2008
Posted on December 31, 2007Holy crap! It’s the future! We’re in the f’ing future! That’s messed up. What’s going to happen in 2008? Let’s learn together, shall we? Did you know that twenty-ought-eight is the International Year of the Planet Earth? Designated as such by the United Nations, 2008 will be used to spread awareness, research, and outreach of Earth sciences. So make sure you hug a geoscientist this year. 2008 is also the year of: the potato. Who doesn’t like a good potato every now and then?
What else happens this year? In January, Canada gets the iPhone, and Cyprus gets the Euro. I’m willing to bet that both countries are very excited. Come February and March, we’ve got the 50th Grammy awards (fifty years of an award that reflects poorly on the music industry) and Wrestlemania XXIV. Here’s hoping they combine both events into one.
In May, CERN fires up the big ole Large Hadron Collider. This will be the world’s largest and highest-energy particle accelerator, and some theorize could lead to the discovery of the much sought after Higgs Boson particle. Others theorize that it could suck the Earth into a man-made black hole. I’ll let you know. And, assuming the planet isn’t ripped to its molecular shreds, we can all go out and enjoy Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. Hooray!
In the summer, not a lot happens. 2008 Olympics in Beijing, Bill Gates stands down from his position at Microsoft, and the Mets and the Yankees play their last games at their respective stadiums before moving into new digs. In November, we get a new president, Puerto Rico gets a new governor, and in December, Minneapolis gets a new bridge. That’s 2008 in summary. Let’s hope it lives up to all this excitement!
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