Retrospective

They say you should follow the habits of highly successful people. In this case I am following in the footsteps of my favorite celebrity blogette, Mean Rachel, and doing a retrospective of sorts. What follows are excerpts from the first entry of each month in 2007. Why? Mainly because I'm bored at the moment. Click on the month to go to each post, if you're into that sort of thing.

January: "Greetings. If you're reading this post, presumably you came over here from TwoGrimDudes.com...."

February: "I work for a small marketing firm. All of our graphic design work is done on Macs, which until recently were a combination of G4s and G5s. As of a week or so ago, my boss..."

March: "Man, Cheech is looking a little worse for wear these days, isn't he?..."

April: "The Scoreboard has moved to Dunndee's blog. As a member of the Triumvirate..."

May: "Yet another good post from Scotton Johnclair. He's on a roll these days..."

June: "In addition to, among other kick-in-the-nuts things, getting trapped in my bathroom on two separate occasions for a total of about 25 minutes due to a faulty doorknob, the Sox..."

July: "Sharpe's Fury, by Bernard Cornwell. The latest installment in Cornwell's fantastic Sharpe series sees Richard Sharpe, a rifleman in the 95th Regiment of King George's Army during the Napoleonic Wars, and his faithful Sergeant Harper back in Spain in 1811, as the French besiege Cádiz, the last refuge of the Spanish government allied with England...."

August: "I've got a lot of stuff in the blogging queue these days - new roommates, interstate trips, book reviews, Red Sox gushing, live music, guacamole..."

September: "On Sunday I went down to Rhode Island to attend my uncle's clamboil. This is a traditional meal for family gatherings consisting of clams, hot dogs, sausages, potatoes, and onions tossed into a pot, boiled for an hour and simmered for another hour. The veggies get soft and delicious..."

October: "John Lackey did nothing to improve his historically poor numbers against the Red Sox last night in the opening game of the American League Division Series...."

November: "Hanson says it better than I can, but..."

December: "A nice post by Eric over at Keep Your Sox On about whether or not the Sox should push for Santana or wait and see if Haren will be available...."