My 2012 Predictions

Every year, I make predictions for the next year. Usually I get a little help from my brother, but this year, I decided to do it on my very own. When I make predictions, I realize some of it is a recollection of what happened in the past year. This year, I realized that my predictions are a reflection of me. One prediction that I have for past decade that I miss making is Osama Bin Laden. I had fun making predictions about his capture or lack of capture. None of my predictions came close to what actually happen. Osama Bin Laden Prediction are being laid to rest this year. (2011's prediction and result: Osama Bin Laden's tapes will be found in the archives at the New York Times. They won't be aired because no VHS player can be found. He's deader than a door nail on May day. But at least I have the Airport Guy to keep me going, unless he gets voted out of office. Then I will be up a creek again.

2012 Predictions
1. The world will not end as predicted by the Mayan calendar.
2. Utah State, BYU and Utah will win their bowl games.
3. While Kevin waits for his visa, he will serve stateside in New York.
4. Jazz will go to the playoffs and also beat the Lakers. You never know, so don't laugh too hard.
5. Vanessa and Crystal will vote for a winning candidate or two. Yes, the two will be old enough to vote. May their dads rest in peace.
6. Gabrielle will give birth to a little girl on May 29th.
7. Airport Guy will be barred from the Salt Lake International Airport and will travel by Amtrak to and from D.C.
8. Orrin Hatch will retire. It has been decades since i was 18. Yeah it's time to turn out the light and go to bed, Hatch.
9. Obama will order members of Congress to quit whining and get to work. The same with the Senate.
10. Political talk shows will lose their ability to whine, yell, find fault, rant, point fingers and other forms of bad speech as their ratings fail and Americans get tired of their bs.
11. Nancy Grace will host her own show on Comedy Central. (She makes me laugh with her antics.)
12. The American public will start a petition on Facebook, Twitter and other social media outlets to demand that Congress , Senate, White House (elected & non-elected) officials and other elected officials give themselves a month without pay so that those in the armed forces, senior citizens (except millionaire retirees) and low level government employees can have a raise.
13. The Tea Party and the Coffee Party will both brew at the polls.
14. Sarah "Perky" Palin will be forced out of the closet when it is discovered that she likes coffee more than tea.
15. BCS will go bankrupt and lose creditability; then become the laughing stock of the football & sports worlds.
16. Mary will visit Utah and see the new Natural History Museum and Red Butte Gardens.
17. Crystal will run a full, yes full marathon at the end of April or August. Or the first weekend in October. If not, she will run a half marathon.
18. Susan and Jewel will check out a ebook from the library.
19. There will be new faces in Washington DC from Utah and a few other states due to the 2010 census.
20. Dana will go into major shock when his youngest walks into kindergarten classroom and his oldest starts her post-secondary education.
21. An announcement will be made in General Conference that a temple will be built in the San Luis Valley. Okay Southern Colorado. (John Taylor's son once said in a stake conference in Manassa that a temple would be built in the area. Someone also prophesied in a stake conference in the Mini-Cassia area that a temple would be built. In 2008, the Twin Falls temple was dedicated.)
22. As usual there will be a change in face(s) at Income Accounting at the University of Utah.
23. Some matchmakers will hone their skills and a few good men will consider their martyrdom. Disclaimer: this does not mean there will be wedding bells.
24. The prison walls will not fall around Warren Jeffs, but a wall will fall on him and his reign of terror will end for many of his followers.
25. Jason will teach his nephews & nieces the fine art of texting (jexting). Watch out parents, aunts , uncles & Vanessa.

A few questions for 2012. Will Utah and BYU play their last rivalry game? I hope not. And will Notre Dame play BYU? Now that could be a holy war. Will my Utes and Dana's Dawgs meet up again? I kinda enjoyed that rivalry. And will a buffalo be hidden on Utah's campus like a cougar was hidden 25 plus years ago? I probably won't know because I don't read the Utah Chronicle. This is my new look for 2012. It is only a haircut, but hopefully it will a part of my new year resolutions not to wait a year before I cut my hair. Hopefully at the end of June.