December 26, 2012

       Technically speaking, being gay used to make me happy.

Top of the Heap:  Cracked 64: The Top 8 of Everything of 2012
     http://www.cracked.com/cracked-64-top-8-everything-of-2012/
 
The world didn't end on Friday, but you never know... here are some blogs with 
info on Emergency Preparedness (Thanks, Sandra!)
      http://www.hireananny.org/blog/30-blogs-with-great-info-on-emergency-preparedness/
 
Nine Theories on how on (Middle) Earth the remaining Hobbit films could run three hours each
      http://www.geeksaresexy.net/2012/12/19/nine-hobbit-theories/
 
Related: A Few Tolkien-rific Facts About the Book Version of The Hobbit
     http://www.neatorama.com/2012/12/20/A-Few-Tolkien-rific-Facts-About-the-Book-Version-of-The-Hobbit/
 
The Top 30 Best New Movies of 2013  (Who VOTES on these titles?)
      http://www.movie-moron.com/?p=20855
 
NASA's new Prototype Spacesuit looks vaguely familiar...
     http://theweek.com/article/index/238143/nasas-next-generation-spacesuit-inspired-by-buzz-lightyear
 
14 Best Craigslist Ads of the Apocalypse
     http://www.buzzfeed.com/annanorth/14-best-craigslist-ads-of-the-apocalypse
 
A List of Vietnam War Casualties By City and State
     http://www.virtualwall.org/iStates.htm
 
The Worst Baby Name of Our Time
     http://www.theatlanticwire.com/national/2012/11/hashtag-worst-baby-name-our-time/59402/

And, as an added plus:
"Best Of" Music Lists!
Pitchfork's Top 100 Tracks of 2012.
Rolling Stone's Top 25 Songs of 2012.
Spotify's Top 100 Most Popular Tracks of 2012.
The Ultimate 2012 Playlist. If you chose to play them all, it would take 11 hours.
21 of the grooviest songs released in 2012. 
Rolling Stone Readers' Poll: The Best Albums of 2012. 
UPROXX’s 10 Best Albums Of 2012.
Strictly Come Dancing About Architecture 2012. Or, in other words, the year's best music writing.
Buzzfeed's 23 Best Music Videos Of 2012.
TIME's 9 Best Music Videos of 2012.
Fartbarf, Neon Piss, and more: the year in band names 2012.
The Year in Memorable Musical Controversies.
The 25 Best Mixtapes of 2012.
The Best Country Music of 2012.
The Best Jazz Albums of 2012.
Stereogum’s Top 40 Rap Albums Of 2012.
Remembering the best classical music of 2012.