Welcome back to The mj15 Blog's four part 2010 installment of End of the Year. In case you missed the first three parts, feel free to read them by clicking here, here and here. And, if you would also like to read the preview post where I picked the year's ten best TV shows, just click here. The following is part four, where I wrap everything up with my list of the best and most memorable people of the 2010 that was. As with every post past, present and future, I hope that you enjoy.
During every "End of the Week" and during every "End of the Month," I like to wrap things up by giving my vote for the best and/or most memorable person during that time. So what better way to end this wonderful labor of life that I've concocted over the past few days with something similar to that? Nothing, that's what! I will list my vote for the 2010 Person of the Year in just a moment, but until then here is a list of the runner-ups that made 2010 as great of a year that it was:
Betty White
This may sounds strange, but when I first started thinking about my list for people of the year for 2010 all the way back in June (I plan ahead, you see!), the first person that I had listed under the name of candidates was none other than the world's most favorite almost-ninety year old, Betty White. The reason? Well, 2025 readers, I'll tell ya! Whereas White's career in the last decade have been limited to minor appearances on TV shows and supporting roles in film just to show everyone either how lovable she is, or that she wasn't dead. 2010, however, saw a resurgence in cultural relevancy for White not seen since, at latest, the mid-90s. Thanks to a Facebook campaign (one that I appropriately named the "Facebook Campaign of the Year" back in part 3), White became the oldest host in "Saturday Night Live" history and, thanks in most part to some funnier than usual sketches and a wonderful crop of guest stars like Tina Fey, Amy Poehler and Maya Rudolph, was part of one of the best episode of the show this year. White was so good as host that she even received an Emmy award for Best Guest Actress in a Comedy Series!
But the 'SNL' hosting gig wasn't all for White. She co-starred in her first sitcom in over twenty years on TV Land's "Hot in Cleveland," was actually used as an advertising tool to make viewers watch the season two premiere of "Community" (a very good episode, if I might add), received a SAG Lifetime Achievement Award, and was one of the most talked about celebrities of the year. Not bad for someone that should have spent her year living in some comfortable home, enjoying her final years of life. And to think, this resurgence might not have happened had it not been for this hilarious Snickers Super Bowl commercial which she was a star in. I wonder if she ever did thank the people in charge of the making of that ad at any point since then.
Lebron James
2010 was a very memorable year in the life of the 25 year old basketball phenom. He was selected to his sixth career All-Star appearance, becoming the first person in NBA history to get 2.5 million or more votes by the fans in three or more occasions. In February, he became the first player in the NBA since Oscar Robertson back in 1962 to score at least 40 points, 15 assists and 13 rebounds in a single game. In March, he became the youngest player in NBA history to total 15,000 regular season points at the age of 25. And best of all for James, he led the Cleveland Cavaliers to the #1 seed in the Eastern Conference playoffs for the second year in the row and earned himself his second straight NBA title. Yep, you could say that 2010 went pretty smoothly for Lebron...except for the part where he quit on the Cavs in the Eastern Conference semifinals, possibly lied about his sore elbow during the playoffs, and had that awful one-hour "The Decision" special on ESPN where he told the world in the poorest way possible that he was going to leave his hometown Cleveland for the Miami Heat to play with Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh in what was arguably one of the biggest and infamous moment in NBA free agency history. But whatever, minor bumps in the road, I suppose.
The Taiwanese Next Media Animators
Because when all of the world's biggest stories took place, there was no better source for the real story and what might have happened then the series of animations that these guys did in 2010, like the ones about Steven Slater, Lindsay Lohan in prison, the Late Night War, and much more. And, yes, I kind of do mean it.
Tea Partiers
You're continued rise in both numbers, continued view in the national political spotlight, and importance in 2010 led to the nomination of many Republicans to Congress during this year's midterm elections. You've also helped extremely in the continuing movement of the Republican party to the far right while also seemingly ending the Democratic surge that had been so popular during the second term of the Bush administration. You men and women are America's modern day Know-Nothings, Free Soilers and People's Party, and for that I congratulate you (sort of).
MLB Pitchers
For the second time in MLB history (with the first taking place back in 1968), a season ended with many dubbing it "The Year of the Pitcher." Granted, most of the major average league pitching stats in 2010 were mostly similar then in 2009 with the 2010 numbers only slightly smaller. But if you look at the big pitcher, it kind of makes sense. ERAs, ERs, WHIP, runs per game and home runs allowed climbed to its lowest rates since 1992 when the Steroid Era started getting underway while strikeouts and K/9 per game were at an all-time high. A whopping six no-hitters were thrown, including three perfect games and two thrown by the same man (Roy Halladay, including one in the postseason) and a record 15 pitchers ended the year with 200 or more strikeouts. There were also five instances of no-hitters/perfect games broken up in the ninth innings, including the most famous one back in June involving Detroit Tigers pitcher Armando Galarraga. Yep, 2010 was a pretty good year for men who threw balls four-five inches in diameter really hard and really accurate, and the best part...is that it could continue improving! Oh, the joy!
Lady Gaga
In 2009, thanks in part to her debut album "The Fame," little known Stefani Germanotta from Brooklyn, New York quickly transformed herself to Lady Gaga, one of the year's top pop singers and this generation's Madonna. In 2010, thanks to her follow-up album "The Fame Monster" with her hit songs like "Bad Romance" and "Telephone," she has now become a superstar. Her songs have made her one of three highest grossing singers of the year, she's the hostess for Facebook's highest liked page for a human and one of the most followed Twitter feeds at over 7,500,000, and her "Bad Romance" music video is currently the second most watched video in YouTube history. At this rate, its pretty frightening to think of the height at which her stardom could go at this point.
The Gregory Brothers
In a world where auto-tuning random videos is all the rage around the World Wide Web, two men stand above all rest. These two men are the Gregory Brothers who, a year after making their hit web series "Auto-Tune the News," continued to show why their are the masters of the voice enhancement by creating another masterful series of songs on the Internet, this time from other popular Internet videos. There's their most famous video of the year, "Bed Intruder Song," inspired by the original Antoine Dodson video, and then there's their other secondary web-hit including "Double Rainbow Song," inspired by the hilarious video by Paul "Bear" Vasquez,"Backin Up Song," and much more.
Karen Owen
When thinking of what thesis to write about in college, the Duke senior decided that it would be the best decision for her to write about the things that she does best. Strangely enough, that was picking up athletes. Her senior thesis, entitled "An education beyond the classroom: excelling in the realm of horizontal academics" rates and describe the sexual encounters of every single Duke University student athlete during her time in that school, complete with a full narcissistic description of herself, bar graphs, and everything. The thesis (shockingly) did more harm than good. The athletes were embarrassed (especially those ranked in the bottom of the list), many feelings were hurt, and Owen instantly became one of Duke's most infamous students. But, hey, at least she got some in college. You have to at least appreciated that...right?
Tiger Woods
The mj15 Blog's 2009 Person of the Year award winner followed up the tragic fall from grace in both the public and private sphere with a February press conference in which he apologized to everyone for his actions that received some negative reviews by many people. If that wasn't enough, life in the thing he does best (golf) wasn't so great either. Woods finished the year with his first no-victory season ever and even lost his #1 ranking to Lee Westwood of which he has held for over five year prior. So why was he picked as one of my People of the Year? Well, for one thing, he was still one of the most talked about individuals of 2010. His February press conference was so big that millions ended taking a break from their normal life to watch it and media outlets ranging from ESPN, CNN, MSNBC, FOX News, national TV news programs, and much more across the globe ended up carrying it live.
His return to golf at the Masters? Bigger than the Masters itself, if you believe it. Finally, their was the divorce settlement with now ex-wife Elin Nordergen, which became one of the highest in the history of this nation. Basically, even if 2010 as just a continuation of the bad end to 2009, Tiger Woods was still one of the biggest and most followed individual of the year. Let's just hope that things improve for him starting in 2011.
Steve Jobs
Because thanks to the iPad, I'm confident that this man could sell the iTainted Meat and have hundreds of thousands of Apple fans line up in stores on opening day to buy it.
Sandra Bullock
When you think of 2010 as the year of up and downs, the first person you think of is actress Sandra Bullock, who feeatured both the highest of highs and the lowest of lows this year. The highest of highs came on two separate occasions, with the first taking place in March when Bullock received her first ever Oscar for Best Actress in her role on "The Blind Side," and the other coming in April with the adoption of an African baby by the name of Louis Bardo. Then, came the lows, with the Razzie for Worst Actress for her role in "All About Steve" and divorce from her husband, Jessee James, after news surfaced that James was having an affair with a very...interesting girl nicknamed by many as "Bombshell" McGee. So, I guess you can say that Forces of Nature ended up working against her!
/Knows joke its terrible
//Screw it! Its 1 a.m. and I'm too lazy to think of a better one. I'm keeping it.
///Walks self out in shame.
Velma Hart
In a society that has seen its share of angry debates and town hall meetings over the past few months, it was Hart, a middle-class mother who during a CNBC town-hall meeting with President Obama, stole the spotlight with a question that was both polite in manner, eloquent and very respectable to the President. No wonder she won a Sanity Award at the "Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear."
James Cameron
Though his most recent movie, "Avatar" did not end up winning the Academy Award for Best Picture or gave him a Best Director Award, the movie did receive a record-breaking $2.8 billion worldwide, and he picked up a Golden Globe for Best Movie Drama and Best Director, which is basically Hollywood's consolation prize. So, overall, not a bad year for Hollywood's top money maker.
David Cameron
The Oscar award winning filmmaker wasn't the only Cameron to make an impact in 2010, but also Britain's newest Prime Minister elected in May. Instead of little ol' me giving you the reason why the leader of Britain's Conservative Party belongs in the list, here's former Vanguard CEO John C. Bogle's take on Cameron when he selected him as his selection for TIME's 2010 Person of the Year:
"In the face of a serious global recession and in an economy among the most imperiled, British Prime Minister David Cameron took bold steps to a) build a "big society," demanding that citizens take greater responsibilities for their communities, and b) set forth a really tough fiscal policy, slashing government expenditures and killing — or at least maiming — a wide range of sacred cows."
Couldn't have said it any better.
Drew Brees
This year, the NFL quarterback led the New Orleans Saints to not only their first Super Bowl appearance in franchise history, but also the team's first Super Bowl win ever, defeating the Indianapolis Colts 31-17. He has also continued to perform since then in the same exceptional level as he has been for the previous four years: with 4424 yards passing, 32 TD, 68.7 % completion percentage, and a QB rating of 92.2. His skill, toughness and passion on the field along with his dedication and charity off the field have also given something else to residents in the Gulf Coast region plagued these past five years by a catastrophic hurricane and now an awful man-made disaster: hope. No wonder why Sports Illustrated named him as this year's Sportsman of the Year.
Barack Obama
A new year, a new set of challenges for the President to deal with. His first major issue: health care, or more specifically trying to finally pass the new health care bill which he has wanted to pass since going into office. That turned out to be one of his few successes of the year, with the bill finally getting passed by both the House and the Senate in March despite 100% negative support by Republicans and so-called "blue dog" Democrats. It was the first major change to the country's health care program in nearly 45 years.
His second issue: the economy, with 10% of Americans still unemployed and the majority of Americans still hurting. In July, the President signed into law a new financial regulatory reform bill, essentially focused on curbing the excessive over-leveraging and risks taken by the folks at Wall Street, even though many were still displeased by it, and in December signed a compromised new tax cut deal, keeping the Bush tax cuts for at least another year. The the issue: dealing with his lowering approval rating and the resurging Republican party. Unfortunately for the President, he has yet to stop it from continuing with the GOP set to take over the House in January and his approval ratings continuing to slide. To quote VP Joe Biden, 2010 was quite a "big f*ckin' deal" for the Commander in Chief.
The Chilean Miners
For over two months, these 33 men were living in a dark, damp hell hundreds of feet below the surface. But thanks to some strong leadership (Luis Urzua), confidence, tough determination, some luck and (above all else), the miners were able to deal with that hell until mid-October during that famous rescue that ended up captivating millions of people from around the world.
Justin Bieber
One of the most beloved figures of the year while simultaneously the most loathed. His popularity among tweens and, really, all demographs sored to heights not seen since the days that boy bands ruled the Earth, with his first two career studio album "My World" and "My World 2.0" both reaching platinum status, his music video for the song "Baby" is listed as the most watched video in YouTube history (despite that its only been about nine months since the first day that it was uploaded) and he is one of the heartthrobs among girls everywhere. And while the backlash to "Bieber Fever" has been equally huge, the fact that this kid who was discovered by a former marketing exec. accidentally at the age of fourteen would rise into this huge figure is pretty damn impressive.
Louis C.K.
If there was such a thing as a "Comedy MVP" award given out every year as suggested by an e-mailer to Bill Simmons's August mailbag post, he would be given that honor for his work in 2010 (with runner-ups going to Aziz Ansari and Daniel Tosh). Not only was "Hilarious," his most recent stand-up special premiering this year...well, just that, but season one of his newest TV show, "Louie," was spectacular and one of the best TV shows of the year. With George Carlin sadly not with us any longer, he is now arguably the top stand-up comedian alive in the business.
Katheryn Bigelow
Whereas her ex-husband, James Cameron, ended up finishing with the more successful year in the box office, it was Bigelow who probably finished this time with the final laugh. Her 2009 movie, "The Hurt Locker," defeated Cameron's "Avatar" for Best Picture during this year's Academy Awards and she alsodefeated Cameron for Best Director as well. It was the first ever Best Director award for Bigelow, and also the first Best Director award ever given to a woman. Not a bad year for someone whose previous masterpiece was 1991's "Point Break."
Hamid Karzai
The President of Afghanistan and the central figure of the Afghanistan conundrum, Harzai was one of the most important and more influential world leaders of both the Middle East and in the world.
Ben Roethlisberger
From accusations dating back to April that he sexually assaulted a female in the bathroom of a Georgia bar (his second different rape accusation in a span of ten months) to the four game suspension handed to him by NFL commissioner Roger Goodell for violating the league's personal conduct policy to even the revelations of his gray Lil'Ben and just how big of a jagoff he really is, not many sports figures had as worse of a year or was made fun of then the QB for the Pittsburgh Steelers. But then again, his Steelers are in the playoffs and are expected to be likely contenders for the Super Bowls during the playoffs, so it seems that all has ended well...for now at least.
Arthur Moats
The Buffalo Bills defensive end did something this month that neither countless injuries nor two announced retirements nor even painkillers couldn't do: end Brett Favre's 297 regular season consecutive-starts streaks. That's right: thanks to a crushing behind-the-back hit from Moats in the Vikings' week 13 game against Buffalo, the gunslinger was finally so hurt that he wasn't able to play the next game. Now, if that isn't something to get nominated for the list of the year's top people, then I don't know what is.
Corey Wootton
Two weeks after Moats ended Favre's consecutive starts streak, the Northwestern grad. one-uped him by hitting Brett Favre so hard, that Favre received a concussion and made him miss the final two games of his historic twenty year career. Now, I know what you're thinking: mj15, are you being a bit harsh on Favre by giving the men that made him miss some games this season? Yes, yes I am, and I don't regret it one bit.
Tony Hayward
The year started out as a very promising one for Hayward. He was working as a top executive for BP, one of the top oil companies in the world. And not just any executive, but CEO of the freakin' company. But then the Deepwater Horizon oil rig in the Guilf Coast exploded, causing what is now the worst oil spill in the history of the petroleum industry while also ruining a region's ecosystem, economy and dignity. Of the people to blame for this man made disaster. none of them were more scrutinzed and villanized than Hayward, who eventually resigned as BP CEO because of pressure from the negative press. Plus, he was such a great apologist! I mean, my God!
Mark Zuckerberg
Things really could not have gone any better in 2010 for this twenty six year old Harvard dropout. His creation, the very popular social network working site Facebook, earned its 500th million member this year and was ranked as the most visited website of the year for the first time ever (dethroning multiple time winner of that crown, its rival company Google), has a net worth that has surpassed that of Steve Jobs and Rupert Murdoch. Furthermore, the story of his founding of Facebook was also created into a movie by Aaron Sorkin and David Fincher, titled "The Social Network," arguably one of the best movies of 2010 and one of the main competitors of the Oscar for Best Picture this upcoming February. Also, if that wasn't enough, he was picked as this year's honoree for TIME Person of the Year. He's had such a successful past six years that he has promised to donate $150 million to the Newark school board and still have billions of dollars left. Again, all of these achievements, and the man is only twenty six years old at the moment. Very impressive, indeed.
Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert (tie)
On October 30th, Stewart, host of "The Daily Show," and Colbert, the ultraconservative host of "The Colbert Report," ran a two hour rally in front of a crowd of over 215,000 fans and supporters of the cause at the National Mall in Washington D.C. titled "The Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear," in which the two drew focus to the constant shouting between the right and the left on cable talk shows and tried to give voice to those who might have felt left out of that conversation. It was a wonderful rally, complete with some funny moments and a nice speech by Stewart to end it all. Outside of that, their shows were in top-top shape this year, with some great episodes and Emmys to go along with it ("The Daily Show" for Outstanding Music, Variety or Comedy Series and "The Colbert Report" for Outstanding Writing in that very same category). As for Colbert by himself, he had a pretty interesting year without Stewart as well, with him named as the assistant sports psychologist and main sponsor of the USA speed skating team in the 2010 Winter Olympics while also appearing before Congress in character this past September.
Michael Vick
When Vick began 2010, his life was at a crossroads. He had just finished his fifth month since getting released from prison after being convicted for multiple dog fighting charges, the majority of the public still hated him and had not forgiven him for the crimes he committed, and his job security as a third string QB for the Philadelphia Eagle was in jeopardy. But then, thanks to some hard-work over the offseason, determination that many had never seen of him before and some luck (Donovan McNabb traded to Washington, Kevin Kolb injured because of a concussion), Vick was back as an NFL starting QB and has never looked back. Currently, he has led the Eagles to a 9-2 record as a starter, is a top 5 QB in statistical categories such as passer rating, yards per attempt and total yards per game, has led the team to an NFC East title and #3 playoff seed in the NFC, and is one of the top contenders for this season's MVP award. He has also paid his debts to society, been an active speaker against animal cruelty and has worked hard enough to finally improve his public relations to the point where the majority of people who once hated him and were sickened by his dog fighting charges have begun to forgive him. Of the many well-known redemptions to take place in 2010, none was more bigger than that of Michael Vick.
Glenn Beck and Sarah Palin (tie)
Leaders of the Tea Party movement in 2010 and, thanks to their opinions constantly heard and read through TV, radio, the Internet, literature, etc., it has helped tremendously to the Party's growing numbers.
Marc Rubio, Rand Paul and Christine O'Donell (tie)
The three politicians (some better and more successful in getting voters than the rest) are just three major examples of the new breed of far-right Tea Party candidates in the Republican Party whose names and opinions (some sane, some just complete batsh*t crazy) have steered much of the American conversation this past year.
Gilbert Arenas
It's one thing to get in a fight with a teammate during a card game. It's one thing to get in a fight during a teammate and then pulling out a loaded gun in front. With Arenas, that is exactly what happened in his life on Christmas Eve 2009. He and teammate Javaris Crittenton got into an argument and then, in a fit of anger (I suppose), Arenas pulled out a loaded handgun to Crittenton's face. The NBA ended up suspending Arenas for the rest of the season and, thanks to the incident and also the Wizards taking John Wall as the #1 overall pick in this year's NBA draft, Arenas was eventually traded out of Washington to the Orlando Magic. But, man, actually taking out a gun and threatening to shoot a teammate with it, knowing that you could probably get suspended for it? Now that takes guts. Or an insane mind. Whichever one makes the most sense.
Mel Gibson
It was good that he reminded us this year just how crazy of an S.O.B. he really is.
Conan O'Brien
2010 was a banner year for O'Brien, and not just because he came out the hero of the great Tonight Show conflict back in January. When that fantastic yet chaotic period came to a close and O'Brien finally received that $30 million buyout from NBC, he didn't remain in the shadows for long. He used the massive, enthusiastic support of "Team Coco" that he gained back during his final weeks as host of "The Tonight Show" to create "The Legally Prohibited From Being on Television Tour," a very popular nationwide tour that featured song and dance, segments similar to his old late night TV ones and some special guest appearances. In February, he finally created his first Twitter feed, now at over 2 million followers at this point, and in November his new late night talk show on TBS, "Conan," debuted with big ratings and with much fanfare. Oh, and he also led to the decline in Leno supporters, Jeff Zucker's days as NBC Universal CEO over and featured some of my favorite TV moments of the year during his final days on "The Tonight Show."
Kanye West
His fifth studio album, "My Beautiful, Dark, Twisted Fantasy" was both a critical and commercial success, especially in the critical side where everytime you look, there would be a five star review here, a 10 out of 10 here, an "Album of the Year" listing there, etc., with good reason. The album is just simply fantastic, with music that Rolling Stones magazine calls "as sprawlingly messy as his life." Not a bad rebound from the Taylor Swift incident in 2009.
Brett Favre
Another year, another twelve months of the grandfather NFL QB that we all love to hate. After a season that ended with a costly season-destroying interception, Favre went on another one of those "Will he play or won't be play?" fiasco that many media outlets like ESPN drooled over while many others began to get sick and tired of. He reportedly retired, but as the case has been since 2008, he eventually decided on joining the Vikings again for the 2010 season (this time, after teammates came over to spend a night at his Mississippi home). The season itself did not go any well, with the Vikings poised to finish the year under .500 with Favre on the bench because of a concussion (See, Favre is like those zombies on "The Walking Dead. You need to remove the head in order for it to actual get put down.).
Meanwhile, things also did not go well for him off the field either, as news surfaced on Deadspin that he sent pictures of his schlong to multiple NY Jets employees in 2008. Fortunately for Favre, he was only fined $50,000 for that fiasco, but not before his reputation was ruined even more. Now, he's poised to start 2011 by announcing his fourth retirement from the game of football. Let's just hope, for the sake of all that is holy, that this will be the final time. Lord knows that we could use some time off from his BS.
And those are the finalists. And now, time for the moment that you've been waiting for. The mj15 Blog's 2010 Person of the Year is....
JULIAN ASSANGE!
Now, there are many reasons as to why I've chosen Assange as my Person of the Year, so here's a list of all of them:
- Founder and editor-in-chiefs of WikiLeaks.org, the now domain-less web site famous this year for the massive release of diplomatic cables and once confidential government papers for the worldwide public to see on three separate occasions. The first two came in July and October, with the famous Afghan and Iraq War Documents Leaks when the website released the logs of over 91,000 documents relating to the US war in Afghanistan and over 390,000 documents relating to the US war in Iraq from January of '04 to December of '09. The third, and possibly the most infamous one of them all, came in December with the release of over 250,000 United States diplomatic cables, ranging from topics like Kim Jong Il to Moamarr Gadhafi.
-Created a US government sh*tstorm everytime these three document leaks occured, especially during the last one. After all, everyone knows that leaders of nations hate to get mocked.
-Looks like a ghost that has been spent back here on Earth, kind of like alien Mr.Burns.
-Has many loyal supporters, including ones that were willing to hack into websites like Amazon, Mastercard, Paypal, Visa and even the Swiss Bank of Defense to express it.
-Should have been the TIME Person of the Year, and not Mark Zuckerberg.
-Arrested in Britain earlier this month for rape charges committed in Sweden. He has since been released on bail.
-Although he wasn't the first man or woman to win my vote for Person of the Week and or Month multiple times (nor will he be the last), he was the first to get the honors two weeks in a row. And since I am a narcissistic asshole, I think that really means something (for the purposes of this website, at least).
- Signed a $1 million book deal.
- Has some embarrassing documents of his own, including a love letter, and his online dating profile.
-Inspired Bill Hader's fantastic parody sketches of him on "Saturday Night Live."
And with that in mind, it's time for me to conclude this second annual installment of End of the Year for 2010. I would like to thank every great person, viral videos, stories, movies, pop culture items and moments, and every other thing that I forgot to mention but should have for giving me as much material to work with as I can as well as making these past twelve months both fascinating and entertaining (even though, as with every year, there were parts of it that most definitely sucked). Also, if there is any notable person that you thought should belong on this list, go right ahead and do your thing in either the comments or through your e-mail account. So, what moments will 2011 bring us? Unfortunately, since I am not a fortune teller, I cannot answer that question. However, I think that we could all agree that it should be a fun time watching it all unfold, whatever "it" may become.
Now, since this post also marks the final one of my 170 or so post for the 2010 calendar year, I would also like to dedicate these remaining few sentences of this post to thanking you. Yes, you, you precious, magnificent, voluptuous reader of mine you, for taking valuable time of yours and reading this blog at least once over the past 365 days both on MySpace and/or right here on Blogger. After all, you had billions, and I do mean BILLIONS of web sites to choose from over this past year, and the fact that you decided to spend this time reading me is something that I evermost appreciate.
My vacation from the blog's regularly scheduled programming will still stay in effect until January 7th, when I will bring you my NFL wild card round picks, followed by the first random thoughts of 2011 on 01/10 and my first End of the Week of 2011 sometime around 01/15. Until then, enjoy the time off, and (more importantly) enjoy the start of this brand new year that will start any moment now (or has already begun, depending on which part of the globe you live in or what date and time you're reading this post). Au Lang Syne, and all that jazz.
Sincerely,
Your pal: mj15
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