2008 Top Five - Worst Things Shit happens, some you brush off, some sticks. A few things went a bit awry in 2008 for me, some sadder than others. My worst things to come out of 2008:

1) Charlton's flight to dereliction
It's hard to sum up in a few words. Maybe when the board put an advert in the Daily Mail seeking a new manager after Curbs left we should have known that we were heading for trouble. However I have this irrational inclination to get back and see a few games, because despite how much they are hurting us, they need us more than ever.

2) The Global Economy
Wish I'd invented the words 'credit crunch.' I wonder who did? From sub-prime mortgages to banks going bust to the closure of Woolies, 2008 was a horrible year for the world economy and financially it hit me pretty hard. Luckily I can still afford to go and get a couple pints, unfortunately there are those that can't even do that.

3) Ankle Ligaments
In April I badly sprained ankle ligaments on my left ankle playing football. It wasn't the first time and I spent a couple of painful and boring weeks on crutches. It led me to question my yet acclaimed football career but I am still playing twice a week.
Bag of broccoli for my pains

4) Leaving Chicago
My Kinda Town and it certainly was. I left Chicago with a heavy heart at the end of June. If someone would have told me that I would end up spending almost 5 years in the windy city when I first arrived in the freezing (they were all freezing) winter of 2003, I'd have thought they were insane.
My Kinda Town

5) Bump on head
Recently, and I was too embarrassed to blog about it at the time but in a drunken mess I fell over and banged my head. Limoncello was to blame, that and the fact I'd completely forgotten it was many moons ago that I was a teenager. Idiotic and stupid and never again.  ¶ 07:42