As 2008 dwindles into oblivion, I can not help but reflect on the year’s happenings.  It seems that as we get older, our Earth circles the Sun at an exponential pace.  The fogginess of days behind us becomes increasingly impenetrable, and we begin to accept far too quickly where we are and who we have become.  
I have always been insistent that every moment we live is worthy of our remembrance, that without maintaining some grasp over the ostensibly random episodes of our lives, true self-awareness would be nearly impossible.  As I …