I just spent a few hours reviewing the last year of postings to see what Windypundit was all about. For me, 2006 was the year in which
- I had my 100,000th visitor
- we found out the truth about executed murderer John Kenneth Coleman
- the President gave us the important news that “the state of our Union is strong–and together we will make it stronger”
- the law finally caught up with Joey “The Clown” Lombardo
- I got my D200…eventually
- Blonde Justice showed us just how smart she was
- I saw the coolest video ever
- I explained just how wisely I married
- a bunch of people went looking for “flexible fuckers”
- Dick Cheney shot a guy in the face
- I found out about MySpace
- white-boy rap was all the rage
- Virginia Postrel gave up a kidney for a friend
- Lance Corporal Thomas Amos returned from Iraq (and was recently promoted to Corporal)
- I posted a few questions for Matt to ask the G
- I explained just how much the republicans are starting to look like Democrats
- I broke into a friend’s house
- I discovered an important lesson in an old Clash song
- The Hawaiian government admitted I was right
- I wrote a letter to ATT which they never answered
- Heather Mac Donald snubbed my request for her phone number
- a 17-year-old girl thought I was creepy
- I found out about the saint of good parking spaces
- I gave the blog a makeover
- the Institute for Justice used one of my photos
- I took some photos of the Jeff Fest
- I figured out who the Reason Pillow Girl was
- I photographed someone taking a dive
- I explained how the law of supply and demand already affects organ donations
- I went to my first blogmeet
- I got some bad news about my personality
- Windypundit 2.0 arrived
- I explained what I think SWAT raids are really all about
- Ken Lammers changed sides
- Windypundit changed hosting services
- I discovered OK Go
- the DEA had a deceptive exhibit at the normally-reliable Museum of Science and Industry
- the Pluto haters won
- I lived life on the edge
- I crushed on Natalie Portman just a little
- I got some schadenfreude
- I still can’t get this out of my head
- My wife and I lucked out in an election of our own
- we observed the fifth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks
- Thierry Legault got a really cool photo of the International Space Station
- I had jury duty
- I tried libeling Michelle Malkin
- I sold a photo
- Glenn Renolds gave me a mini-instalaunch
- My trashing of the TSA got an interesting response in the comments
- I explained the significance of the recent U.S. population milestone
- I started eminent domain blogging again
- I posted over 1700 photos of runners at the 2006 Chicago Marathon
- Glenn Reynolds gave me a much bigger instalaunch
- I explained my political philosophy
- I encountered the Des Plaines TIF
- A young lady magician put on quite a performance
- I made a shocking admission
- I had fun freaking the squares at MADD
- I got a message from Linda Paey
- I gave the children some important advice about drugs
- I backdated a year-in-review posting to make it look like I posted at the last minute on New Year’s Eve when I really posted it arout 11:15 the next day.
Sorry if that was too much about me. Here, go read Dave Barry’s review of 2006. It’s much funnier.
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