Another year has passed and a new one has just begun…Happy New Year. It really is amazing how much faster time seems to pass as I get older. As a kid, when I would hear my parents make similar comments about the passage of time, as it relates to age, I always thought they were being overly dramatic – they weren’t. I feel like it was just a week or two ago when I was getting amped-up for Fall, football, and Halloween…and now, as I sit here before my computer, our Christmas tree is lying at the curb awaiting pick-up by the trash-man – Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s Eve have all passed me by, in blinding-fast succession, as if they were cars on a highway and I was a disabled vehicle pulled-over to the side. Anyway, let’s have a brief re-cap of the year that was…
– Winter was very long and very snowy.
– Ducky had a girlfriend…then he didn’t…then he sorta did again…then he didn’t again…and then???? Whatever.
– Spring was mostly non-existant.
– Miami didn’t get the NBA Championship they paid for.
– Bin Laden was killed by U.S. Special Forces.
– Summer was very hot and very wet.
– All Philadelphia teams were/are a huge disappointment – the Phillies were the best team in baseball and still managed to lose in the first round of the playoffs, the Eagles were dubbed “The Dream Team” (by a backup QB for Buffett’s sake!!) and finished 8 and 8 (although 5 and 1 in the division – go figure) and missed the playoffs altogether, the Flyers spent a sh*t-ton on money on a “franchise” goalie and still have NO consistency in net (as of this rant, they have given up their lead in the division (and the conference) and blown a 2 to 0 lead to the Rangers to lose “The Winter Classic” 3 to 2), and the Sixers…well, they’re still the Sixers.
– I learned to keep my emotions, as they pertain to sports, in check (as you can plainly see).
– The team of Jesus and Tebow have fallen on hard times recently…but hope to finish strong.
– Fall went by really fast – and was also, oddly…snowy.
– Dave was a jerk all year…as he is every year.
– The world did not end.
– There was a hurricane, a tornado, and an earthquake in the Philadelphia area in a span of one week.
– No white Christmas this year.
So, that’s that. If all goes well, we’ll get another full 12 months in this year…if not, I’ll try to put out a post a few days early to cover the “11 months and 21 days that was.”
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