Best of the Year: 2008

>> 18 December 2008

This time of year, everyone starts making "Best of the Year" lists.  Best movie, best TV show, best album, best haircut, etc.  These lists are sort of nice; they give us the chance to look back and say, "Yes, some things happened this year that were different from other years."  Let's get this out of the way, then:

  • Best Movie, not about Batman: Wall-E (Seriously.)
  • Best Movie, about Batman: The Dark Knight
  • Best Album: "Fleet Foxes" by Fleet Foxes
  • Best President of the United States: George W. Bush (Don't worry Obama, your* time will come)
  • Best President-elect of the United States: Barack Obama (Told you your* time would come)
  • Most irritating phrase: "lipstick on a ______"  Pit bull, pig, you name it.
  • Best Olympics: Summer, Beijing
  • Best Thing-that-didn't-actually-happen: Scientists discover that cashews cure cancer.
*Disclaimer: I address Barack Obama in the second person, as if he were a reader of this e-blog.  As far as I know, he does not read this e-blog, and the second person reference was a literary device only.  I'm sorry if this was misleading for anyone.

1 comments:

Tim December 19, 2008 at 6:11 PM  

Wall-E was excellent. So much better than I expected. I applaud Disney|Pixar for their willingness to make such a statement through a medium usually reserved for non-social issues.

Tim

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