>> DOMINIC: I KNOW LOTS OF YOU ARE THINKING ABOUT CHRISTMAS OR CHANUKAH OR FESTIVUS OR WHATEVER OTHER WINTER HOLIDAY YOU CHOOSE TO OBSERVE.

GOOD FOR YOU.

BUT ME, I’M ALREADY LOOKING AHEAD TO JANUARY, THE TIME OF YEAR TRADITIONALLY RESERVED FOR NEW YEAR’S RESOLUTIONS.

I THINK WE ALL KNOW THE WORLD IS KIND OF A DUMPSTER FIRE RIGHT NOW.

SO I THINK WE REALLY NEED TO GET A HEAD START ON THOSE RESOLUTIONS.

LET’S CALL THEM “PRESOLUTIONS.” HERE’S A FEW.

FOR GOVERNOR TIM WALZ: PRESOLVE BETTER TALKING POINTS.

OTHER MAJOR MEDIA OUTLETS WILL ASK YOU ABOUT FRAUD THAT’S COST THE STATE’S TAXPAYERS HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS.

NEXT TIME, MAYBE DON’T LEAD WITH THE QUOTE THAT MINNESOTA IS A “GENEROUS, PROSPEROUS AND WELL-RUN” STATE.

THAT’S NOT THE FLEX YOU THINK IT IS.

FOR THE STATE GOP PARTY: PRESOLVE TO AVOID USING THE WORD “GARBAGE” WHEN DESCRIBING ANY PARTICULAR SEGMENT OF THE STATE’S POPULATION.

AND CONSIDER HAVING SOME TINY BIT OF SPINE WHEN ASKED ABOUT PEOPLE WHO CHOOSE TO DESCRIBE THAT SAME POPULATION WITH THOSE WORDS.

FOR KEVIN O’CONNELL, MINNESOTA VIKINGS HEAD COACH AND NOTED “QUARTERBACK WHISPERER”: PRESOLVE TO STOP WHISPERING.

GET US A QUARTERBACK.

FOR BLUE CROSS AND BLUE SHIELD OF MINNESOTA: PRESOLVE TO NOT MAKE SENIORS ANGRY BY TAKING AWAY THEIR GYM BENEFITS.

THEY MAY NOT BE THE MOST TECHNOLOGICALLY ADVANCED FOLKS, BUT THEY’VE GOT NOTHING BUT FREE TIME TO PROTEST.

AND THEY’RE IN SHAPE.

NEXT TIME, PICK ON SOME FLABBY GROUP THAT’S NOT PAYING ATTENTION.

FINALLY, FOR "ALMANAC": PRESOLVE TO START 2026 BY GETTING RID OF SOME OF THOSE DEADWOOD ESSAYISTS WHO HAVE BEEN HOGGING UP THE MONOLOGUE SLOTS FOR A QUARTER CENTURY OR MORE.