Stephen Yeargin

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