To be frank, I'm glad that 2006 is over. Technically it was a great year with the coming of age of SQL Server 2005 and .NET 2.0. But personally, it was a pretty hard year that end on an ugly note. But I'm back on my feet and feeling good that 2007 will be better times.
I'm working on a couple of longer technical blog posts on SQL Server 2005 -- look for them once this week settles down.