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[36] Arnold Schwarzenegger is recalled as governor of California and replaced by Mr. T. [37] A bird-flu vaccine. [38] But only after President Bush becomes the only American to contract bird flu. [39] The return of ManRay. [40] Pat O’Brien makes a comeback. A so-fucking-hot comeback. A comeback to make you wanna hire a hooker, get crazy, get some coke. [41] City-wide Wi-Fi. [42] Karl Rove’s horns ... and his tail. [43] The Celtics get Kevin Garnett. [44] The Bruins get a clue. [45] No more condo developments or luxury high-rises that suck out Boston’s soul. [46] The American Family Association chairman knocks up a prostitute and gets caught taking her to the abortion clinic. [47] Another member of the AFA is caught mounting a deer — we’re not talking on his wall — during hunting season. [48] Bill Gates discovers Bono is an iPod pitchman and ceases all African charity work with his Time–cover co-star. [49] A serious attempt is made to help people with substance-abuse and mental-health problems in Massachusetts. [50] More local weathermen find clever ways to use the word "poontang" in their forecasts. [51] Sam Yoon loosens his tie and gets jiggy on his first official day as Boston city councilor. [52] Lieutenant Governor Kerry Murphy Healey says publicly that it’s inappropriate and offensive for the state’s sitting governor publicly to badmouth Massachusetts. [53] The Metro retires the phrase, "According to Google..." Make a phone call, for fuck’s sake. Your staffers have to write only 20 words a day. [54] The first of (what we imagine will be) many years of indictments involving corruption on the Big Dig. Let the trials begin! [55] The Big Dig’s completion — or at least the ability to take the same route twice in a row to our friends’ house in East Boston. [56] More women professors hired and tenured at local colleges and universities. [57] Kevin Millar: Red Sox first-base coach. [58] Weezer’s reclusive frontman Rivers Cuomo ends his two-and-a-half-year self-imposed "celibacy." With your mama. [59] Davis Square’s Sligo Pub is declared a national landmark. [60] An Oscar-winning Ben Affleck movie. [61] Darkbuster dude Lenny Lashley’s fingers grow back. [62] Mitt Romney admits he’s made of wax. [63] And wears a toupee. [64] Dick Cheney admits he’s dickless. [65] And a bed wetter. [66] With three nipples. [67] MBTA Night Owl service is restored. [68] Triple D’s stays open forever. [69] Burrito Max returns. Long live barbecued-tofu burritos! [70] CBS, unable to lure Katie Couric to its nightly newscast, opts for credibility and gravitas and re-hires 89-year-old Walter Cronkite as its lead anchor. Ratings soar. John Henry divorces Couric, marries Cronkite, and adopts Theo. page 1 page 2 page 3 |
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