミって何で此処までマイナス思考なの・・・？。

　最近特にそう思う。毎朝６時代の朝一番のニュースの大半が事件、事故、死亡など聞くと同時に気分が落ち込む様なものばかり。

　中でも角田何某の、虐待と殺人の方法を毎朝克明に報じ、新聞の３面にもこの事件が載らない日がないくらい。従って、テレビやラジオのニュースで角田の名が出れば、その場を離れ、新聞の３面も殆ど読まないようにしている。

　だって朝一番にあんな惨い仕打ちのニュースを見聞きし、イヤーな気分で一日のスタートを切るなんてまっぴら御免だもの・・・。しかし、毎朝この同じ事件を、各社がこれでもかこれでもかと執拗に追いかけ、ビッグニュース扱いするのは何故だろう。

　やはり国民のニーズがそこにあるから？。確かに前代未聞の極悪非道な行為で、ニュース性が有ると云えばあるのでしょうが、朝一番にこんなニュースを一方的に聞かされる国民は、ある意味大変な迷惑であり、国に取っても大きな損失（教育、経済の何れでも）であると思うのですが・・・。

　確か、何処かの国では、ニュースの半分以上が暗いものであってはいかん、と言う事を決めた、と云う事を耳にした様な記憶がかすかにあるが、それが本当だとすると非常に良い政策だと思う。

　今度の衆議院選挙でも、こんな政策をマニフェストに掲げる政党が出てくれば、いの一番に投票するのにな・・・。

　そう云えば、今回は付け焼刃の政党が一挙に出て来て、何が何だか良く判らない。一昨日の、我が家の朝一の会話は　「政党名、全部言える？」であったが、先ずは投票に行くまでに政党名をキッチリ覚えなければ・・・。ただ、党名は違うが、政策は何処がどうなのか、良く判らない。何となく、主義主張や政策の違いよりも、好き嫌いや当選確率で所属政党を決めている様な感じがして、今までに無く、選択に迷ってしまう感がある。

　ＴＰＰも原子力も財政も景気回復もいいが、今の日本にはもうひとつ問うべき肝心な問題がある様に思うのですが。

Why is the media so negative in their thinking?

I think so, especially lately. Most of the news that comes first thing in the morning of the 6th era every morning is something that makes you feel down as soon as you hear about an incident, accident, or death.

Among them, the method of abuse and murder of Tsunoda Whatsoe every morning was reported in detail, and there is not a day that goes by that this case does not appear on the third page of the newspaper. Therefore, if Kakuta’s name appears on TV or radio news, he leaves the place and hardly reads the three pages of the newspaper.

I don’t want to start the day with a bad feeling after hearing the news of such a horrible treatment first thing in the morning…. But why is it that every morning the companies are relentlessly following this same incident and treating it as big news?

Is it because the needs of the people are there after all? It is true that it is an unheard of heinous act, and if it is newsworthy, it may be, but the people who are unilaterally told such news first thing in the morning are, in a sense, a great nuisance, and I think it is a great loss for the country (both in education and the economy)…

I faintly remember hearing that some countries decided that more than half of the news should not be gloomy, and if this is true, I think it is a very good policy.

If a party with such a policy in its manifesto came out in the upcoming House of Representatives election, I would be the first to vote for it….

It’s hard to understand what’s going on this time because of the sudden appearance of all the political parties that have a hard edge. The first thing our family said in the morning the day before yesterday was, “Can you tell me all the names of your political parties? But first of all, I have to remember the names of political parties before I go to the polls… However, although the name of the party is different, I’m not sure what the policy is. For some reason, I feel that people are deciding their party affiliation based on their likes and dislikes and the probability of being elected, rather than differences in principle and policy, and for the first time in my life, I feel that I am lost in the choice.

The TPP, nuclear power, fiscal and economic recovery are all good, but I think that there is one more important issue that needs to be addressed in Japan today.