Year in Review :: 2008

January

[1st] Rang in the New Year with Soul Stew Revival
and North Mississippi Allstars

[13th] Brought Mikey home

[19th] Saw Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings at Variety
Playhouse and then drove to Smith's Olde Bar
to catch Grace Potter and the Nocturnals

[22nd] Tottenham Hotspur beat Arsenal 5 - 1 to
advance to the Carling Cup Final

[25th] Touched the Stanley Cup

February

[3rd] Covered the Super Bowl in Phoenix for CNN.com

[10th] Did a shoot in Palm Beach for CNN

[24th] Tottenham Hotspur beat Chelsea 2-1 in extra
time to win the Carling Cup Final

March

[1st] Saw Dark Star Orchestra at Variety Playhouse
with pre-party BBQ at my place

[9th] Covered the Kobalt Tools 500 NASCAR race
for CNN at Atlanta Motor Speedway

[14th] American University defeats Colgate to win the
Patriot League Championship and an automatic spot
in the NCAA tournament... for the first time ever

[14th] Storng F2 Tornado rips through downtown
Atlanta... lost power, but suffered no damage

[19th] Spurs and Chelsea play to a 4-4 draw at White Hart Lane
in what may have been one of the most exciting matches of the year.

[21st] American University plays its first ever NCAA Tournament
game, and managed to stay even with #2 seed Tennessee for most of the contest.

[21st] Saw Alex Ovechkin score his 60th goal of the season
as the Washington Capitals beat the Atlanta Thrashers 5-3.
Ovechkin's became the NHL's first 60-goal scorer in 12 years.

[28th] Saw Biscuit Burners and Trampled by Turtles at
Eddie's Attic in Decatur. Something else also happened
today - something important - but I'm not going to share
it in this forum or with anyone else. But it was fairly monumental.

[30th] Completed the ING Georgia Half-Marathon in 2:09:35

April

[12th] Attended Ryan and Emily's wedding

[18th] Saw Chatham County Line at The Earl

[20th] Saw Grace Potter and the Nocturnals at
Sweetwater 420 Festival

[26th] Watched the Twilight bike races
in Athens

[26th] Saw Old Crow Medicine Show in Athens
at the Georgia Theater

May

[4th] Saw Hot Tuna and Little Feat at Variety Playhouse

[7th] Attended Shake at the Lake's 'The Servant
of Two Masters'

[8th - 12th] Visited Harrisonburg, VA with Cyerra

[21st] David Carrocci died

[30th] Saw North Mississippi Allstars at Variety Playhouse

[31st] East Atlanta Beer Festival

June

[5th] Saw Railroad Earth and Bobby Lee Rodgers at Variety Playhouse

[6th] Cyerra's Surprise Party

[7th] Virginia-Highland SummerFest at 991 Rupley

[8th] My BIG car accident

[13th] Tim Russert died

[14th] Saw 'Songs of the Living Dead' at Dad's Garage

[15th] Tiger Woods sinks a long birdie on the 18th to push
the U.S. Open to a next day playoff

[15th] Turkey comes back from 0-2 to defeat Czech Republic
3-2 in a Euro 2008 thriller

[21st] Bought my 2008 Saturn Vue XE

[21st] Saw Blues Traveler at MidSummer Music Fest

[22nd] George Carlin died

[29th] Went Zorbing for CNN.com in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee

[30th] Went indoor skydiving for CNN.com in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee

July

[4th] Ran my 5th Peachtree Road Race

[5th] Mikey's first time in real water... swam like a pro
in Lake Allatoona at Red Top Mountain

[6th] Nadal defeats Federer in a Wimbledon classic

[10th - 13th] AllGood Festival in West Virginia

[18th - 20th] Me, Jason, Joe, and David spent time with
Grandma and Grandpa in Florida

[25th] Randy Pausch died, so I watched the entire
"Last Lecture" in one sitting.

August

[1st - 3rd] Brian and Liz Liebman spent the weekend
at my place, checking out Atlanta

[2nd] Strangest (but most wonderful) dinner ever at Panita Thai Kitchen

[9th] Saw Gov't Mule a Masquerade Music Park

[10th] Watched the men's U.S. Olympic swimming team win
one of the most exciting relays ever