Thers has such a way with words

Firedoglake � Late Night: Official “Most Memorable List of the Oughts” List! Hooray!:

"So the most amazingly awesome American decade since at least the 1930s has sputtered and wheezed and expired in the gutter after puking its guts out into the Dustbin of History. I will always remember the 00s every bit as fondly, and hopefully as hazily, as one might recall a hangover induced by too much $2 tequila."

The rest of the post is well worth reading and every bit as cheerful as you would expect given that opening line.