That Was The Year That Was

So here we are at the end of 2007 and I present to you my recap of the year's events as they have happened in my life. 2007 was the year that I:

• Saw Star Wars again for the first time.
• Discovered that hard drives sing when they die.
• Learned, without a doubt, where I stood with my former employer.
• Understood what it was to be unemployed.
• Then re-employed.
• Then unemployed again.
• Discovered and employed the use of blog labels.
• Started listening to podcasts. (my favorites are Geek News Central, The Naked Scientists, Buzz Out Loud, and TWiT)
• Learned how to pack a house in two weeks for an interstate move.
• And discovered it really can't be done with all the crap we had.
• Got pushed way out of my comfort zone.
• Remembered what it was like to deal with a landlord.
• Turned the big Four-Oh.
• Decided Windows Vista Media Center was nothing short of AWFUL.
• Learned all about FROG rooms.
• Decided that John Lennon was the brains behind the Beatles.
• Experienced epicurial culture shock.
• Experienced medical culture shock.
• Was exposed to scams for the unemployed.
• Celebrated my FOURTH year of blogging (late again).
• Learned more about being "Uncle Bubby"
• Did a little stargazing outside a SciFi convention.
• Tried to make sense of it all.
• Felt the iPhone was a foolish investment (I still do).
• Reached a turning point.
• Learned where I really needed to be.
• Watched a beloved pet die.
• Experienced a paradigm shift.
• Decided to never eat a Taco Bell EVER AGAIN!!
• Was truly thankful for many things.
• Reviewed Windows Vista after a year... and found it lacking.
• Took a look at recording industry paranoia throughout the years.

Wow, it's been a really big year and a lot has happened in the past twelve months. I have experienced a lot of things for the first time. I have experienced a lot of things that I didn't want to experience again or never wanted to experience in the first place. But through it all, I have survived and, more importantly, I have learned. I don't know if I am a better person for it but I do know that I am a different person for it.