Wait. It's 2008!
I can't believe that a blog posting is actually flowing from my fingers at the moment. I know, I know, it's been a rough few months. I could claim that I've been too busy with work (we opened the Arrabelle), or travel (I just spent the holidays in PA), but really I've just been lazy. Good ol' fashioned laziness never hurt anybody.
But with the onset of a new year I felt very compelled to maintain the annual tradition of a top ten list. Feel free to check out "Kickin' it - yet again" and "Kickin' it in '06" for gut-busting commentary about upcoming years that have already passed.
So let's just say I have a good feeling about '08. The reason for this lies somewhere between strategically placed irons in the fire with carefully calculated probabilities of success and downright irrational optimism - a good feeling nonetheless. So why don't we begin with the top ten things to be happy about in 2008.
10. This year will bring the election of a new president of the US of A, and it's about damn time. I think a Democrat will win (who doesn't) bringing us an unprecedented member of office and this is a good thing - but let's keep campaign tears to a minimum.
9. The housing bubble didn't burst, but it shriveled into something resembling a raisin. So it makes this a good time to buy - right? They say you should sell high and buy low. When was the last time you had a raisin?
8. The New England Patriots have won 18 straight games, the first sixteen of which making up the first undefeated 16 game NFL season. To tell you the truth, I wouldn't mind seeing a certain pretty boy get roughed up in his 19th game of the season.
7. Everybody has GPS in their cars so we never have to give directions again. Since I get lost more than anybody I know, this will undoubtedly bring less frustration to myself and others with similar tendencies toward disorientation. Maybe one day we'll have the "GPS of life guidance" so any and all decision making will be unnecessary.
6. Though fears are flying about a potential economic recession in 2008, some think that it may be a very shallow dip. Does this mean that if we're thinking about switching jobs we should do it now rather than wait? If yes, could that be a good thing?
5. That "10,000 B.C." movie looks pretty bad-ass.
4. Alaska Airlines will launch the first Wi-Fi enabled airplane. You should take a vacation to Juneau!
3. The Arrabelle Hotel is open for business in Vail, Colorado after years of grueling work by talented architects, engineers, construction managers, and trades-people. It's really a beautiful place.
2. Though scheduled to debut in 2007, 2008 will bring the fourth installment of Indian Jones, starring a 66 year old Harrison Ford!
1. 2007 was fortunately a year of tremendous strides against global warming and the stage is set for a national climate bill to pass in '08. Through the help of government incentives, high fuel costs, clear economic benefit, and old fashioned environmental concern, politicians, business leaders, and average citizens are dead serious about putting a halt to global warming. We can certainly do this.
Happy 2008.
But with the onset of a new year I felt very compelled to maintain the annual tradition of a top ten list. Feel free to check out "Kickin' it - yet again" and "Kickin' it in '06" for gut-busting commentary about upcoming years that have already passed.
So let's just say I have a good feeling about '08. The reason for this lies somewhere between strategically placed irons in the fire with carefully calculated probabilities of success and downright irrational optimism - a good feeling nonetheless. So why don't we begin with the top ten things to be happy about in 2008.
10. This year will bring the election of a new president of the US of A, and it's about damn time. I think a Democrat will win (who doesn't) bringing us an unprecedented member of office and this is a good thing - but let's keep campaign tears to a minimum.
9. The housing bubble didn't burst, but it shriveled into something resembling a raisin. So it makes this a good time to buy - right? They say you should sell high and buy low. When was the last time you had a raisin?
8. The New England Patriots have won 18 straight games, the first sixteen of which making up the first undefeated 16 game NFL season. To tell you the truth, I wouldn't mind seeing a certain pretty boy get roughed up in his 19th game of the season.
7. Everybody has GPS in their cars so we never have to give directions again. Since I get lost more than anybody I know, this will undoubtedly bring less frustration to myself and others with similar tendencies toward disorientation. Maybe one day we'll have the "GPS of life guidance" so any and all decision making will be unnecessary.
6. Though fears are flying about a potential economic recession in 2008, some think that it may be a very shallow dip. Does this mean that if we're thinking about switching jobs we should do it now rather than wait? If yes, could that be a good thing?
5. That "10,000 B.C." movie looks pretty bad-ass.
4. Alaska Airlines will launch the first Wi-Fi enabled airplane. You should take a vacation to Juneau!
3. The Arrabelle Hotel is open for business in Vail, Colorado after years of grueling work by talented architects, engineers, construction managers, and trades-people. It's really a beautiful place.
2. Though scheduled to debut in 2007, 2008 will bring the fourth installment of Indian Jones, starring a 66 year old Harrison Ford!
1. 2007 was fortunately a year of tremendous strides against global warming and the stage is set for a national climate bill to pass in '08. Through the help of government incentives, high fuel costs, clear economic benefit, and old fashioned environmental concern, politicians, business leaders, and average citizens are dead serious about putting a halt to global warming. We can certainly do this.
Happy 2008.
posted by John Poole at 8:11 PM
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