January: This ugly and hateful plant was unwisely planted in cities across America, and naturally, Australia, but not in Canada, they're too smart (and cold).

February: While in Boston all we got yesterday was an ugly coating of frozen slush, just outside of the city there was actual snow.

March: What part of being soaked to the skin with ice water makes people like living in New England in the winter?

April: This guy is one of the last sheep shearers to still use non-electric clippers.

May:
Maggie stuck her head in a mud hole, looking for muskrats.

June: Portland Oregon, where Matt Groening once lived, has the following streets: Terwilliger Boulevard, Lovejoy Street, Flanders Street, Van Houten Avenue, Quimby Street.

July: In this installment of Solylent Screen, I endured The Fountain, a piece of New Age claptrap about mortality and spirituality, starring Hugh Jackman as a successful conquistador, cancer researcher, and soap-bubble dwelling space Buddhist.

August: The great "where should we move?" conundrum continues, with Alexis and I deciding to list what it is we hope to get out of relocation, and what the new location needs to provide.

September: Some poor kid was crowned king or queen of stupid day when they got their moving van stuck under the BU Bridge overpass on Storrow Drive today.

October: Bananas for everyone!

November: The night after Halloween the decorations are still up, but there aren't kids everywhere.

December: I'm about a quarter the way through Bill Bryson's A Short History of Nearly Everything.

Phew! Thank god for October, my year was starting to depress me.