| Most blatantly-shameless advertising shtick: Burger King's Flame, a fragrance with just a hint of, um, beefiness. | |
| Best political snark: Mark Steyn, responding to Canada's dubious "Journalism Doctor" John Miller: "I don't really think of you as 'Professor Waggy-Finger'. I think of you more as a what's the word? 'dickhead'. But then I remembered 'the responsibility of the writer' to 'promote understanding', and thought I ought to fluff it up into something more arch and literary. Not too literary not Bertie-Wooster-describing-Sir-Roderick-Spode literary, but something just a smidgeonette shy of a four-letter epithet seemed to be what the situation called for." | |
| Best political move: President-elect Obama picks Hillary Clinton for Secretary of State, which will keep her out of the way for the next four years. | |
| Worst political move: President-elect Obama picks Hillary Clinton for Secretary of State, which will keep her on or near the front page of the newspaper for the next four years. | |
| Best TV event: Several stations conducted digital tests prior to the February 2009 analog-TV shutdown. | |
| Best automotive remark: Argus Hamilton: "President Bush urged Congress to pass offshore drilling. With the vast majority of the nation behind him, we aren't about to change our lifestyles. The day before, Detroit introduced a 600-horsepower Corvette which runs on ground-up Priuses." | |
| Worst automotive remark: John Phillips of Car and Driver, suggesting ways to save on your gasoline bill: "Distill your own fuel from something less expensive than crude oil, such as methamphetamine." | |
| Top-rated collector's item of 2008: The Gore/Obama bumper sticker. | |
| Most elusive Christmas present: Good luck finding the Star Wars® Ultimate Lightsaber. Close behind: Woot's Christmas Bag O' Crap. | |
| Strangest photo of 2008: Clearly Syracuse center Arinze Onuaku has a head for basketball, or something like that. (Click here for a larger version.)
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| Best album title of the year: "@#%&*! Smilers" by Aimee Mann. | |
| Least-expected blog development: Somebody comes up with a blog award which charges an entry fee for consideration. | |
| Most-welcome sign of sanity on Usenet: Volume is so high these days, albeit mostly due to smut and binaries, that it's almost impossible to propagate new groups. |
Posted 25 December 2008
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