Predictions for 2005 (share yours, and we'll call it a contest.)

1. Tiger Woods will be back. "Back" meaning kicking ass.
2. The Dow, S&P, and Nasdaq of 2005 will outperform 2004.
3. Contrary to every other prediction list, there will not be a major earthquake in the United States.
4. The biggest discovery/breakthrough in biomedical science since antibiotics will be made.
5. In belated fashion, the segway will find its niche market and start to take root. Reason #1: A serious price reduction.
6. I will not finish that thing I once reluctantly called a "novel" and now call a pain in my ass.
7. The Colts will win the 2004-2005 superbowl. (this season's bowl)
8. Bin Laden will be caught and extradited or killed.
9. Microbial life on Mars will be proven. Religions will adapt, which will raise even more questions.
10. Pope JP will not die...somehow.
11. Google will continue its unfathomable ascent.
12. "Liberal" and "conservative" will mean even less a year from now.
13. A definitive link will be found between diabetes and high fructose corn syrup. A zillion food companies will scramble to "update" the juices, candy bars, and 8,473,215,756,887,128 other products that use it instead of sugar.
14. Calvin & Hobbes will return. Please?
15. Reality TV programming will find a way to get even worse.
16. The ESPN show "TILT" will be an even bigger flop than "Playmakers", which is saying something.
17. Some brilliant channel will decide to run Northern Exposure re-runs at a reasonable hour.
18. The mystery of my missing and widowed socks will be revealed.
19. Mobile phones will begin to emerge as the next major computing platform. The race will be on for THE killer app for it. Google vs. Microsoft vs. Yahoo.
20. At least 8 of these 20 predictions will be correct by this day in 2005.