Oumisoka

2008 draws to a close. I'm preparing to head out to a party where there's a bunch of people I really don't know terribly well.

At least I can take BART there. My Scharffenberger brownies are prepped and ready to accompany me.

I'm finding myself oddly grateful for two things I've always taken for granted:

* Running water

* Hot running water

Sure, I live in a first world country. Those should be a given. Times are a-changin'. There's predictions that in our lifetime, clean water may stop being a given.

And I got my Federal tax booklet today. Whee?

In any case, that's pretty much it for 2008.

Happy New Beer, everyone. Akemashite omedetou.

I hope 2009 is full of good and lacking in suck.

That would be lovely.