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Best Of 2008: CATCHPHRASES

I consider myself a catchphrase connoisseur. I’m always on the hunt for the hot new bit of cultural slang that will have the office-water-cooler-chatter buzzing. 2008 was a great year for catchphrases!

Here is my list of the TOP TEN CATCHPHRASES OF 2008:

1. “Later for you”
2. “Talk to my hand”
3. “You’ve gotta be kiddin’ me”
4. “Change”
5. “Two and a half men”
6. “Ya think?!?” (My friend Mike was rocking this phrase all year)
7. “See ya, wouldn’t wanna be ya”
8. “How’s the weather up there because of how tall you are?” (said to a tall person)
9. “Checked the stocks today? Better yet, DON’T!” (this catchphrase is about the financial recession)
10. “I saw it online”

Akon Fishkill Fan Toss Drama!!!

If you think there’s no drama in Dutchess County (exclusive county where I live), you obviously didn’t hear about the controversy last year when R&B superstar Akon threw some teenager off the stage at the KFEST concert in Fishkill.

We’ve been talking about it ever since! And now it’s been resolved:

After Akon entered his plea, Smith (teenager who got tossed — ed.) and his parents lingered in the lobby while Akon and his attorney filled out paperwork, accompanied by a bodyguard and an unidentified woman. Smith’s parents had left the lobby and Smith was passing through a door to leave when he turned around, walked up to Akon, shook the singer’s hand and said, “Thanks a lot.”


Akon apologized several times to Smith, but was interrupted by the victim’s father, who said, “You threw my son off the stage.”

Speaking truth to power . . . Fishkill style.

Video of the incident:

WTF . . . Fishkill style.

Best Of 2008: Film

Ladies and gentlemen, I love movies. If I could, I would watch ten movies a day. Some critics worried that 2008 wouldn’t be a good year for cinema, but I certainly enjoyed myself. Here is my personal list of the TOP TEN MOVIES OF 2008:

1. Thriller
2. Romance
3. Mystery
4. Historical
5. Documentary
6. Horror
7. Porno
8. Loud
9. Space Thriller
10. Superhero

Best Of 2008: Cars And Trucks

Detroit may be in trouble, but that doesn’t mean we didn’t see some incredible cars and trucks this year. Japan, Europe, and other countries also stepped up to the plate to hit it out of the park, cars-and-trucks-wise. I’m a bit of a car nut, so it’s my pleasure to present a list of the TOP TEN CARS AND TRUCKS OF 2008:

1. Sports Cars
2. Trucks
3. SUVs
4. Convertibles
5. Buses
6. “Green Technology” Cars
7. Sedans
8. Lamborghini (best car ever)
9. Ford F-150
10. Hummer

Best Of 2008: Scandals

If you like scandal, 2008 was your year. At times it felt like everyone who was famous was embroiled in scandal. What have we become, America? In any case, here are the TOP TEN SCANDALS OF 2008:

1. Sex
2. Political
3. Money
4. Illegal
5. Fights
6. Sports
7. Animal-Related
8. Space (when NASA tried to crash an asteroid into the moon to increase funding)
9. Ponzi Scandal
10. Obesity

Best Of 2008: Technology

Once again, the year saw multiple innovations on the technology front. All those nerds must sure be working hard! Hooray for them, and for everyone who buys their wonderful gadgets and gizmos. Here are the TOP TEN TECHNOLOGIES OF 2008:

1. Television (still the best, the technology against which all technologies must be judged)
2. Auto-Tune
3. Satellite Radio
4. Computers
5. Radar
6. Heat-Seeking Missiles
7. Google (I used it more than 500 times this year)
8. Ultra-Fast Photocopiers
9. Fake Eyeballs With Built-In Computer Sensors
10. Cyberspace Thing

Best Of 2008: Transplants

Did you hear about that whole face transplant thing? Did that blow your mind? Well, that wasn’t even the top transplant of 2008. Here are the TOP TRANSPLANTS OF 2008:

1. Foot Transplant
2. Five-Finger Discount Finger Transplant (this is where you shoplift someone’s fingers and transplant them onto your hand)
3. Lung Transplant
4. Face Transplant
5. Liver Transplant
6. Full-Body, Monkey-to-Human Transplant
7. Heart Transplant
8. Elbow Transplant
9. Hair Transplant
10. Transplant Transplant, a.k.a. “Hand-Me-Down Transplant”

Best Of 2008: Magazines

Although the magazine industry has hit some rocky waters (can waters be rocky? –ed.), editors and writers still provided many inspiring, amazing moments in 2008. Here are the TOP TEN MAGAZINES OF 2008:

1. News
2. Women’s Fashion
3. Sports
4. International Boats
5. Cigar
6. Men’s Lifestyle
7. Tween
8. Old Citizens’ Needs
9. Financial
10. Special Issues

Seriously, though: I will always remember 2008 as the year I finally gave up on the Sunday NY Times Magazine . . . LOL, good magazine, guys . . . it’s really become a “must-read” in my house . . . LOL, lots of great articles about how What I buy says about who I am(?) and how How I watch screens says what I like is really who I am(?)

Best Of 2008: Times

Who was it who sang, “The times, they’re changing?” Well, whoever it was, he obviously knew about 2008. Here is an (admittedly idiosyncratic) list of the TOP TIMES OF 2008:

1. 10:30 AM
2. Noon (can’t hate on noon, one of the all-time greats)
3. 5:00 PM
4. 3:30 PM
5. 8:15 AM
6. 7:33 PM OR AM
7. Midnight
8. “Quarter-past n,” where n = some time
9. 2:15 PM
10. 12:00 (blinking on VCR especially!)