I'd
like to take this opportunity to reflect on the good things that happened this
past year. Readers of this blog are no
doubt accustomed to dark themes and melancholy topics. Granted, I have an indefatigable fascination
with the absurd and perverse, not to mention the repulsive and downright
psychotic. For instance, omitted from my
account here is almost getting
arrested for indecent exposure in May.
(I was indeed naked and exposing myself to passers-by and children in
the playground two blocks from my house, but the police officers who seized me
forgot to read me my rights. My lawyer
got me off on a technicality.) Another
tidbit I could add here is that I accidently ate a lot of yellow snow yesterday
(and kept coming back for more even after my wife informed me quite adamantly that it wasn’t lemonade slush,
but my cats' urine). I’m not sure why I have checked my
natural inclination to dwell on scandals, misfortune, disappointments, and
unsavory behavior. Chalk it up to the
holiday session, I guess. Maybe I’ve dipped
my cup into the Glühwein bowl too much this evening. Then again, perhaps I just want to heed the
words of Paul: Whatsoever things are
true, whatsoever things are honest, whatsoever things are just, whatsoever
things are pure, whatsoever things are lovely, whatsoever things are of good
report; if there be any virtue, and if there be any praise, think on these
things. First off, my wife,
daughters and I are in good health. Erika
got accepted to the university of her choice and just completed her first
semester. Jessi received a congressional
appointment to the Naval Academy. Teri
and Monika went to seven European countries this summer. In August I started full-time at a job I love
and got promoted twice this year as an Army officer.
