In the past 12 months...

Richmond Mayor L. Douglas Wilder announced he would not run for re-election…Dirtwoman announced that “it” would run…earthquakes and cyclones rattled parts of Asia…Heath Ledger died in his apartment in NYC…we enjoyed 29 days in February…the price for a barrel of oil continued to skyrocket over $100…Evel Kneivel died…VCU basketball retained both Anthony Grant and Eric Maynor for another year…the chowdas won another World Series title…another idol was crowned in LA…the fourth installment of Indy Jones contained Aliens and lots of CGI…the Hoos and Hokies had successful football seasons ending in bowl game defeats…Vick sentenced to 23 months for fighting Fido…Barack and Hillary battled it out while a Caucasian man watched…Drought…Marcel Marceau died, but you didn’t hear that from me…Bears spotted around the city…Jimmie Johnson won another NASCAR championshp...Microsoft offers Yahoo! 44.6 billion…the R-Braves announced they would become the G-Braves…the war in Iraq continued another year, as did Darfur…the I35W bridge collapsed in Minneapolis…Blu-Ray waived goodbye to HD-DVD…the Colorado Rockies sold World Series tix online (I love them for this reason)...the year of the dolphin was celebrated…a religious sect and its children were seized in Texas...Wrestler Chris Benoit killed his family then himself…twisters strike central and southern Virginia…Nintendo Wii released Guitar Hero III…we started paying extra for airline baggage…iPod Touch and iPhone are released…Tigers escape from zoos and kill “visitors” in San Francisco…the G-men turn into X-men and defeat the Patriots in AZ…lots of rain in the spring ease drought worries...two years with the wife! (and dog birthdays celebrated too)…Boling announced another run for LT. Gov, McDonnell Gov…people in the cap city started riding the GRTC more…Ike Turner kicked it…protests against the Beijing Olympic games were carried out around the world…Rock Chalk Jayhawk in NCAA’s…Daily Double creator Merv Griffin died...6th Street Marketplace food court finally closed for good…gridlock over transportation continued at the GA…fires raged out of control in Southern California…Steroids and Roger Clemens dominate MLB talks…a gunman was spotted on the campus of UR…THE HYPE TURNED 2!