10. FakeRickReilly via Twitter: This parody twitterer (or whatever it's called) is a perfect send-up of sports writer Rick Reilly's silly puns and attempt to make sports matters seem heart wrenching. Entries ranges from: "The Cubs' Milton Bradley got tossed again yesterday. That guy loses his cool quicker than an unplugged Ted Williams!" to "44 years old and twice divorced, Lara Onucki had all but given up on love. Then she met Ozzie Canseco."

9. Castle (on ABC): The first two entries of this list pretty much show you how little I've liked (or actually seen/heard) this year. Castle is a fun show but it's hardly great TV. I would be neither stunned nor heartbroken if it was canceled but for now it's one of the few shows on TV that I actually watch. The show is carried by lead actor Nathan Fillion but I also still can't figure out how to classify Stana Katic: hot? pretty? ordinary?

8. The Daily Beast (website): It took me a while to come around on this site but since there seems to be a lack of quality, unbiased news outlets, this has moved to the head of the class. OK, not the head exactly since The Politico is still #1 but this is up there. It's been around for a year or so now but I really feel like the site is finding its footing and putting out some quality material every day.

7. The Return of Scrabulous (on Facebook): It's now called Lexulous but I'm very happy that the fake Scrabble ap is back. Scrabble's official game just isn't as fun to play for some reason. Lexulous is just simpler and the new extra tile makes for more bingos. And if you don't know what that last sentence met, then you haven't been playing enough Lexulous.

6. K'Naan: "Bang Bang": I'm so out of the pop culture that I have no idea whether this song was a big hit or not but it should have been. K'Naan's latest album is strong but this song with Adam Levine of Maroon 5 is infectious.

5. Taken: This film was little more than Liam Neeson chopping people in the throat but good lord that's fun to watch. It was a throwback to the unrepentant yet not campy action films of the 80's.

4. Watchmen: I can completely understand why people wouldn't like this film but I was probably the best audience for it: I hadn't read the comic but knew enough about it that I could follow it and I have always wanted to write something that kind of turned the superhero world on its ear. The film did a lousy job explaining the backstory and the tone was all over the place (the love scene with "Hallelujah" playing was funny but completely out of whack with the rest of the film). Jackie Earl Haley's Rorschach is likely to be one of my favorite characters of the year but the rest of the film just couldn't keep up with him. Still, I loved the film in spite of its flaws. I really hope that it's not close to the top ten at the end of the year but right now it's my favorite film of the year.

3. Mono - Hymn to the Immortal Wind: The Japanese post-rock band's latest album is amazing. Great ambient music and a sure fire top 5 album of the year.

2. 30 Rock: The best show on TV and still climbing the list of one of my all-time favorite shows. This season might not be on par with last year but it's still hilarious. The side jokes are not only hilarious but they also take a shot at recent events or complaints from fans. A couple of episodes after people whined that an episode featuring McFlurries seemed like product placement, the show featured a running joke of Liz Lemon wearing a snuggie-type blanked with arms and always reacting defensively, explaining why she was wearing it.

1. CK Louis on Conan: I'll probably be quoting this all year ("It's going to SPACE!"). The epitome of funny because it's true.