slnl's "best" 10 posts of 2008

At the end of every year, film critics, book reviewers, my ex-girl friends, start making lists of the good and bad things that have happened during the year.


SLNL (my new acronym for this blog -- a snazzy rip-off of a certain late-night television program at the end of each week) is no exception. The problem is that I have no criteria for what was good or bad about this blog -- even though I know several of you would be very willing to fill that gap in my database.


The only objective standard I can use for "good" is the number of comments that each post engendered. Coincidentally, there are ten posts from 2008 that started more dialog than the others. (And, yes, I know, if wordiness was actually a virtue, Bill Clinton, Rush Limbaugh, and Joe Biden would all be listed as first choices for dinner parties.)


So here they are, my nominees for the the talkies award for 2008:

1. taking it all into account (October 22)
   
2. pardon my permit (October 17)
   
3. name the mystery tree (November 17)
   
4. walking on the wild side (November 29)
   
5. key to culture (July 30)
   
6. my holga lens life (December 10)
   
7. going to pot (January 19)
   
8. chavela (September 25)
   
9. my so-called saturday (November 16)
   
10. there's no business like -- (November 13)

It is an interesting mix -- as are the comments.


I had planned on doing a little blog review at the end of the year. And this device would be as good as any. During the next few days, I want to group these topics and talk a little bit about what I have learned from all of you -- and how I should apply it to the coming few months -- as I head south to Mexico.