Dave Barry’s 2010 Year In Review -- Dave Barry, Miami Herald
Let's face it -- 2010 was a disaster. A month-by-month reminder of just how awful it was.
Let’s put things into perspective: 2010 was not the worst year ever. There have been MUCH worse years. For example, toward the end of the Cretaceous Period, the Earth was struck by an asteroid that wiped out 75 percent of all the species on the planet. Can we honestly say that we had a worse year than those species did? Yes we can, because they were not exposed to Jersey Shore.
So on second thought we see that this was, in fact, the worst year ever. The perfect symbol for the awfulness of 2010 was the BP oil spill, which oozed up from the depths and spread, totally out of control, like some kind of hideous uncontrollable metaphor.
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My Comment: I have been feeling miserable and under the weather for so long .... but reading this post just puts a smile to my face. We all need a break once in a while, and Dave Barry provides a good break right now.