The Luv Doc’s New Year’s Resolutions for 2014

10. Learn how to twerk.

9. No more selfies at funerals.

8. Stop saying “my bad,” and instead start saying, “my good.”

7. Unfriend anyone who comments, “LOL” on a Facebook post. No, not JK.

6. Find out if Perez Hilton and Paris Hilton are the same person.

5. Stop drinking liquids that come in plastic bottles – especially tequila.

4. Give more unnecessarily long and awkward hugs.

3. Listen to people – especially when trying really hard to pretend to listen to them.

2. Start walking … away from people who want to talk about their workouts.

1. Dominate others through compassion, understanding, humility, and forgiveness.

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The Luv Doc graduated without honors from the University of Texas in 1988, receiving a BA in English, his first and only language. He has received numerous awards and accolades including but not limited to: A blue ribbon for being best on the balance beam in kindergarten at Louverture Elementary in Wichita, Kansas; the "Big Stick" award for the hardest hitting defensive player on the Norman High School football team in 1983; and three consecutive Austin Music Awards for "Best Country Band" in 2014,...