As Tim Rice so eloquently and movingly put it:
quote:
It's the Circle of Life
And it moves us all
Through despair and hope
Through faith and love
Till we find our place
On the path unwinding
In the Circle
The Circle of Life
Yet again, the Great Wheel has turned full circle, leaving the old year just a memory, even as it brings us to the dawn of another. What better time to cast our minds back and to consider the events of the year gone by: the hopes, the fears, the laughter and the tears, the kindnesses and cruelties, the tittishness of Trig.
And in considering our collective and individual achievements perhaps we can indeed 'find our place on the path unwinding' - it's a sobering and a humbling thought.
Of course, the tradition is that our Dumbo-eared mod-fascist Kenny takes the microphone for this venerable event, and I would be delighted if he is prepared to take charge again. If not, I declare myself willing to preside. After all, in my many, many years on Teh I have won every award worth winning: all that remains is the 'Lifetime Achievement Award' after which I will be obliged to have a stroke and die (though if the stroke is expert enough, what a way to go).