I have always appreciated this time of year, fresh from re-connecting with many of our more cherished traditions from childhood, fresh from time with family and friends, we take the time to reflect not so much on the past, but towards the future. Some consider new year resolutions to be a ridiculous waste of time, but I tend to take at least the creation of them rather seriously.

This coming year, 2009, will be a time of change for CRUISING for SEX. After 8 years of working together, my colleague Gabe has decided it is time to move into something else. I shall miss his incredible talents and if any of you are needing a hard-working, loyal person to hire, I'd be happy to recommend him. When he is gone, it will open up a big void for me since I've always been able to rely on Gabe and as anyone who owns a small business can confirm, that type of person is hard to replace and even harder to be without.

Another big change for the business will be our first major overhaul of the CRUISING for SEX listings, our Sex Listings database. We came along well before Web 2.0 caught on and without realizing, were actually helping create the community element to the Internet that Web 2.0 has come to mean. With our overhaul, expect to see many new features that we hope will make our Sex Listings, and indeed our entire website, more useful in your search for places to hookup and guys to meet.

We're launching at least one new website in 2009, our target date being mid-February. I can't tell you anything about it, but it is taking us in a direction we've not ventured into before and for that reason alone, I'm very excited about the launch.

I've got several videos in the can, waiting to be edited and released. I intend to end 2009 with all of them available and, in fact, I've been editing one of them these last few days. We're also increasing our video presence in the retail market where more and more of our porn titles are showing up on shelves at your local adult superstore.

These are some of the plans, but what about the resolutions?

1. To work harder at making friends locally. I am terrible at making new friends and it is going to be an effort. Atlanta is full of people from elsewhere, many looking to form social networks, and I will strive to make new friends with more of the locals.

2. To continue nurturing all my many wonderful friendships around the country. I actually have loads of friends, but they live from sea to shining sea. Staying in touch, thanks to the Internet, has actually gotten somewhat easier.

3. Continue my commitment to connect more deeply with family. It does seem to be true that the older one gets, the more important family becomes. I was alienated from my birth family for many years, thanks to the usual homo issues, but we've resolved those issues and I find myself actually looking forward to family events for the first time since I was a child. Wow! I can't believe that, but it is true. One thing I resolve to accomplish this year is to help organize a big family reunion.

4. Get that new gloryhole installed. I moved into a new place and have yet to have a new hole built. Frankly, it was a decision made because I know having the hole can be rather time-consuming and I guess I wanted to get some other things in life a bit more under control before re-opening the hole.

5. Travel to a foreign destination. I haven't been to Europe in ages, mostly because of the utterly worthless dollar. That seems to be changing and so I'm hoping to plan a vacation to some part of Europe in 2009.

There you have it. My brief list of resolutions for myself along with a short list of plans for CRUISING for SEX. If you have some resolutions and you want to share them, send them my way. My email address is keith@cruisingforsex.com.

Happy new year fellow Cruisers!