Kickin' it - yet again
I bet you didn’t think we’d ever make it…..to 2007 of course.
Remember when it turned 1987 or 1997? At that time (those times) thinking about 2007 was like trying to fathom the size of the universe. I suppose it would be similar to thinking now about what things will be like in 2017. I’d rather think about the size of the universe.
Anyway, before I get into the blood and guts of this post I need to complain briefly about New Years Eve. Not this particular New Year’s Eve, but the night in general. It’s often proclaimed as the best party night of the year, but I’d like to re-classify it (while I make up words) as the anti-party of the year. If you feel like having a good time for an evening during the year, don’t pick New Year’s Eve. Pick a normal night where people do normal things that don‘t involve going to overpriced bars drinking to oblivion. That’s not normal - is it?
So if you’ve been following my posts since last January (like I even have to ask), you would have seen my cheery discussion, in top-ten list form, of what to be happy about in 2006 with the marvelous title of “Kickin’ it in ‘06”. Why not continue the tradition? So without further adieu, let’s take a journey into the top ten things to be happy about in 2007.
10. Though fears of the apocalypse continue with all the weird weather going on, Denver International Airport was able to function somewhat normally after the second consecutive major snow storm on back-to-back holiday weekends proving that they may in fact be able to handle weather that is quite probable for Colorado.
9. George Lucas, Steven Spielberg, and Harrison Ford will reunite to begin production of the fourth Indiana Jones flick. As long as the hat still fits, it will work out pretty well.
8. The US stock market broke record after record in 2006 meaning that 2007 will be….uhhh good?
7. At some point during 2007 technology will debut that allows you to surf the web in your car. Is this really where we want to go? I guess so.
6. The housing bubble remains un-popped (though possibly deflating), so we can at least be happy that street rioting has yet to begin among high-end home-owners.
5. I actually don’t have Geico car insurance but their commercials are the best on television. I could watch that one with the caveman in the therapist’s office everyday of the new year - thanks to You Tube of course.
4. You can pretend you’re a special agent who has an uncanny knack of seducing woman all year long because the last three digits of the year are 007. It’s worth a try I guess.
3. It still snows in Colorado.
2. Allen Iverson has brought Denver “The Answer” as well as one of the greatest athletes to ever rock the corn rows. A.I. and “Mello” will turn the Mile High City into a frenzy of basketball enthusiasts….err, something like that.
Break out that snare drum from last year.....
1. Though our illustrious political administration still refuses to implement policies to curb greenhouse gas emissions, 2006 may go down in history as the year the World got serious about climate change. A recent AP poll found that 70% of Americans expect global warming to worsen next year. Another recent report by the McKinsey Global Institute finds that worldwide energy consumption could be cut by more that half over the next fifteen years with technologies and practices that already exist. James Bond can make it happen - let’s see it 007.
Send John Poole your top-ten favorite blog postings at poolejohn@gmail.com.
Remember when it turned 1987 or 1997? At that time (those times) thinking about 2007 was like trying to fathom the size of the universe. I suppose it would be similar to thinking now about what things will be like in 2017. I’d rather think about the size of the universe.
Anyway, before I get into the blood and guts of this post I need to complain briefly about New Years Eve. Not this particular New Year’s Eve, but the night in general. It’s often proclaimed as the best party night of the year, but I’d like to re-classify it (while I make up words) as the anti-party of the year. If you feel like having a good time for an evening during the year, don’t pick New Year’s Eve. Pick a normal night where people do normal things that don‘t involve going to overpriced bars drinking to oblivion. That’s not normal - is it?
So if you’ve been following my posts since last January (like I even have to ask), you would have seen my cheery discussion, in top-ten list form, of what to be happy about in 2006 with the marvelous title of “Kickin’ it in ‘06”. Why not continue the tradition? So without further adieu, let’s take a journey into the top ten things to be happy about in 2007.
10. Though fears of the apocalypse continue with all the weird weather going on, Denver International Airport was able to function somewhat normally after the second consecutive major snow storm on back-to-back holiday weekends proving that they may in fact be able to handle weather that is quite probable for Colorado.
9. George Lucas, Steven Spielberg, and Harrison Ford will reunite to begin production of the fourth Indiana Jones flick. As long as the hat still fits, it will work out pretty well.
8. The US stock market broke record after record in 2006 meaning that 2007 will be….uhhh good?
7. At some point during 2007 technology will debut that allows you to surf the web in your car. Is this really where we want to go? I guess so.
6. The housing bubble remains un-popped (though possibly deflating), so we can at least be happy that street rioting has yet to begin among high-end home-owners.
5. I actually don’t have Geico car insurance but their commercials are the best on television. I could watch that one with the caveman in the therapist’s office everyday of the new year - thanks to You Tube of course.
4. You can pretend you’re a special agent who has an uncanny knack of seducing woman all year long because the last three digits of the year are 007. It’s worth a try I guess.
3. It still snows in Colorado.
2. Allen Iverson has brought Denver “The Answer” as well as one of the greatest athletes to ever rock the corn rows. A.I. and “Mello” will turn the Mile High City into a frenzy of basketball enthusiasts….err, something like that.
Break out that snare drum from last year.....
1. Though our illustrious political administration still refuses to implement policies to curb greenhouse gas emissions, 2006 may go down in history as the year the World got serious about climate change. A recent AP poll found that 70% of Americans expect global warming to worsen next year. Another recent report by the McKinsey Global Institute finds that worldwide energy consumption could be cut by more that half over the next fifteen years with technologies and practices that already exist. James Bond can make it happen - let’s see it 007.
Send John Poole your top-ten favorite blog postings at poolejohn@gmail.com.
posted by John Poole at 9:21 PM
1 Comments:
Ivy's followin' y'ass, dude. I think you should bust some cornrows to celebrate.
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