Top 10 2007
It’s a warm gray Sunday morning. Light rain is melting the 10 inches of snow. Hours are collecting into days that are quietly trudging toward the end of the year. Al Gore was one of the few bright spots in another year cluttered with drug-dumb entertainers, lawmakers who aren’t gay and never have been, baby battles and and Paris Hilton. (I have never seen her on TV, listened to her or watched her have sex.)
The final days of 2007 are a frenzy of Top 10 lists. I read them, recognizing or understanding maybe half of the listings. I always wonder: why 10? But it doesn’t matter. It’s an encapsulation of our collective year. I’m gong to search the Net and share as many top 10 lists as I can. It was a quick and frenzied year and I need to better understand it before time’s tide sucks me into 2008.
First top 10: Simon Dumenco’s Epic Media Meltdowns from the Dec. 17, Ad Age on Line.
Reality check: I’m reading Journey of Souls while the media is serving up Britney.Okay. I’m off to find more top 10s.