Conan O'brien's New Year's Resolutions

January, 1996

Conan O'Brien used to put a unique spin on his New Year's resolutions. "Instead of promising to give up things I really loved, I'd pick things I didn't do anyway. That made it easier. For instance, I would vow never to build a cedar deck with my bare hands. Or never to eat soil." But last year he got serious: "When my doctor told me my blood was 88 percent cholesterol, I vowed to give up 12-egg omelettes and steak broiled in butter. Still, I had mixed feelings about that, because...