2000 That Was The Year That Wasn't

From Y2K through the unpresidential election, the much ballyhooed year 2000 featured a series of cacophonous drum rolls followed by...silence

I know what you people want. You want someone to tell you what a tough year it was and what brave little soldiers you are for getting through it, wacky election and all. Or maybe you're expecting cute little phrases to sum things up, like, "The Dawn of the New Millennium" or "History in Our Hands" or "The Year Anne Heche Went Nuts in Some Poor Woman's House." Well, I'm not going to help you. You came to the wrong place.

The truth is, you had it easy this year. It wasn't supposed to be this pleasant, and in the...

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