2008 in review

This is the time of year that we all take a ride down the nostalgic trail and remember the year. These are a few highlights for me. It’s been a whirlwind of a year, I’m married, I have a new job, and have had one of the most excellent years to date! Here’s a quick perusal of my year in pictures.

January

My first day at SeaChange, it snowed a little.

February

Katie and I moved into our new apartment with the help of friends and family.

March

We hosted our first family dinner (easter) and it was successful, and tiring.

April

Work sent me out to Vegas for NAB, and then a couple weeks later we went out to visit Greg and Petra in San Fran.

May

Ah, the second round of cupcakes from the enchanted back shoppe, just to make sure that we were going to have them do the cupcakes for the wedding

June

I did a fair bit of riding in June. Harpoon B2B, TNHBR, MS150. Katie came up for the B2B and TNHBR, she makes a great PB&J and was a savior with her magic beer runs!

July

Work sent me to Europe for some meetings, and I was able to sneak down to france and see the start of the tour!

August

WE GOT MARRIED!! Island Pond Road Rally and Katie did her first half century! and she didn’t kill me either!

September

We got some down time during September to hang out with friends and relax.

October

Katie and I realized we hadn’t camped all year, so “someone” had the smart idea to camp up north of Mt. Washington. It was a really good camping trip, just a little cold and windy on top of Mt. Washington.

November

Katie found inexpensive tickets to Iceland! So we went with Pat and CIndy.

December

Christmas is always a long event for Katie and I. This year we had a full week of holiday excitement.

 

Well, That wraps up my year in pictures review. I have so many more, and the memories are even greater.

The advocacy of a Mr. Pitkin

There was a twitter conversation going on between some people I follow about snow tires. This evoked some strong opinions on the subject. I’ve always been a fan and supporter of good tires, not just in the winter season. Tires are probably the most overlooked, under-appreciated piece of technology on your car. If you think about it for a few minutes, the entire sum weight of your vehicle is being supported by an area about the size of a large kitchen tile. It then makes sense that you shouldn’t “cheap out” when it comes to tires. This was the first point that made me start thinking about my advocacy. I am an opinionated person, and I’m willing to share my opinion with others, and have them try to sway my opinin. In the 24 hours that I’ve been thinking and compiling my list of advocacy, I’m realizing that I will have to write multiple posts since the list is so diverse and would end up being quite the long ramble of free association that could barely be followed.

My initial list is:

• Snow tires
• Bacon
• Cell phones that sync
• AppleTV
• Carrying a pocket knife
• Hot Sauce
• Password Storage
• Good polarized sunglasses
• driving a large truck (at least once)
• be involved in a charity
• share with others
• try new food
• learn to swim

I’ll write more, and actually have a few in the bag so that I’ll be able to keep this attempt at a digital journal alive! I think I’ll start to keep a running list that is my advocacy list, and try to write at least monthly on one of my opinions.