Tuesday, December 29, 2009

Ten on Tuesday

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My Top Ten New Year's Resolutions post may be viewed hereTen on Tuesday is hosted by Yano at yanowhatimean?. Next week: Ten Things You Are Looking Forward To in 2010


End of Decade and Best and Worst 2009 were posted earlier.  Continuing with my best and worst for 2009:

The Worst of 2009: The Year of Crazy or The WTF? Year
The Decade: The Big Zero
Personal Decade: The best highs and the worst lows

Best Books I Read in 2009:
1) The White Tiger
2) The Help

Best New Music I Heard in 2009:
1) One Eskimo
2) Joshua Radin

Favorite Song 2009:
Kandi - One Eskimo

2009 was the 40th anniversary of the Woodstock Music Festival




Men I Loved in 2009:
1) Jon Stewart
2) Steve Martin
3) Chris Rock
4) Nate Silver
5) Barack Obama
6) Corey Booker
7) Bill Moyers
8) David Sedaris
9) Matt Taibbi
10) Al Franken

Best New Websites I Found in 2009:
1) Supercook
2) FORA.tv

Most Trusted People 2009:
Elizabeth Warren
Chairman of Congressional bank bailout oversight panel
Championing the Consumer Financial Protection Agency
Harvard professor of law
Scholar of the dwindling middle class

And, Captain Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger
Safely landed plane in the Hudson River, NYC

2009 was the 40th anniversary of the "War Is Over! If you want it" campaign

John Lennon and Yoko Ono launched the "War Is Over!" campaign in December 1969 with billboards across the world. Below the billboard in smaller letters read "Happy Christmas, John and Yoko".














Happy New Year to my Ten on Tuesday friends!

Ten on Tuesday

2 comments:

Pam said...

Nice yearly summary. I've just finished The Help, and I have to agree, it is the best book I have read this year.

Judi said...

Pam - Thanks. I thought The Help was well-written with strong and recognizable female characters. I suppose that is why I liked it so much. I'm glad you liked it as well.