Here is the highlight reel from 2008:
- Wrote one letter to the editor
- Joined my employer's 401(k) plan
- Bludgeoned with primary election season coverage
- Enjoyed a nice, long period of quarterlife angst
- Endorsed a candidate for president
- Saw Ani DiFranco and Over the Rhine at the Ryman
- Received a tax refund and stimulus check
- Signed another a lease for another year at our apartment
- Attended my first Stanley Cup Playoff game (Predators 3, Red Wings 2)
- Re-activated my Twitter account
- Designed the "Go Green" theme for my Web site
- Attended the East Nashville Hot Chicken Festival and the downtown fireworks
- Endured a long summer of staff transitions at work
- Received first post-college promotion
- Attended the Tomato Arts Festival in East Nashville
- Turned 25 in August; received a bit of a discount on car insurance as a result
- Marked my second year with my employer in September
- Finally purchased an NHL game for the Wii, much to wife's chagrin
- Posted (almost) every day for the month of September
- Attended the second annual BarCamp Nashville event at the Sommet Center
- Became the proud owner of an iPhone 3G
- Celebrated two years of marriage and five years of being with my wife in October
- Early-voted in my second presidential election and third for a U.S. Senate
- Launched a site for NCAA All American candidate Lester Hudson
- Attended my first wedding for a college friend
- The wedding was the only time I left Tennessee in 2008 (5 miles over state border in Kentucky)
- Joined a Disciples of Christ congregation
- Accompanied my wife as we purchased a new car for her
- Donated our minivan to the National Kidney Foundation