It’s the end of another year, and time for me to look back at what I’ve been doing here at Windypundit, just to see where I’ve been and maybe to figure out where I’m going from here.
With that end in mind, 2010 was the year in which
- I first questioned the propriety of the TSA’s full-body imaging system…a full 10 months before it became cool to do so.
- I tested Avvo again, and got a result of sorts.
- the Hayek vs. Keynes rap video hit the internet.
- I blogged about the President’s State of the Union address, which is getting to be a bit of a bore. Blogging about it, I mean, is getting to be a bit of a bore. State of the Union addresses have been boring for as long as I can remember.
- I blogged about the Republican response, using last year’s response to see if anyone noticed. No one did, but I decided it was a stupid trick to play, and I won’t be doing that again.
- I explained the basic statistics behind scientific tests and scientific truth.
- I declared Rock ‘n’ Roll Party In The Streets the best rock song in the world.
- I explained how to survive Scott Greenfield.
- I discovered the Garrity Rule.
- I still had no idea why we don’t encrypt all our email.
- I discovered a perjury trap in the census forms.
- Mirriam Seddiq returned to the blogosphere.
- I discussed the immigration consequences of criminal convictions.
- I added to the complaints about the murderous cops of Fairfax County, Virginia, although this piece I wrote for When Falls the Coliseum is even better.
- Bill Clinton tried to blame anti-government agitators for the Oklahoma City bombing.
- I confessed that despite being a libertarian, I can’t stand pot.
- The Illinois legislature passed a reasonable-sounding bill to address the “sexting” problem.
- Former U.S. Attorney Mary Beth Buchanan lost her race for Congress.
- I met Scott Greenfield, Amy Derby, and some other people.
- I explained why selling internships is not unethical.
- Peter McWilliams was ten years gone.
- Congressman Bob Etheridge assaulted someone who annoyed him.
- Dozer met the cat pillow.
- I posted the Nicholas Brothers’ cool dance scene.
- I was puzzled by inductive cooking.
- The Supreme Court’s lazy handgun ruling hit Chicago.
- I found mixed messages about drugs at a Louisville gas station.
- A few people got life.
- Blago decided not to take the stand.
- Andrew Cohen embarrassed the entire male half of the human race.
- I found some great tips for young girls who want to slut it up to get that cute boy to ask them out.
- I disavowed any rumors that I am an FBI agent.
- I explained why criminal defense lawyers are like flushing toilets (warning: much less funny than it sounds).
- I asked readers to suggest a few protest songs.
- On the anniversary of my father’s death, I posted some of his favorite music.
- A computer scientist made a pretty good claim to have solved the P≠NP problem…but not quite.
- I explained my unease with the 9/11 memorial.
- I dissed classical mythology.
- Warlord Joe Arpaio kept getting away with it.
- Ken Gibson joined the Windypundit family.
- For me, 9/11 passed into history.
- Ken posted about skirts and terrorism (not as fun as it sounds).
- It might be a trap, but I was 100% behind this.
- Ken explained why cops were protesting for the right to beat up people in wheelchairs.
- I explained why public defense is free.
- And why lawyers shouldn’t be forced to work for free.
- I voice my suspicions about the ineffectiveness of the Suspicious Activity Reporting Initiative.
- The idiots at 1010global.org released the dumbest promotional video ever.
- I thanked the Jews.
- Chicago cops frightened some old people.
- I discussed the cost of murder.
- Science defeated another virus.
- I announced plans to rebuild my blog templates. I’ll be sure to let you know if it ever happens.
- Ken called out mother nature for the bitch that she is.
- Suffolk County in New York enacted the dumbest criminal registry yet.
- I propsed a career change.
- I made one of those digital puppetry movies to illustrate one of the more perverse aspects of software requirements.
- Some cops sued the Chicago Police Superintendent in order to derail an investigation of their actions.
- A U.S. Attorney abused her grand jury powers to silence a critic.
- Denver welcomed our new alien overlords.
- I explained why police stop-and-search is a lot like stop-and-molest.
- I whored out my blog for Avvo.
- I explained what Machinima is.
- Orleans Parish took a hostage.
- Skyline sucked.
- I learned that civil forfeiture was even more bizarre than I thought.
- I became worried that the TSA would metastasize.
- Wikileaks. Need I say more?
- Joel Rosenberg was arrested.
- The terrorists almost discovered the secret of road salt.
- The TSA continued to suck.
- A villain popped up on the radar again.
Have a Happy New Year! See you all in 2011!
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