Hello 2010 !

I am so happy to see you, 2010. You are all nice round numbers, evenly divisible.
2010, you look optimistic to me.

2010 will be the beginning of the decade - I hope - of honesty. No more trying to rip each other off. No more lies. Just tell the truth to one another. Talk. Tell. Truth.

I am happy to see you, 2010. I know you won't let us down.

Speak Truth to Power.

As Joseph Campbell says...Follow Your Bliss. Do Good for Others.

Goodbye to the 2000's Good, Bad, Ugly "The Big Zero"

Let's start with The Good
-I fled to the Right Coast and reunited with Family
-dropped my son off at Rutgers University, where after 7 years of Higher Education, he earned a JD
-met my wonderful husband
-advanced my career to Director level, helping to run a 300-employee construction company
-got to meet David Sedaris in person (thanks to Ronnie)
-bought a house
-acquired the most amazing and wonderful daughter-in-law
-adopted my Bichon, Dolly
-went to Italy

The Bad
-witnessed 9/11
-failed to stop the beginning of Iraq war, failed to defeat GWB in term 2, and the war escalation in the latter part of the decade
-lost a house
-lost a job, twice

The Ugly
-stood by my man as he lost his job and home
-thought that Enron was the worst thing that could happen to the US economy (after 9/11)
-was a witness to the near collapse of the entire US economy due to the snakes on Wall Street and a thing they invented called Credit Default Swaps


Op-Ed Columnist
The Big Zero
By PAUL KRUGMAN
Published: December 28, 2009
Let’s bid a not at all fond farewell to the Big Zero — the decade in which we achieved nothing and learned nothing.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/28/opinion/28krugman.html