pragmatic blessings

With some Christmas monies and a nice dealer discount, I was able to put two brand new tires on my car today.  As I've been hydroplaning and fishtailing all over the county for the past few weeks, this is a huge blessing!  2010 is beginning to look up.  (Read the funniest editorial about the arguments over how to pronounce this year--is it twenty-ten or two-thousand-ten?  Mainly a discussion at the university level for this spring's commencements.)