Dave Barry does it again

Once again this year, I must point you towards the amazing Dave Barry and his 2010 recap. If you weren't lucky enough to see his year in review in your local paper, you can read it here. But, be warned, you must be in a place where you can laugh out loud. Repeatedly. And I am not an easy crowd when it comes to laughing out loud at things I read. {I'm realizing suddenly that since I've claimed to neither cry, nor laugh easily, on this blog, I must come across as a robotic creature void of emotion. Really, I'm feeling it too. You just can't tell.}

I have to tell you that Dave Barry is one of the funniest people I have ever encountered. You must be slightly up on pop culture to get some of his references, but if you don't read these articles without laughing out loud at least once, you must be a robotic creature void of emotion. HA HA! See the tie in! You must have around 20 minutes or so to read it all, since it takes up over 2 full newspaper pages, but I think it's well worth it.

Here's a sampling of a few of his comments as he is reviewing the happenings of 2010 month by month:

May
"...the pesky Deepwater Horizon oil spill dominates the news as BP tries a series of increasingly desparate measures to plug the leak, including, at one point, a 167,000-lb wad of pre-chewed Juicy Fruit. President Obama, eager to show that he is on top of the situation, develops severe forehead cramps from standing on the shore and frowning with concern at the water.
{and later in the article under July} Although oil is no longer leaking, much damage has been done, so this remains the focus of the nations attention for nearly 45 minutes, after which the nation's attention shifts to Lindsay Lohan.

February
{on how big the Toyota Camry recall became} In business news, Toyota suffers yet another blow when a U.S. Department of transportation study links the Camry to both diabetes and the JFK assassination.

April
In a related development, Iran purchases $78 million worth of used nuclear-missile parts on Craiglist.

July
In the month's most dramatic story, 33 copper miners in Chile are trapped underground following a cave-in caused by a runaway Toyota Camry. The good news is that the men are still alive; the bad news is that the only drilling equipment capable of reaching them quickly belongs to BP. Informed of this, the men elect to stay down there for the time being.

And on and on it goes. Oh, I do love me a good New Years's laugh. Check it out if you can and let me know if you have the same kind of humor.