As the new year approaches there are lots of lists of the best of this year. I looked through several lists and decided to use the Time Specials, "Top 10 Everything of 2011" though I did have some of my own picks or liked some other choices better than those Time picked. Here goes:
Top Number of the Year - Time picked 7 billion which is the number of humans on the planet currently. My pick for the top number is 15 trillion dollars which is the US national debt.
Top Picture of the Year - Time picked the picture of President Obama and the operations team during the Osama Bin laden assassination operation. My pick was the photo-shopped version of the same picture. I just think it is funny.
Worst Tweet - Congressman Anthony Weiner on Anthony's Weiner (Time's wording).
Best Gadget - Apple's iPad2 (Time)
Top Sports Story - Penn State's sex scandal and the downfall of coach Joe Paterno (Time). My opinion is that they should have cancelled the remainder of their games this season.
Best YouTube Video - My choice: Ultimate Dog Tease. This has over 82 million hits and money made from it is going to the ASPCA. Time's choice was that annoying Friday song by Rebecca Black.
Best Animal Story - The dog that was part of the Bin Laden assassination. Good choice Time. In the article, General David Petraeus said, "The capability they bring to the fight cannot be replicated by man or machine."
Best Movie - "Puss in Boots 3D". My choice because it's the only movie I saw this year and only because my daughter was in from Asheville. Movies are expensive, they make you sit through tons of previews and commercials, and then there's the talking in the theater. However we both laughed through the entire movie and you can't get 3D at home (at least not good quality). Time picked The Artist, a silent movie.....
Top Marriage Story - Prince William and Kate Middleton's wedding (Time).
Worst Fashion Moment - Time's choice with which I agree. I just included the marriage story above so this would have meaning:
New Findings in Parenting - Trying to be Supermom is a recipe for depression (Time). Look out Tiger Moms.
Non Fiction Book - 1493 (Time). Interesting theory of how Columbus and team reconnected the separated worlds through ships and trade that had once been connected as one giant continent, Pangaea. If you are interested you can see the author discuss the book on C-SPAN's Book TV.
Top Green Trend - Nuclear fears following the Japanese earthquake and tsunami at the Fukushima Nuclear Complex (Time). By the way the death toll in this tragedy was 3. In fact the total number of fatalities from all nuclear accidents is 70 including 56 from Chernobyl in 1986. And by the way there were no deaths from the Three Mile Island incident in 1979 that spawned the movie, "The China Syndrome" which scared Americans away from this relatively safe and clean energy source continuing with our dependence on burning fossil fuels which causes many more deaths and pollution. Sorry for the tangent but there are still things in this world I just don't get....Oh and the death toll estimate from the Japanese earthquake and tsunami is over 10,000.
So happy new year. Look for big time politics in this election year, more unrest in the middle east, more new gadgets, and more crazy times.
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