The last post of the year would normally be some sort of top ten list, or perhaps some new year’s resolutions.\u00c2\u00a0 Not here though.\u00c2\u00a0 Here’s the past year of the blog, highlights and lowlights.\u00c2\u00a0 Mostly it’s just the stuff that jumped out at me today scanning back through the year’s posts.<\/p>\n
First off we have perfect hindsight.\u00c2\u00a0 This one really smarts.\u00c2\u00a0 Looking back at January I was excited about the new Apple TV<\/a> and thought it was ready for prime time.\u00c2\u00a0 Flash forward to just this past week and it seems that I am as stupid as can be<\/a>.<\/p>\n I debated my increasing maturity<\/a> because I realize I am now capable of listening to cover songs without instantly rejecting them out of hand based on some sort of naive sense of purity.\u00c2\u00a0 I noted that the music industry continues to die<\/a> without many other signs of life, in spite of some really excellent advice<\/a> available for free.<\/p>\n Technology was still of great interest of course, as it always will be.\u00c2\u00a0 The ever increasing use of social networks to keep in touch with people led to greater and more intricate knowledge<\/a> of your network of friends, ambient awareness was the term coined.\u00c2\u00a0 It’s continuing, and the Friendfeed sidebar is a good example of how that will grow even more.\u00c2\u00a0 This year led to even more robots designed to assist humans<\/a> live every day lives, which I noted would inevitably lead to the death of us all<\/a>.<\/p>\n I spent quite a bit of effort trash talking Mexico<\/a> and Winnipeg<\/a> for their attempts to make their mark<\/a> on the skating world, even thought I didn’t have to defend Ottawa all that much.\u00c2\u00a0 We still win.\u00c2\u00a0 Similarly, the LimerickDB<\/a> is still the best place on the web for rhyming jokes, and we sampled a few of my favourites.\u00c2\u00a0 Also, we were privy to the most private thoughts of a monster<\/a>, disturbing stuff though it was.\u00c2\u00a0 I had lots of fun with rubber truck nuts, not directly however.\u00c2\u00a0 It doesn’t hurt that they are silly beyond belief in the first place<\/a>, but then the legislation starts and things get really weird<\/a>.<\/p>\n It seems that a series of gun-related events cause me to post about them far more often than I normally would.\u00c2\u00a0 One gun post<\/a> even actually resulted in a series of (gasp!) comments from actual other people.\u00c2\u00a0 Most often it was just me complaining about them<\/a> and the people<\/a> who are clearly not wise enough<\/a> to be holding them, especially in public<\/a>.<\/p>\n Speaking of people not wise enough to protect anybody, how about those TSA airport screeners<\/a>?\u00c2\u00a0 It spawned a whole new category<\/a> of posts that will no doubt continue to grow.\u00c2\u00a0 Similarly I particularly enjoyed myself writing about a certain monkey-smuggler<\/a> who succeeded and then failed in remarkable fashion.\u00c2\u00a0 Also we saw a family who was too stupid to protect their dog from a hungry snake<\/a>, although they had several days to do something about it.<\/p>\n The financial crisis and subsequent auto bailout wasn’t funny, but that didn’t stop me<\/a>.\u00c2\u00a0 It lasted<\/a> a few days<\/a>, but we aren’t done with it yet since there’s more to come.\u00c2\u00a0 Finally the strangest news story to hit here must have been the multiple feet<\/a> washing ashore<\/a> in B.C.<\/a> I stopped mentioning it, but the story continues to this day.\u00c2\u00a0 Crazy.<\/p>\n Finally, some of the more personal posts that kept me amused over the year, I mentioned Nikki’s growing fresh laundry addiction<\/a>, just one of the hazards of staying home to watch the kids.\u00c2\u00a0 Similarly, I revealed how she is a heat vampire<\/a> bent on freezing me solid.\u00c2\u00a0 She also laughed heartily at me for this little escapade<\/a> with the Stratus, where I learned to use the Force to drive the car.<\/p>\n So there you go, it’s the past year of the blog condensed for your convenience.\u00c2\u00a0 Hope you had a good year, I think we did.\u00c2\u00a0 All the best to you and yours, see you next year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The last post of the year would normally be some sort of top ten list, or perhaps some new year’s resolutions.\u00c2\u00a0 Not here though.\u00c2\u00a0 Here’s the past year of the blog, highlights and lowlights.\u00c2\u00a0 Mostly it’s just the stuff that … Continue reading