Due to some meddling by the cats, I had to skip around in the time capsule openings and expedite the box marked "Calendar Year 2016." So, these are items that are between eight and nine years old at this point. 2016 was one of the biggest turning point years of the 21st century, so it will be interesting to see what's inside. And I'm also hoping that I can "Resimplify Me" most of it into the trash bin.
Here are some comments and lots of quickie photos as I go...
2. A $127 receipt for Mr. Bill from the Dover Area Animal Hospital.
3. An illustration of a Pigeon-Man by Wendy Xu.
4. A printout of the Wikipedia page for the Mannequin Challenge, which peaked in the second half of 2016 and included the Dallas Cowboys, Ellen DeGeneres, Adele and Hillary Clinton. Sure.
5. There's ephemera from one of the trips we made to Steel City Comic Con in Pittsburgh. Stars of "The Walking Dead" were the big attraction. I also remember how incredibly sad it was to see the now late John Heard standing there, mostly alone, at his signing table. He was a hell of an actor. ... This April, the Steel City event will include Luis Guzman. I would totally get him to sign some stuff from his Paul Thomas Anderson films, maybe with the phrase "Sports and milk."
7. I took my job as chief cook for Christmas Family Dinner 2016 very seriously.
8. Yes, I saved ice cream lids, too.
9. The ridiculous levels of planning that went into being a sports editor. Also, to be very, very clear, I was not reminding myself to email someone a b*mb threat. I'm guessing there was an athletic event that was either delayed or postponed due a stupid, irresponsible threat being called in, and we had to update our plans accordingly.
10. Pokémon Go debuted in the summer of 2016 and, as I'm sure many of you recall, it was bonkers seeing all of the people walking around in public with their smartphones held out in front of them. I played the part of social observer.
11. A very painful printout from The Onion and one that is still very relevant on February 16, 2025, as The Associated Press faces a White House ban for refusing to acknowledge the name "Gulf of America."
12. Maybe my favorite tweet of all time. It appears that @sarahk343 and their account are gone from Twitter. Good for them. That's why I print things out.
12. Brexit headlines from Drudge Report. Sigh.
TO BE CONTINUED
That was an INCREDIBLY good Christmas dinner.
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