2004 is about to end, and a new year will begin. In retrospect, it was the year that brought us the following greatness:

• Janet�s titty
• Michael Jackson�s pee-pee
• Pimp my Ride � or the rise of Spinning rims on everything
• Mary Kate in food rehab � thin is in, too thin is out
• I got an iPod � just after Brian, just before everyone else
• The rise and fall (off the face of the earth) of William Hung
• confirmation of no WMD�s and the �oh, really� that followed
• Proof that Fundamentalist Christens are willing to sacrifice their children so that gays can�t get married
• The Red Sox (only people from Boston really care anyway)
• Mars rovers � and the aliens who love them
• Dead women with babies and the people named Scott Peterson who kill them
• Fahrenheit 911, Bush�s Brain, Supersize Me
• the plummeting value of the American Dollar
• goodbye to Christopher Reeves, Ray Charles, Marlon Brando, Ronald Regan, Yasser Arafat, the guy from Law and Order
Kobe, Shaq, and a crazy white girl who got it in the end
• gmail – I have ten “invites”, let me know if you want one
• and of course the greatest event of 2004�HALO 2

I�m sure I missed something, and I�m sure you will let me know what it was.

Have a great Dec 31st, and a greater Jan 1, 2005

Your friend Michael