As is "automobile." And both "heterosexual" and "homosexual."

yay! I'm so glad. I love mixing un-mixy things.

I don't recall if there was a big discussion. I seem to recall that we consensed, and it may have been because r_liz felt so adamantly about it. I just know I have a kneejerk "wrong!" now, when I see it used, which speaks, I'm sure, more to my suggestibility than to any correctness or incorrectness. I.E. I got no dog in this hunt. I merely recall and report.

After due diligence and cogitation, I can categorically state that I'm unable to discuss 2008, and further, I may never be. Suffice it to say, it's history. I'm looking forward.

Wow.

Um, was that unduly harsh? I meant it as funny-stuffy. Like, you know, Wesley on Buffy, before he was cool on Angel. Sorry.

I think "Buffistae" is cute, and wouldn't condemn anyone for using it, but the plural will always be BuffistaS in my heart.

Oh dear...I'm starting to worry about whether or not the Secret Santa gift I posted to the States has got lost in the mail. I was a bit nervous, because I didn't send it by recorded delivery or whatever. Hmm. Still, I think I sent it around the 20th, so I'm not going to start freaking out yet, because that's only, what a fortnight or so.

But, possibly, I may need to send a second Secret Santa gift. We'll see. Wish me Postal Service -ma!

While I can't claim worst year ever, it was the best.

Bad:

My cat got sick , his illness took over my life in way i didn't understand, then we had to put him down. We still ache.

DH got into the oddest job situation ever , where he knew it was going to end, but he was still there for awhile . Messes with your head. He now has a new job, his severance from his old job is becoming a decent nest egg for us. Yet DH has still not recovered from the brain mess up.

Many friends spent too much time this year looking for a job

Good

we put in the dinning room and kitchen floors -- nothing like physical labor that improves the nest to help with the mental attitude.

Family -- all good. Matt's parents have given us some scares, but they seem to rally.

Most everyone that needed a job, had found something. Not everyone, but I have hope.

What I want most for the next year : A lessening of this economic fear. It causes paralysis on an individual basis,to businesses, to countries, and to the world. I spent the last 6 months of 2008 fearing. I can't do it anymore.

Here's a take on 2008

[link]

I've been trying to come up with what to say about 2008. So far I got nothing.