Closing out 2006…

220px-Fondos_archivo 2 With one archive post left from 2006, it’s almost time to close out that eventful year and start looking at the world that was in 2007. Moving halfway across the country. New Job. Buying a house. 2006 was a big year. I think I captured at least some of its flavor. As troublesome as it was, I remember 2006 fondly. It was before things went to hell in a handbag in Memphis – before I realized Uncle Sam sold me a suspect bill of goods and I’d swallowed it hook, line, and sinker. I dare say, I was less jaded, more open, and not nearly as snarky as I am now… or even as snarky as I’d be in 2007. Yeah, 2006 was a big year. Somehow I doubt that anyone out there has enjoyed reading about it (again) as much as I have, but until someone else buys up my domain name and puts me to work writing about what they’re interested in, well, you’re just going to be stuck with me and my seven year old musings on Sunday mornings.

Trust me, there are way worse ways to spend half an hour. With the inevitability of going back to work tomorrow, I think it’s fair to say that there will be plenty of new and interesting stories showing up here in the very near future. Until them, take a look at the drama that went along with buying my house in Tennessee way back in December 2006.

And then there was December…

money_pitWell, we’re moving right along through the 2006 archive. Today’s posts are from the pivotal period of early December 2006, when I was in the process of buying my money pit… er… I mean house in Memphis. I have to confess that there’s not a lot of drama there, but for at least one of us it’s interesting seeing where things were six years ago around this time and compare them with where we stand now. Whoever said “the more things change, the more they stay the same” was really on to something, there. If you’d have told me what drama the intervening six years would bring, I’d have never believed you. There never seems to be an end to the drama, but if nothing else, I’ve had the good fortune t live in interesting times… Or maybe I’ve just inflicted interesting times on myself. Either way. It’s been a trip.

Click over to the archives to start checking out that month that was, six years ago in 2006.

Live…

Your regularly scheduled Sunday posts from the archives are posted and live now for your reading pleasure. Just looking through these last few posts have reminded me how nervous and jerky I was back in November 2006. Between working to open the new office, taking grad classes, running back and forth between Tennessee and Maryland, and obsessively looking for a house to buy, it’s a little surprising that I wasn’t stark raving mad. I suppose it’s possible that I was, of course. I guess crazy people don’t generally recognize that they’ve lost their minds. At ant rate, we’ll be back with more blasts from the past around this time next week. As always, blogging in real time will be back in your inboxes on Monday.

Gems from the archive…

Good Sunday morning, ladies and gentlemen. Even if I have to say so myself, a couple of the “Posts from the Archive” that went up this morning are pretty awesome examples of why I started blogging in the first place. July 2006 must have been a pretty obnoxious month if the amount of ranting through the keyboard is any indication. I think two of these are probably some of my favorite posts of all time. Give it a look and I’m pretty sure you’ll be able to pick out the gems.