2009 in Review/2010 in Prediction

Again, I’m going with dubious grammar choices for the title, but I believe it fits.  Instead of just reviewing the low and highlights of 2009, I figure I’ll go through a list of my greatest hits ’cause for nearly all of them I have goals of faster and more intense for 2010.  So, when you start seeing Facebook statuses (stati?) about how bored I am, you can just send me a link to this page to light a fire under me towards something.  Maybe.  I don’t often admit to being bored in Facebook because it actually doesn’t happen too much.  What’s more likely is that you’ll see statuses (stat–oh, forget it) about me wasting time on something completely inconsequential.  Which is essentially what this blog post is.  Anyways, moving on, in an order where I presume the most interesting to the most number of people is at the top, I present the list:

That Dweam Within a Dweam

I have a friend who once told me that he believed that there are two things that should not change the public’s perception of a person in political office: military service and marital infidelity.  It was his belief that what a person did or did not do in those two realms shouldn’t have any bearing on how he or she is perceived by the public.  I was reminded of this recently with the news that the governor of South Carolina took off to Argentina for five days to see his mistress.  One of the days he was gone was Father’s Day.  His wife and four kids apparently thought he was on the Appalachian Trail.  As did most of his staff.  Hearing the stories come out of this new scandal reminded me why I pretty much completely disagree with my friend, at least on the marriage part.