AWAITING 2005

2004 is winding down quickly now. A few more hours and we'll be entering 2005! Wow! I like to compare present times with those of a century ago. A hundred years ago in 2005 Albert Einstein was just formulating his "Special Theory of Relativity", Norway was deciding to separate from Sweden, Ty Cobb was just beginning his Major League career, the New York Giants would win the World Series from the Philadelphia Athletics, and the first neon lights would start to appear. What strange and wonderful new things will we see in 2005?

I like to think there will be much good. There's always a mix. In 1905 the Russo-Japanese war was just ending, Sun Yat-Sen was forming a union of secret societies to expell the manchus from China, and the Sinn Fein party was organizing in Ireland. That same year Ayn Rand, Howard Hughes, Greta Garbo, and Jean Paul Sartre were born. What wars will end and what great people who impact their own times will be born this year? We live in intriguing times. Here's hoping 2005 will be a good year for you and me!