I am indeed The Man, for today anyway.

I've been meaning to write about the end of Nog Season for a while now. For most of you Nog Season ended a few weeks ago when you could no longer get the nog of your choice at your local supermarket. Whether you prefer boiled custard, cinnamon egg nog, or just classic egg; Nog Season is the best time of the year.

For me Nog Season was extended with the purchase of four containers of Southern Comfort Vanilla Spice eggnog. Nog Season ended today as i finished the last bit of nog this morning before i left the house. It was a good season, but it is done and i'll have to wait another ten months for the next one to begin.

I had intended for this entry to be more of a lamentation but it is very hard for me to dwell on the negative for the moment. Maybe next year i can do the end of Nog Season proper justice; however, today i am just not feeling it. In fact i am feeling pretty good.

Today i won my trial. This case had it all. I cared a lot about this client, he was a good guy who needed the win so that he could go on in his chosen profession. The prosecutor was skilled, and better yet one of my friends. Victory is sweet. It is sweeter when it is shared with friends. It is sweeter still when it it over friends. So this was sweet. And i was good.

I know that you all expect me to be pretty self-laudatory. I am not really know for my humility. But today i was good; no, today i was great. The jury was not out for fifteen minutes today. It was a decisive win. If you get into trouble this is the type of performance you want me to put in, trust me.

Someday my friend may read this so let me say, you did a good job. Today was my day to win. You'll get yours and then you can lord it over me. The wheel keeps on turning. And guys in yellow shirts with pinky rings are definitely red regardless of how blue their answers may be.

I will not crow any longer. I am not here to gloat. I just wish i'd have saved a little bit of my nog to celebrate with.

Later

Bob

2008 in review

2008 was an interesting year. Brad decided that we should go our separate ways. That was a shock to the system. I'd seen it as a possibility, but Stephanie thought it would never happen. Never think something can never happen. (This is why i train to be ready for the Zombie Apocalypse). But i learned that a lot of people believed in me and were ready to offer assistance.

I thought it appropriate to offer some thanks in semi-permanent, digital form as is i am wont to do. David Kruse came through with the excellent office space in which i am now located Judge Brown and Claramary offered a good deal of sage advice. My Father was there to pitch in with whatever needed done, and lit the pilot light on my water heater. Merlin once again will make sure that things run properly. Brian wired my garage so there'd be light for the T-Bird and i could get rid of the ugly orange extension cord.

If you were not mentioned here, your efforts were appreciated.

In other bad news for 2008:

B. Hussain Obama was elected. (No further explanation is required on this, but i will doubtlessly expand upon it in the coming months and years.) Pushing Dasies Season Two was a disappointment. Oh, and like the rest of you, the falling market killed my retirement account.

In better 2008 news:

I discovered Burn Notice. I was lead to this fine series after the discovery of Uncle Orson Reviews Everything. (No link this time, Google it and you will find it.) I attended my first Liberty Fund Conference. I got a passport so that i might attend my second but that will be covered in the 2009 year in review, hopefully. I read State of Fear, this should be required reading for any student subjected to Al Gore's propaganda film. On second thought it should be required reading for all secondary instructors so that they might no longer try to inculcate children with the worst scientific proclamation since the Catholic Church insisted that the Earth was the center of the universe. And i met Erin.

On balance the good outweighed the bad. I'd even say that if you took Erin out of the equation; but with her factored in, it wasn't even close. Obviously a lot more happened that was covered here, but if you've been reading this blog then you should be aware of most of it.

Later

Bob

PS

One last 2008 thought, on the last day of the year Amazon made me aware of Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog. I was five months late to the party, but it is a hell of a party. If you can't find a copy out there on the world wide web, let me know and one will be forthcoming.