Dave Barry's 2007 Year in Review

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We've got a Dave Barry Year in Review!  This is the first one in several years.  Oh, happy new year!  This is what one wants to read over breakfast on New Year's Day.

A very few selected tidbits:

• May: "In presidential politics, Florida -- continuing its proud tradition of screwing up elections -- announces that it will move its primary up to Jan. 29. ... before the frenzy is over, Nebraska has officially declared that its 2008 primary election will take place in 1973."
• June: "Cuban television broadcasts an interview of Fidel Castro, apparently intended to prove that the ailing dictator is still alive; cynics note, however, that the interview was conducted by Edward R. Murrow."
• July: "...the release of the seventh and last Harry Potter book, Harry Potter Spends Half the Book Camping..."
• September: "Senate leaders, in a rare display of bipartisanship, pledge to fund large unnecessary projects in both West Virginia and Alaska."
• November: "On the labor front, the Writers Guild -- representing film, television and radio writers -- goes on strike. In solidarity with them, I will not put a punchline here."