- a new USA president who will fix the economic crisis, stop Iran's nuclear proliferation, stabilise Iraq & Afghanistan, capture Bin Laden, and lower taxes for America's middle class
- the Czech Republic takes over the presidency of the Council of the European Union from France, so we'll at last see a bit less of Sarkozy. In 6 months they hand over to Sweden. We also have an election for the European Parliament later this year, where the clueless vote the useless to do the pointless
- Vilnius and Linz become the European capitals of culture (yup, we are so cultured we need two capitals for it)
- the Americans are less cultured, so they only have one capital, and this year it's Asunción
- Slovakia becomes the 16th country to adopt the Euro. We may also see the birth of a new currency in East Africa - the East African shilling
- congratulations to Austria, Japan, Mexico, Turkey, and Uganda who all get a seat on the United Nations Security Council, a nice little money spinner for them
- the poor astronomers feel a bit down in the dumps, so the world has decided to cheer them up declaring 2009 as International Year of Astronomy. The sun & moon are also collaborating and decided to put on a total solar eclipse round South-east Asia
- same goes for carpet makers - 2009 is also the International Year of Natural Fibers
- Microsoft may get their act together and manage to bring out Windows 7 to fix all the damage done by Vista
- good news for Mummy and Daddy: this year they'll see the opening of the Virgin Galactic Spaceport in New Mexico. When they retire they plan to spend my inheritance on going out to space, so all progress in that direction is welcome
Thursday 1 January 2009
Happy 2009!
My first new year! What excitement. My brief view of 2008 was good enough, but now I'm really excited to see what 2009 will bring...
