Happy 2005 everyone!

It hardly seems possible but we are already five years into this century and millennium. With the earthquake and tsunami, Nature reminded us on Boxing Day, 2004 that despite our modern times and so-called human superiority: she’s still around. I can only say this is a rather sober beginning to 2005.

My wife and I celebrated quietly watching TV. Because of her cold she decided bubbly wouldn’t taste good so we greeted the New Year with decaf coffee and Carolans. We missed the countdown as we were watching Moulin Rouge! on French CBC at the time. It reminded me of a combination of Mary Poppins and Les Miz—light fare for a New Year’s Eve. The songs, mostly borrowed from familiar pop music, were in English and, fortunately, there wasn’t much plot so I could follow the dubbed French dialog without too much trouble. My wife had seen it back in 2001 in the movie theatre.