From Paul (who else?) comes a couple of interesting ways to look at the year in review.  First, he pointed me to his year in travel, as mapped through Great Circles.  My air travel for 2005 is mapped below.  With multiple trips to Seattle, and fewer trips than in past years, I'm still well over 50,000 miles for the year, roughly around the world twice.

In addition, Paul summarized his year of blogging through a monthly cut-and-paste of the most memorable phrase.  That's easy for Paul, whose wealth of British venacular and love for words gives him lots of material to choose from.  My list isn't nearly so interesting, and doesn't even start in January!  Perhaps I should resolve to use more colorful language in 2006?

1. May: or is it Prii?
2. June: subject to decades of Pavlovian associations
3. July: "base" does seem to be an apt term. 
4. August: the parallels between Wonkaland and [Michael Jackson's] Neverland are difficult not to infer.
5. September: double bag [DEET] if it's near your toothbrush
6. October: first rain of turkeys of the season
7. November: like a demented torpedo
8. December: flashback outro