Boston.com's 2008 year in pictures part 1, part 2, and part 3. A good portion of these pictures are incomprehensible to me. I don't understand the hardships people go through as day-to-day life and I don't think I ever truly will. To be as disconnected as I am from world events is entirely too easy. I know that I consciously and unconsciously choose ignorance by not reading or listening to current news or reading about history as much as I should. I have the desire to learn...I just don't seem to take advantage of it very often in some areas.