Adios 2001

With the exception of a major positive near the end of the year, 2001 pretty much sucked and I’m glad to see the back of it. It’s hard to be sentimental about a year where one of your oldest friends dies, you spend time in the hospital with heart problems, your country is attacked by terrorists, and Bravo replaces “St. Elsewhere” reruns with “Thirtysomething” reruns…

That’s not to say the whole year was all bad. I met some great people (notably Becky, PJ, Sparky, Juan Felipe, and the aforementioned Mark), went some great places (the road trip from hell, Fresno, and more), and actually got things accomplished. I put together a lot of websites, one of my own had a record traffic day, and I somehow managed to support myself…

But what a great end to the year, depsite the fact that I was sort of sick, Mark was sicker still, and even Rick was sick for a while. I had great visitors, great food (which may explain the rash of stomach-related illnesses), great snogging, and I even found a used copy of “Willie Wonka” on DVD…

As I move into 2002, my ticker’s still a little problematic, I’m planning to quit smoking by the end of the month, I’m pondering how to support myself this year, and I’m entering a bit of uncharted territory in my personal life. And I’m pretty excited about all of it…

Happy New Year, and thanks to everyone who’s hung around thus far…

TV for a New Year

NBC has now moved its affiliation from KRON to KNTV and, despite the hype from the newspapers and the stations involved, the world has not suddenly come to an end. As a matter of fact, I suspect that few people’s lives have been impacted in any meaningful way…

But it was sort of cute watching the countdown last night as Jay Leno started. I imagine that the studio audience in Burbank (where they get neither station) could barely conceal its enthusiasm…

At least some things never change for long: starting next week, we’re back to three Simpsons reruns a day on KBHK

Hernias for All

How’s this for a creepy New Year’s Eve: Rick and my dad BOTH got hernias on New Year’s Eve and BOTH went to the emergency room in the middle of the night. Makes a little stomach distress at my house seem pretty tame by comparison…

Anyway, more Christmas pictures here and here. In case you missed ’em, mine are here and here