2006: The Best of Times, The Weirdest of Times
We got to see the Democrats actually takeover Congress, reality actually trump truthiness and Britney Spears' actual va-jay-jay. I rang in 2006 in Texas, and by fall, I lived here once again. So here's to Texas, and 2006 - to Kinky Friedman, to the friends who became family, and to jumping at opportunities when they come (no matter what the exorbitant cost).

New Experiences: Riding the mechanical bull, living in a liberal zip code, leaving a bag of poop hanging on my neighbor's door
Noteworthy Discoveries: The Vanilla Frosty at Wendy's, The Washington Post politics podcast, Subway's new personal pizzas
Favorite structure: The Gaffney Ass Peach
Favorite Interview: R!ppin' Richie, the slightly overweight, slightly balding, self-described "right-wing nut" who makes instructional break dancing videos
The Biggest Tool of 2006: SC Lite Gov. Andre Bauer
The "That's So 1996" Award: I still get a phone book delivered to me?

Related: The 2005 Year in Review, The 2004 Year in Review