It is not January 1 anymore, but you can still come up with some 2017 resolutions. It is never too late to set goals and commit to them. Whether it is something you try every year, like eating better and working out more, or something that is quite the challenge, like breaking bad habits and putting yourself in uncomfortable yet good-for-you situations.

Touching more on the latter example, say you are one to drink and drive. You have never been caught and you have never blown it, but frankly, you cannot keep doing this. So this is the year you kick that bad habit of feeling invincible when you really are not. In addition to not drinking and driving, consider forcing yourself to drink less...

There is no shortage of weirdness in California. We have odd people who tried to do strange things that led produced weird laws. Today many of these laws remain in the books, despite seeming very unlikely that any Californian would try to purposely violate these laws. In fact, you cannot help but wonder why these laws were ever created in the first place.

• Women may not drive while wearing a housecoat.
• No driverless vehicle may exceed 60 miles per hour.
• No animals can mate in public if they are within 1,500 feet of a school or church.
• In Carmel, a man wearing miss-matching jacket and pants is violating the law.
• In Chico, detonating a nuclear device results in a $500 fine.
• In El Monte, there can be no pinball machines, as they are illegal to have in the city.
• In Eureka, any man who ...