Best of the blog 2015

Ah, New Year's. It's hard to believe another year is just over four hours away. Why am I blogging on New Year's? Because most of the people I party with moved away and I'd quite like a nice evening in for once. But rest assured--I have some of Christian Clay's Summit Mist wine in me. I intended to try to drink a whole bottle with my boyfriend, but one glass in and I realized I don't think I can physically fit that much wine in my body.

So 2015. As always, things were interesting from the Nam, from some cool stuff to some astoundingly dumb stuff. Honestly, I'd love to do a recap of the year's most popular posts, but unfortunately, Blogger either doesn't have that feature or I haven't figured out how to work it. So instead, I'm picking my personal favorites.

So here it is! The best--and by "best," I do occasionally mean "worst"--of the Nam in 2015, mostly in chronological order.

• Ex-pat Rob Hensley created an organic lip-color line.
• We were on "Finding Bigfoot," and my brother proposed a new theory for who/what Bigfoot actually is. And then later, a local singer announced plans to release a Bigfoot tribute album.
• Fallingwater was nominated to be put on the World Heritage list.
• Seven people were charged in connection with prescription painkiller scheme.
• A man assaulted his brother with a Jesus license plate.
• Local music brought us Violet Rose.
• A historic farmhouse was destroyed by vandals, probably.
• We had some cool graffiti.
• A DUI suspect showed up drunk to the police station.
• I took some cool pictures at Ohiopyle.
• A Geibel graduate plays for the Pittsburgh Passion.
• I liveblogged the fair. Shortly after a fair employee was arrested for running someone over.
• A woman burned her stepson in a "fire challenge" for reasons I still cannot comprehend.
• We all got a chance to own a piece of Hollywood history when Buffalo Bill's house went up for sale. It rubs the lotion on its skin, or else it gets the hose again.
• A man was arrested for masturbating in the chip aisle at Sheetz. A new, hopefully untainted Sheetz has since opened across the street.
• A Connellsville man sang with Idina Menzel at her Pittsburgh show.
• Love of my life and actor Ewan McGregor visited Fallingwater.
• Brownsville looked a lot like a new video game.
• The TV show "Outsiders" filmed in the area.
• Everybody got raided.
• My parents remodeled their bathroom with the local Buckel Remodeling, and it looked amazing.
• I lectured my Facebook fans about referring to women as "whores" who have multiple children to get welfare money.
• I found a really pretty picture from up the mountain.
• A guy trying to rob Pechins got stuck on the roof.
• My brother guest-posted an open letter to man he's fairly certain was impersonating a member of the military.
• Connellsville's Aaron's Building remodeled and reopened, and it's gorgeous!
• Farmington was named one of the most beautiful small towns in the state.
• A Geibel grad joined the Ohio Bobcats swim team.
• A local Marine voluntarily lived homeless for a month to raise money and awareness for homeless veterans, ultimately raising $25,000.
• A man decorated for Christmas with a Santa hanging from a noose.
• The Uniontown Mall Santa adorably communicated via sign language with a little boy.
• Three car loads of food were donated to St. Vincent De Paul.
• 
  

And if you're interested in my writing away from this blog, 2015 saw a lot more of that--I had my first essay published on The Billfold, followed by two more on Neutrons Protons. I also regularly wrote about "Harry Potter" for Examiner, debuted two articles for CBS (1, 2), and had a photo appear on Pittsburgh blog Ya Jagoff. It's been a good year!

Here's to 2016! Mark smart decisions!

Did you have a favorite moment/post that I missed?