For a great number of reasons I won't enumerate here on this blog, 2006 was a fairly sucky year, particularly from the summer on. The end of the year was capped off by a vacation filled with high wind, power outages, and frozen tundra unsuitable for golf. Oh, yeah, and a pipe burst under my house again God knows how long ago just as it did in 2004...only this time, I get to pay for it. So forgive me as I give the finger to 2006 and welcome with open arms and a hopeful heart, 2007.