Year-in-review meme 2009.

As DrugMonkey reminds us, it’s time for the year-in-review meme.
The rule: post the first sentence of the first post for each month.

January
… as drawn by the younger Free-Ride offspring.
February
Some of you may be aware that, at least in certain corners of the blogosphere, November is celebrated as International acaDemic Writing Month.
March
During our second day at the Monterey Bay Aquarium last weekend, I finally got my much needed jelly time.
April
I’ve gotten word that another blogger who has been tracking IP addresses associated with comments (on his own blog and on the blogs of others) is preparing to blow the whistle on what he is inclined to view as sock-puppetry
May
It being spring and all, the Free-Ride offspring sometimes get that wistful why-aren’t-we-4H-kids? look in their eyes.
June
Sunday morning, Dr. George Tiller of Wichita, Kansas, was murdered on his way into the church where he worships.
July
Somehow, without actually planning it, I ended up taking a ten-day (give or take) hiatus from the internets, during which I immersed myself in the three-dimensional world.
August
Yes, it’s a day late
September
Eugenie Samuel Reich is a reporter whose work in the Boston Globe, Nature, and New Scientist will be well-known to those with an interest in scientific conduct (and misconduct).
October
Around this corner of the blogosphere, folks frequently bemoan the sorry state of the public’s scientific literacy and engagement
November
Abel and Orac and Isis have recently called attention to the flak Amy Wallace had been getting for her recent article in WIRED Magazine, “An Epidemic of Fear: How Panicked Parents Skipping Shots Endangers Us All”.
December
At the end of one of my class meetings today, one of the students noted that her professor for another of her courses this term died about a week ago.
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I’m not sure any trends jump out at me, but maybe you all see something I don’t.
Thanks for being here in 2009.