Some years go by with little or no events worth noting.....2010 was NOT one of those years. The Queen of England once called the year that had gone by as "Anus Horriblis" which had nothing to do with the posterior or "rear end", and MY 2010 was a mixture of everything....! Starting, as usual with January, it made its way  through to December.....strangely enough! January presented itself with its normal increases in Insurance costs, Electricity costs, Gas costs, in other words - increases in everything - except my Pensions....a normal start! February and March brought the usual reflections on "departed people" -  mainly people far too young to have "departed", and in 2010 the month of March brought a further addition to the list,  not a person, something much closer and much more dependant on me - "Granite de l'Oasis" - who you can see in the photo above.  An animal who had shared the ups and downs of my life for 18 years, w...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January_2010#January (click the link for the rest of 2010) Predicted and scheduled events [ edit ] January January 1  –  Spain  takes over the  Presidency of the Council of the European Union  from Sweden . January 4  – The  Burj Dubai  in  Dubai ,  United Arab Emirates  will be completed. It is already the  tallest man-made structure  ever built. [ 5 ] [ 6 ] January 15  –  Annular eclipse  occurs in  Indian ocean . It can be seen in  Central African Republic ,  Democratic Republic of the Congo ,  Uganda ,  Kenya ,  Maldives , southeastern of India ,  Sri Lanka ,  Myanmar , central  China . It is also the longest annular eclipse in the 21st century.  [ 7 ] January 29  –  Mars   opposition  with  Earth  will occur. [ edit ] February February 6 - March 20  - The  2010 S...