In Review
Dave Barry’s 2008 Year In Review is up at the Miami Herald:
In short, 2007 was a year of deep gloom, pierced occasionally by rays of even deeper gloom. Oh, sure, there were a few bright spots:
- Several courageous members of the U.S. Congress — it could be as many as a dozen — decided, incredibly, not to run for president.
- O.J. Simpson discovered that, although you might be able to avoid jail time for committing a double homicide, the justice system draws the line at attempted theft of sports memorabilia.
- Toward the end of the year, entire days went by when it was possible to not think about Paris Hilton.
- Apple released the iPhone, which, as we understand it, enables users to fly, cure cancer, read minds and travel through time.
- The plucky, lovable New York Yankees once again found a way, against all odds, to bring joy to the literally billions of people who do not root for them.
- Dick Cheney did not shoot anybody, as far as we know.
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