End of 08 and Good Riddance

It is New Years Eve, and I am watching the FoxNews crew in Times Square. And it is cold in the midwest. I suppose the biggest thing in my life that has happened this year is retirement, and it is taking some time to get used to the Old period of life, but we will roll with it. People on TV keep listing things that happened in 8( some of which I had put down the memory hole) that I should list for the historical record. The election campaign, the economic crash that has hit much of the world, the war in Gaza, the Olympics in China, the monster earthquake in China, the hurricane in Burma, the hurricanes that wrecked Galveston and the gulf coast, a bunch of tornadoes that hit lots of places in the US(and Parkersburg Iowa), the spring floods that destroyed Cedar Rapids and drowned Iowa City, the cholera epidemic in Zimabwe(little covered in the US), the drug gang wars in northern Mexico, Chavez bringing the Russian navy back into the west hemisphere, the terrorist attacks in Mumbai, the little girl in Florida who was maybe killed by her mother, O J getting sent to prison, the firing of John and Marlena from Days of Our Lives, the freaking out of Britney Spears and her comeback, and the deaths of: Heath Ledger, Bernie Mac, Paul Newman, Tim Russert. Eartha Kitt, and Charleton Heston. Now it is midnight in NYC and the Clintons pushed the button that dropped the big ball and then hugged and kissed one another. Many other well known people died this year, and I should look up an obituary list to find who I forgot, and make a list on my first 9 blog entry. My mama said that a guy she knew down home died the other day out in the lot while feeding his goats. This is going to be all for right now. Maybe the new year will be better than 8, but we will probably have to live with the messes that have taken place in the old year, but some cleansing of the soul after the several years of the worship of the golden calf(as FDR said) may be in order. Let us see what happens in the next 365 days. You take care. Di di mau!