I was incorrect when I surmised that Ocean City would look to Florida for its next convention center director. Larry Noccolino came to Ocean City from Pennsylvania. However, he did work in Florida for a time, for what it’s worth.

The Worcester County Board of Education did not promote internally to replace retiring Superintendent of Schools Dr. Jon Andes as I suspected. Andes’ successor, Dr. Jerry Wilson, came here from Colorado.

Adele did not appear in Ocean City at the first-ever High-Tide Music Festival. In fact, that festival never took place this year and organizers reported this fall it has been delayed until 2014.

I was wrong in predicting the Beach Boys would be appearing in Ocean City this summer as part of a 50th Anniversary tour.

There was no formal announcement from Seacrets regarding its first franchise, which I suspected would occur in 2012 and would be located in Baltimore.

Contrary to what I thought initially, the Salisbury-Orlando flights did not work out well at the Salisbury-Wicomico-Ocean City Regional Airport.

I figured by the end of 2012 there would be four “slots-sinos” open in Maryland. There are only three currently.

While the Maryland General Assembly did pass legislation authorizing a referendum on allowing table games such as poker and blackjack, I was wrong when I predicted the referendum would take place in 2014. That passed as a referendum last month.

Senator Barbara Mikulski did not announce this would be her last term. I thought she might so Gov. Martin O’Malley could seek her seat in 2014. Instead, she has been tapped as the first female to chair the Senate Appropriations Committee.

Comptroller Peter Franchot surprised me this month when he announced he would not be running for governor in 2014. I predicted this time last year that he and Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown would be official candidates. Brown has not made any announcement either.

I was wrong that no tropical activity would affect the shore this year. Hurricane Sandy left her mark on many areas of the shore.

Maryland did not legalize medicinal marijuana. However, in my defense, I wasn’t crazy, as legislators have shown interest. In the last session, the legislation weakened some of the penalties for pot depending on specific circumstances.

The Ravens did not beat the Saints in the Super Bowl. That turned out to be Giants over the Patriots, and it’s still terribly painful.