Top Ten Everything of 2009

TIME decided to provide a top ten list for just about anything you can think of.

The Top 10 Everything of 2009

Some highlights and observations:

  • Our previous president, despite his ability to sound pretty awkward while speaking, had the top quote of the year – a very eloquent and noble quote at that.
  • U2’s “No Line on the Horizon” has the number three song of the year.  In the clip they provide, Bono sound very strange as he says to the band, “Lets go fellas . . .”
  • Out of that massive list, I didn’t see anything about top ten tours, concerts or live acts of the year, which U2 surely would have made the top five.
  • A cover of Texas Monthly made the number three magazine cover of the year.  The magazine usually has some great covers, but I wasn’t as impressed as they were with their pick.
  • Friday Night Lights comes in at number seven for the Top 10 TV Series.  Thank goodness DirecTV and NBC was able to save this show.  I felt it was important for the show to finish last season, so this season is nothing but gravy for me.  Lost comes in at number six btw.
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Patients are having their eyes fitted with an artificial lens that allows them to see in high definition

Patients are having their eyes fitted with an artificial lens that allows them to see in high definition.

Surgeons begin the process by implanting the lens into the eye using the standard procedure for cataracts.

Then, for the first time in Britain, they can fine-tune the focus of the lens several days later.

The article goes on to state that they can even make the lens a bifocal or varifocal.  I have to admit, I had to look up the meaning of varifocal.

Read the full article here.

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My Second Christmas Card of 2009

Yesterday in the mail I got a card from Danny alllll the way from Plano, TX.  He didn’t include a coupon, but wrote some kind words about what this blog means to him.

Wanna send me card so I can add to the total?  Come on, send me some Christmas cheer. You can do it for free, just click here.

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Bag of Randomness

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  • I saw this old Cowboys sticker on a truck yesterday.  Back in the early 80’s they were real popular and they always stood out to me because they were square and the silver was shine, heck, I probably haven’t seen that sticker in 20 years.  Yup, retro is kewl.
  • My dentist visit went well yesterday, at least I got to watch The Family guy in the dentist chair.
  • Irony – was my dentist was working on my cavities, she was chewing gum.  She told me it was sugarless, but I still thought it was funny.
  • One of our local radio hosts a while back mentioned that he prefers a female dentist because they tend to be more gentle and their hands can maneuver inside the mouth easier.  I think he’s on to something.
  • On my way to the dentist I saw two cars come close to getting in a wreck, well, actually it would have been a small parking lot accident.  But what struck me is that is was between a man driving a Prius and another man driving a Chevy.  The Prius man honked at the Chevy driver out of frustration, and the Chevy man replied with his middle finger, and then the Prius man got of our his car as if he wanted to start a fight.  I would have stayed to see the outcome but my light turned green.
  • I can’t imagine what it must have felt like to be a patient back in the old west, like when Doc Holliday was your dentist.
  • I noticed that iGoogle is finally displaying the latest Google logo image – I always felt I was being left out of their creativity.
  • This story is always reported this time of year.  And in my opinion, that movie is the most over-rated Christmas movie in the history of ever.
  • Worst job ever?
  • Does anyone over the age of 40 willing goes to see the Rockettes?
  • Twoddler – Twitter for toddlers
  • Archbishop Timothy Dolan has some interesting things to say about Christmas – my favorite being how he ended his piece, “Even more troublesome is that this season, when we should be celebrating peace, we find instead so many ways to be at odds with one another. It really doesn’t have to be this way.”
  • The next Harry Potter movie is going to have a nude scene?
  • Ben Stiller’s charity website cracks me up because he mocks Lance Armstrong, who is cool with the it as he appears in several videos on the website.  Instead of wristbands, Stiller is selling STILLERSTRONG headbands.  StillerStrong.org
  • One of my favorites scenes in Ben Stiller’s movie Zoolander is when he wants to build the Derek Zoolander Center For Kids Who Can’t Read Good And Wanna Learn To Do Other Stuff Good Too.
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