I said a week or so ago that I didn’t feel like I’d written much on this blog in the past year that’s worth reading. Well, I’ve since decided that maybe I was being a little too harsh on myself, as I so often tend to be. After actually reviewing my output in 2012, I still think I’ve been off my game, both in terms of quantity and quality, compared to the Good Old Days when blogging was a novelty, and everything in the world was fresh and golden. The last few months, when a Friday Evening Video every couple of weeks has been the best I could manage, were especially disappointing. Nevertheless, though, I did find a few entries I think are worth reminding people of. Many of these aren’t so great stylistically, i.e., in terms of the actual writing, but I’m including them anyhow because I admire their honesty, or they contain a good image, or I simply want to remember the events they mention:
- My dad makes me laugh first thing in the morning: Just Say No to Anti-Freeze, Kids
- My dad imparts some fatherly wisdom: The Hardest Thing
- I tilt at one of my favorite windmills: What If You Went to the Bottom of the Sea and Nobody Cared?
- I admit to my shameful flirtation with the art of Thomas Kinkade (forgive me, I was young): I Have a Confession
- Roger Ebert inspires some existential ruminations: “Remember”
- I observe the centenary of the Titanic disaster: 100 Years… and We Still Haven’t Let Go
- I recount some bad behavior: Road Rage: A Case Study
- I remember this one girl I knew in college: The Girl with the Grey Eyes… and a Friday Evening Video
- I get lucky with a blind DVD purchase: Sunday Morning Movie Review: Stay Hungry
- I try to make sense of the senseless: Aurora
- I memorialize my home-away-from-home for the past seven years: Moving Day
- I say farewell to a hero: In Memoriam: Neil Armstrong
- I feel pride for myself and my Girlfriend: Little Victories
- I reminisce about obsolete media: Cassette Memories
- Progress makes me sad: And the World Keeps Moving On…
- Aging and health problems make me sad: Forty-Three
- Weird side effects make me sad: It’s the Little Things I Miss…
- And lastly, I ponder the humble plastic knife: I Think Too Much
And with that, let’s close the books on 2012 and move on to some new business, shall we?