2008 Top Five - Good Things 2008 will be remembered by most for being miserable, Addicks probably remember it even less fondly. Nonetheless I have re-read through some of my past 12 months of posts and have come up with my Top 5 good things to come out of 2008:

1) Moving to Bermuda
Well, look out of my window. The sun's out and people are smiling. Ok, I am still in a transition period, it's a weird place but I'm getting used to it and living in this little pink-sanded bubble has to be a good thing, right?

2) Barack Obama
I championed Obama's cause since he first came to prominence in Chicago in the spring of 2004. The world became engulfed in last year's US election and hopefully we now have a leader that can change the way the world looks at America and the way America looks at the world. I wish I could have been in Chicago that night in November.
Yes we can!

3) Gavin and Stacey
The funniest thing I have seen on television for years. Everyone knows a Smithy, everyone knows a Pam, everyone knows a Bryn *cough, cough* and I could watch the 16 episodes over and over again. Roll on series 3.
Gavin and Stacey

4) Bermuda Addicks
I can't tell you how many times I sat lonely in bars rooting for my team thousands of miles away on my lonesome when I lived in Chicago but I already know of four others on this small island, and they include a couple of top blokes, one of whom is probably even more consumed by this sad love affair than me.

5) CAFC TV
Credit where credit is due. Careful negotiation by Steve Waggott and others managed to bring us exiled Addicks, i.e. those out of reach of the BBC Radio Kent signal back in from the dark as far as live commentary and highlights are concerned. Apart from a hiccup in week one, it has worked well for me. My only complaint is that the service should come 'X Rated.'
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