Marmoset.Net Best of 2007

scheffbd - Monday, December 31, 2007 - 23:59

Some people say 2007 was a unique year. There hadn't been a year 2007 in more than 4,000 years, they'll point out. But really, 2007 was a lot like other years, such as 2006, 1983 or even 1955. There were 365 days, spread out over 12 months, in 2007. One of those months was June, and like most years, it was what everyone would agree was the highlight of the year. Other holidays, like St. Patrick's Day, Independence Day and Christmas were also celebrated, in much the same way they were celebrated in other years. On the other hand, 2007 was a pretty boring year and most people probably wish we'd skipped it entirely. But people who feel this way will wish they could go back to 2007 as they are forced to endure a Leap Day and a presidential election in 2008.

	1. The Bandit For an unprecedented second-straight year Tim Brown is the Universal Web Site's "man of the year." Tim took his crusade against the far right to a whole new level this year with the launch of his highly influential, revenue-generating blog, The Online Lunchpail. He didn't roads scholar very much this year and his extreme-left-leaning rants were at times rather questionable, but no one was bigger in 2007 than Tim Brown, the undisputed champion of the working class.
	2. Halo 3 Master Chief lands on the Xbox 360. There's dozens of different ways to play and dozens of different ways to kill/blow up your friends. What more do you need?
	3. Struggling A new great American pastime emerged in 2007: Watching other people struggle. There were many struggles this past year, but the best were the ones in which the struggler struggled so much he or she became so angry that they thrashed.
	4. Battleships Battleship-sized televisions were all the rage in 2007, especially slick-dealed 37" 1080p LCD "Westies."
	5. Salad Fingers This creepy cartoon by David Firth has been around a few years, but we at the Universal Web Site somehow missed it until the early part of 2007. If it doesn't weird you out, you'll marvel at it's brilliance. Probably the best cartoon ever and definitely the best on the Internet. Only eight episodes have been made so far, but the latest appeared in September after a hiatus of more than a year and a half.
	6. Mobile inet time In 2007 the Internet was everwhere, even on our phones.
	7. Foxboy visits haven for terrorists Throwing caution and good sense to the wind, Foxboy embarked on a summer trip to one of the worst places in the world: The Middle East. Foxboy visited Lebanon, Jordan and the terrorist state of Syria. Everyone assumed he would die in a bus bombing or show up on a video tape with some machete-wielding masked men, but somehow he survived and made it home safely. Now he's probably on the no-fly list and under the careful watch of several homeland security agencies.
	8. "Don't tase me, bro" An unruly college yout and some aggressive police in Florida create the best catch phrase of 2007.
	9. Robert Plant and Alison Krauss "Raising Sand" Pairing the front man for Led Zeppelin with one of the top bluegrass singers seemed like a horrible idea. But the result is nothing short of outstanding. The best CD of 2007.
	10. Ken Burns' "The War" Documentary filmmaker Ken Burns' monumental project, aired on PBS, delves into World War II from the perspective of four American towns. We are reminded of how pathetic and sniveling our younger, more sheltered generations are when compared to our grandfathers'