2023 began like a scene from a horror film, when you thought the monster had been defeated, it came back with a vengeance and all hell broke loose.

The cancer I had thought was long gone made a comeback. The first half of the year was all about death: radiation therapy, my mom in hospice care, a car accident, and inflation and greed that threatened us all.

It seemed like the wrong thing to do: after lifting at the gym for 35 years, for the first time in my life I entered a bodybuilding contest that involved changing everything about your life, and surprisingly I won!

Today we take a look back on the rollercoaster ride that was 2023. Death, resurrection and muscles, the terrible people and heroes we met along the way and our favorite words and events that shaped our lives.

Plus-- Will Artificial Intelligence destroy the world with hilarious memes?

• Twink of the year Aidan Maese Czeropski throws his career away for some really good dong.

• And which Republican said: “I haven’t been invited [to be a judge on RuPaul’s Drag Race] but I do love to read a bitch.”

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MARC FELION:
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