How Do You Measure A Year…This Year?
Five hundred twenty-five thousand
Six hundred minutes,
Five hundred twenty-five thousand
Moments so dear.
Five hundred twenty-five thousand
Six hundred minutes
How do you measure, measure a year?
In daylights, in sunsets, in midnights
In cups of coffee
In inches, in miles, in laughter, in strife.
In five hundred twenty-five thousand
Six hundred minutes
How do you measure
A year in the life?
—From “Rent,” mucic & lyrics by Jonathan Larson
In addition to suffering from flu, there was another reason that posting has been a bit light here at Capitol Annex. But, since it was a surprise, I wanted to keep it under wraps.
Over the last few days, I’ve taken a lot of time culling through the more than 2,170 posts that have appeared on this blog.
Measuring a year is not an easy thing to do. As a former newspaper editor, it was something I enjoyed doing with my staff every year—divvying up various areas for rehashing and myself compiling a major “end-year review” in a month-by-month style.
But, with a focus as large as, well—all of Texas politics, how does one conduct such a review? Topically? Biographically? By major stories alone?
It’s a tough call to make. If we reviewed the year month by month, it would look like a connect-the-dots puzzle, as things from one month go back and relate to another month.
So, how will we “connect the dots” to complete a picture of the year here at Capitol Annex? Stay tuned and find out. Between now and Monday, we’ll have several different stories out.
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