My Predictions.
SO everyone else is on the prediction bandwagon, so I thought I would skip over my proposed post on Technology on a Shoestring, and offer my predictions for 2009.

1. The economic collapse will spiral out of control, until the US economy is into the 10's of trillions of dollars in debt. Then China will call the loan, and repossess California, Texas, and for some strange reason Nebraska.

2. Bird flu will begin human-human transmission, and the ensuing pandemic will turn out to be spread especially quickly by contact with unsanitized phones. Call center employees will be especially hard hit.

3. Commodity prices will collapse, and Oil will sink below $1.69 a barrel, causing the big three to reneg on their promises, and go back to building giant gas guzzling SUV's. Subsequently the last drop of oil will be extracted from the ground in Nigeria in October, but will never reach the market due to a protracted gun battle between government and rebel forces.

4. The iPhone will be recalled en masse, after one manages to turn itself on and begin spreading a cookbook through that users email contact list entitled "To Serve Man."

5. Everyone will look back at 2009 and realize that it was only their strength, courage, and ability to come together and put aside petty differences that got them through what was otherwise a pretty miserable year.

Did I mention the Ice Age?