Donna B.'s "Archies": My Top Things of 2009: Shameless Idea-Stealing Edition

One of my favorite ex-professors (or, you could call her Professor X, too, that fits), and a prolific cultural, theological and knit-ological blogger presented her annual "Top (insert whatever number you want) Things of the Year" list; known as the "Archies", named after her son, Archer. I liked the idea, so am shamelessly stealing both the name and the idea to present my own "top" things of 2009 list. Well, actually I don't know if it's stealing so much as propagating or disseminating. Anyway, Donna says about the list, on her blog, http://uniontrueheart.blogspot.com/:

"Listed items must be things in the world, and must have played a significant role in your year. Significance, as will soon become clear, is to be defined solely by subjective criteria . . . Remember: Much like Time Magazine's "Man Of The Year," these need not be your favorite things in the world, only the top things in the world. Play along at your own site or in the comments, anytime through the month of January."

So, without further ado, and with a hat tip to Donna, who is practically perfect in every way, here are my:

Top 25 Things of 2009

1. Blogging
2. Twitter
3. Lady Gaga
4. Love
5. the Genitive Case
6. the Kindle/Nook
7. President Obama & First Lady Michelle Obama
8. http://mrs-o.org/
9. Story podcasts
10. Alexander Skarsgard
11. HBO shows
12. Downloadable coupons to Kroger card via kroger.com
13. internet scrabble games
14. Used DVDs for sale at Blockbuster for $5
15. "Tool Academy"
16. Just-released best-sellers at the library
17. Kavarna coffee house
18. A Personal trainer
19. Used book stores
20. Story's "Introduction to New Testament Greek"
21. Excedrin Migraine
22. Doc Chey's Iced Jasmine Tea
23. Rise-n-Dine sweet potato pancakes
24. MSNBC's "Morning Joe"