I can think of no better bipolar way to analyze the yins and yangs of the last twelve months than the infamous list of 100 Ins & Outs and Ups & Downs of 2014.
So with apologies to the Washington Post (my hometown newspaper!) and without editorial comment, and in no particular order, I submit this list for your kindly consideration. And I kindly encourage you for the sake of your brain to make a list of the same.
The Top 100 Ins & Outs of 2014
1. Size 10/Size 16
2. Emmanuel/All Saints
3. Big church on the boulevard/Little church behind the trees
4. Asics/Chucks
5. Reign/The Tudors
6. Writing/Reading
7. Orphan/Daughter
8. Guest Room/Kid’s Room
9. Dragging Bailey/Walking Bailey
10. Spotify/Itunes
11. Steady Teddy/Theodore Roosevelt
12. Dress up/Dress down
13. Huntley Meadows/Huntley Meadows
14. 100 mph/35 mph
15. Target/Target
16. Dresses/Pants
17. Tights/Socks
18. Libraries/Kindle Fire
19. Blogging/Journalling
20. More Coffee/Coffee
21. Staying alive/Scaling boulders
22. Greek yogurt/Ben & Jerry’s
23. Scrambled eggs/Fast food
24. Renting books/Buying books
25. 59/58
26. Plants/Flowers
27. Fruit smoothies/Rotten bananas
28. Patty Griffin/Emmy Lou Harris
29. Half marathon/Wii Fit
30. Honest/Polite
31. Boudica/Joan of Arc
32. Ghost stories/True stories
33. Jetsons/Flintstones
34. Cards/Email
35. Tumblr/Twitter
36. “Transparent”/”Scandal”
37. Lip gloss/Lip balm
38. Camera hog/Camera shy
39. Swimming/Floating
40. ccmccjr/cng
41. Liturgist/Chorister
42. 10,000 steps/5,000 steps
43. Irreverent/Reverend
44. Commentary/Commentaries
45. Dancing/Sitting
46. Heart/Head
47. Seminaries/Cemeteries
48. Second comings/Second helpings
49. Diva/Wouldn’t want to be ya
50. Single/Divorced
51. Credit/Debit
52. White Reindeer streaming/White Reindeer in theaters
53. Hyundai/Kia
54. Cosmologist/Scientologist
55. Neil deGrasse Tyson/L. Ron Hubbard
56. Challah/Bagels
57. Therapy/Therapy
58. St Nicholas/Santa Claus
59. Camelbak/Back pack
60. Episcopal/Anglican
61. Crazy Evangelist/Crazy
62. Differently Wired/Bipolar
63. BCP/eCP
64. Scully & Mulder/Mulder & Scully
65. Lucy/Ethel
66. Dragonflies/Fireflies
67. Selfish/Selfie
68. Hydrangeas/Sunflowers
69. Hardbacks/Paperbacks
70. Starlight/Sunlight
71. Heretic/Heretic
72. Rosary/Meditation
73. Yoga/Stretching
74. Epiphany/Christmas
75. Open Stacks/Circulation
76. Fiesta Ware/Hardware
77. The Steeldrivers/Stainless Steel
78. Late Night with Stephen Colbert/The Colbert Report
79. SpeakeasyDC/Speaking out
80. Mancini’s/St. Elmo’s
81. Shredding/Recycling
82. Turtleneck/Cardigan
83. Solids/Patterns
84. BMI/BVM
85. Pensacola/Rehoboth
86. Manic, manic/Hypomanic
87. Irish Thanksgiving/Regular Thanksgiving
88. Gay Wedding/Same-sex Blessing
89. Middle Management/Middle child
90. Warrior/Pacifist
91. Priest Associate/Priest
92. Brainiac/Maniac
93. Celebrant/Celibate
94. Sister-in-law/Sister
95. Sorrow/Grief
96. Like the bird/Peacock
97. DSW/Toms
98. Talking/Texting
99. Origins/Genesis
100. Fire starter/Fire fighter
and of course
101. Unorthodox & Unhinged
Happy New year!