{"id":1117,"date":"2010-12-31T07:00:39","date_gmt":"2010-12-31T12:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rreynoso.com\/blog\/?p=1117"},"modified":"2011-01-01T21:12:22","modified_gmt":"2011-01-02T02:12:22","slug":"goodbye-2010-decade-in-review-and-junk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rreynoso.com\/reysapoint\/sweet-nothings\/goodbye-2010-decade-in-review-and-junk\/","title":{"rendered":"Goodbye 2010: Decade in Review and Junk"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In our lifetime we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll only get a few moments to wax  poetic and review things from our narcissist pinnacle, and with MCF now being  gone from the blogging world, I am left picking up the slacker\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s slack. In this  post, I want to flashback over the last ten years and declare, as only a person  who is overly self-assure can, what is the best-of-the-best-of-the-decade. Of  course, this also being the end of 2010, I\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll have to also touch on the Best-of-the-Best  of 2010. And maybe, I might just throw in the best of my blog posts, to put a  cherry on top of my ego.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>This was a crazy 10 years. I went from just getting married in 1999 to being a father of 3 and now owning a second dog. I moved from the capital of the World to the middle of No Where. I went from Art Director to Senior Art Director slash Web Designer. Life is crazy. And here&#8217;s the Decade in Review to prove it!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Music<\/strong>: Although somewhat hard, <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Pearl_Jam\">Pearl  Jam<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Nirvana_(band)\">Nirvana<\/a>&#8216;s best stuff is firmly grounded in the 90s so I don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t have to care as much about my choices.  And yet, the 2000\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s gave us the return of Michael Jackson with <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Invincible_(Michael_Jackson_album)\">Invincible<\/a>, his first album in 6 years and the last album he&#8217;d produce before dying!<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Best Music of 2010<\/strong>: Either Jimmy Hendrix&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/hfNvbS\">Valley of Neptune<\/a> or Johnny Cash&#8217;s haunting <a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/icALfQ\">Ain&#8217;t No Grave<\/a> (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=66QcIlblI1U\">youtube<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Best Music of the Decade: <\/strong>We might not like it but <a href=\"http:\/\/www.eminem.com\/\">Eminem<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.britneyspears.com\/\">Britney Spears<\/a> are probably at the top. But I&#8217;d say <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_White_Stripes\">the White Stripes<\/a> even if they came out of the 90s or at least <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=fVyVIsvQoaE\">one song from Outkast.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>News:<\/strong>The news was CRAZY this decade so to try to pin it down only  one story is ridiculous. Don\u00e2\u20ac\u2122t mind me if I cheat by splitting the categories<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Best World News of 2010<\/strong>: Either the <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2010_Haiti_earthquake\">Haiti Earthquake<\/a> or the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/worldnews\/southamerica\/chile\/8058924\/Chile-miners-rescue-as-it-happened.html\">Rescue of the Chilean Miners<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Best Word News of the Decade:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/2004_Indian_Ocean_earthquake_and_tsunami\">A Tsunami<\/a>? A Hurricane? Deaths (<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Terri_Schiavo_case\">A Victim<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Funeral_of_Pope_John_Paul_II\">A Pope<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Yasser_Arafat\">A Terrorist<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Saddam_Hussein\">A Dictator<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.michaeljackson.com\/us\/home\">An Idol<\/a>)? 9\/11? Global Wars? Tough to call. Maybe we should just pick <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Year_2000_problem\">Y2K<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Best Political News of 2010<\/strong>: <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Scott_Brown\">Scott Brown<\/a> (R) wins long time <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2010\/01\/20\/us\/politics\/20election.html\">Democrat seat<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Best Political News of the Decade:<\/strong> US elects their first <a href=\"http:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/administration\/president-obama\">Black President<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Entertainment<\/strong>: I love me my entertainment and I would&#8217;ve had some serious problems but we&#8217;ve had some real stand outs this decade.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Best TV Show of 2010<\/strong>: You would think AMC&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amctv.com\/originals\/The-Walking-Dead\/\">The Walking Dead<\/a>, but PBS&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pbs.org\/wgbh\/masterpiece\/sherlock\/index.html\">Sherlock<\/a> wins hands down.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Best TV Show of the Decade:<\/strong> Please don&#8217;t say <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/American_Idol\">American Idol<\/a>. Just say <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lost_(TV_series)\">Lost<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Best Movie of 2010<\/strong>: Loads of folk say <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt1375666\/\">Inception<\/a> but I&#8217;d say either <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Toy_Story_3\">Toy Story 3<\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0398286\/\">Tangled<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Best Movie of the Decade: <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Lord_of_the_Rings_film_trilogy\">Lord of the Rings<\/a> (All Three as One).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Books:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Best Popular Christian Book of 2010<\/strong>: Either Craig&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/hxS8ER\">On Guard <\/a>or Copan&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/dmOwd2\">Is God A Moral Monster<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Best Popular Christian Book of the Decade:<\/strong> Ugh it&#8217;s probably gonna&#8217; be something like <a href=\"http:\/\/www.donaldmillerwords.com\/bluelikejazz.php\">Blue Like Jazz<\/a>. If I could get away with it, I&#8217;d say the <a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/fdySUG\">Harry Potter<\/a> series (though it started in the 90s). <a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/fMp79E\">Does the Resurrection of the Son of God<\/a> by Wright count as a popular level book?<\/li>\n<li><strong>Best SF Fiction of the Decade:<\/strong>Can I say the <a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/fdySUG\">Harry Potter<\/a> series now, even though it started in the 90s? Alright, <a href=\"https:\/\/affiliate-program.amazon.com\/gp\/associates\/network\/build-links\/individual\/simple-get-html.html?ie=UTF8&amp;assoc_ss_ref=http%3A\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0307346609&amp;asin=0307346609&amp;parentASIN=0307346609\">World War Z<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Tek:<\/strong> Yeah there&#8217;s been a whole mess of technological advances so I&#8217;m just going to list some tops.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Best Operating System of 2010: <\/strong>Nope, not <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Windows_7\">Windows 7<\/a>&#8211;that came out in &#8217;09. So did <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mac_OS_X_Snow_Leopard\">Snow Leopard<\/a>. <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/IOS_(Apple)\">iOS4<\/a> for the iPhone might qualify but nope. Ubuntu 10 owns them all.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Best Operating System of the Decade:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Mac_OS_X\">OSX<\/a>? Maybe based on Macophiles ranting popularity, sort of like the nutters that demand that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ladygaga.com\/\">Lady Gaga<\/a> is the best of the Decade, but I&#8217;d say <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ubuntu_(operating_system)\">Ubuntu<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Best Failure of 2010:<\/strong> iPad comes close when it launched without 3G, and missing ports that most mobile devices carried. Sony&#8217;s Rugged Unbreakable Phone <a href=\"http:\/\/www.coated.com\/bbc-reporter-breaks-the-unbreakable-rugged-phone\/\">which<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.spike.com\/video\/ces-fail-reports\/3322162\">broke, live, on the air. <\/a>Woops.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Best  Failure of the Decade:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Apple_Mouse\">Apple&#8217;s Puck Mouse<\/a>? Maybe. <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Windows_Vista\">Vista<\/a>? Close, but nope. <a href=\"\\\">Windows ME<\/a> keeps the honor.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Best Technological Innovation of 2010: <\/strong>Apple&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/ijF8QL\">iPad<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Best Technological Innovation of the Decade: <\/strong>Nope, not <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Touchscreen\">Touch Devices<\/a>. Not <a href=\"http:\/\/wii.com\/\">the Wii<\/a>. Maybe <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/\">Interactive On Demand Media<\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Social_network\">Social Networking<\/a>. But totally <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wi-Fi\">Wi-Fi.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Blog Posts<\/strong>: Narcissim at its best.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Best Bible Archive Blog Post of the Decade<\/strong>: To Train Up A Child (<a href=\"http:\/\/biblearchive.com\/blog\/2010\/apologetics\/to-train-up-a-child-an-examination-of-the-pearl-method\/\">An Examination of the Pearl Method<\/a>) or my <a href=\"http:\/\/biblearchive.com\/blog\/2007\/study\/roman-series\/\">study on Romans<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Best Rey Reynoso Blog Post of the Decade<\/strong>: Towards <a href=\"http:\/\/rreynoso.com\/reysapoint\/design\/towards-valuation-of-the-arts\/\">A Valuation of the Arts<\/a> might be up there but <a href=\"http:\/\/rreynoso.com\/reysapoint\/sweet-nothings\/smurfs-vs-hobbits\/\">Smurfs vs. Hobbits<\/a> for the win. On second thought, no: <a href=\"http:\/\/rreynoso.com\/reysapoint\/sweet-nothings\/ttfn-new-york\/\">TTFN New York<\/a><\/li>\n<li>And oh yeah, I finished another Novel which I&#8217;ll be posting some time next year. Woot.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In our lifetime we\u00e2\u20ac\u2122ll only get a few moments to wax poetic and review things from our narcissist pinnacle, and with MCF now being gone from the blogging world, I am left picking up the slacker\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s slack. 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