lamest story i read this year

Time Magazine's Person of the Year: You

- By LARRY McSHANE, Associated Press Writer

(12-16) 18:06 PST NEW YORK, (AP) --

Congratulations! You are the Time magazine "Person of the Year."

The annual honor for 2006 went to each and every one of us, as Time cited the shift from institutions to individuals — citizens of the new digital democracy, as the magazine put it. The winners this year were anyone using or creating content on the World Wide Web.

"If you choose an individual, you have to justify how that person affected millions of people," said Richard Stengel, who took over as Time's managing editor earlier this year. "But if you choose millions of people, you don't have to justify it to anyone."

The magazine did cite 26 "People Who Mattered," from North Korean dictator Kim Jong Il to Pope Benedict XVI to the troika of President Bush, Vice President Dick Cheney and former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld.

And Stengel said if the magazine had decided to go with an individual, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was the likely choice. "It just felt to me a little off selecting him," Stengel said.

The 2006 "Person of the Year" package hits newsstands Monday. The cover shows a white keyboard with a mirror for a computer screen where buyers can see their reflection.

It was not the first time the magazine went away from naming an actual person for its "Person of the Year." In 1966, the 25-and-under generation was cited; in 1975, American women were named; and in 1982, the computer was chosen.

"I always love it when it's a person — and it is a person, not a computer or something like that," Stengel said. "We just felt there wasn't a single person who embodied this phenomenon."

Last year's winners were Bill and Melinda Gates and rock star Bono, who were cited for their charitable work and activism aimed at reducing global poverty and improving world health.
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Timmmmmmmay's Top 11 Reason's SF is Better Than LA

11. Orange County not nearby.

10. Valley not nearby.

9. Robin Williams is nearby.

8. Robert Scheer still has newspaper column here.

7. LSD much more fun than LAPD.

6. Nobody walks in LA.

5. "Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim" uttered only when mocking name "Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim."

4. Pot, not coke.

3. Paris Who?

2. We just don't give a fuck.

1. And the boobs are oh so very real.

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urban dictionary

11 Things: Urban Dictionary

Thursday, December 14, 2006


1. elationship: "A couple (friends, lovers, whatever) who know each other *only* via online correspondence (e-mail, IM, etc.)." See: People you never see in real life.

2. apartimony: "Money paid even though you are no longer living with a former roommate/lover." See: People you will probably never see again in real life.

3. safety buzz: "Drinking so you have an excuse for the trouble you might get into later." See: The angry look on Dad's face after you used his liquor cabinet to create a safety buzz.

4. hippie Christmas: "The day following move-out day, in areas where most leases expire simultaneously, during which the curb is a treasure trove of discarded items." See: San Francisco.

5. emo: "Like goth, only much less dark and much more Harry Potter." See: Puppy or kitten's face when it's hungry.

6. MTVmo: "Emo straight from MTV." (which has more or less (d)evolved into screamo and/or dead girlfriend hardcore). See: Screaming noise coming from child's closet.

7. emu: "What happens when a rather large emo kid sits on the "o" and breaks it, and then proceeds to cry about it." See: Couch potato MTVmo.

8. trustafarian: "Financially backed wannabe hippies." See: Rich people singing about how hard it is to be poor. See also: Mainstream music and trust fund folk.

9. Santa: "A communist." See: Old guy in middle of mall.

10. wii-kend: "Weekend devoted exclusively to playing a Nintendo Wii." See: RSI.

11. January joiner: "Someone who joins the gym in January as part of a New Year's resolution and by February is back to being a couch potato." See: Everyone.

Tim Sullivan, tsullivan@sfchronicle.com

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i dreamed i'm dreaming

11 Things: I Dreamed I'm Dreaming Of

Thursday, December 7, 2006


1. "A White Christmas": "Just like the ones I used to know/ Where the treetops glisten/ And children listen/ To hear sleigh bells in the snow." (Think East Coast.)

2. "In Dreams": "A candy-colored clown they call the sandman/ Tiptoes to my room every night/ Just to sprinkle stardust and to whisper/ Go to sleep/ Everything is all right." (Think "Blue Velvet.")

3. "Mr. Sandman": "Bring me a dream/ Make her the cutest that I've ever seen/ Give her two lips like roses and clover/ Then tell her that her lonesome nights are over." (Think Oranger.)

4. "Enter Sandman": "Exit light/ Enter night/ Take my hand/ Off to never never land." (Think Metallica -- when the band still mattered.)

5. Salvador Dali: "Dream Caused by the Flight of a Bee Around a Pomegranate, One Second Before Awakening." (Think!)

6. Sugarplums: No, those are visions.

7. "After the Gold Rush": "There were children crying and colors flying/ All around the chosen ones/ All in a dream, all in a dream/ The loading had begun/ Flyin' mother nature's silver seed/ To a new home in the sun." (I think I'm confused.)

8. "I Dreamed I Dream": "Look before you leap, okay?/ Do you read me?/ May all your dreams come true/ He's standing by the door/ He's got something in his hands/ All the money's gone/ All the money's gone/ The days we spend/ go on and on." (Think early, early Sonic Youth.)

9. "Dream Weaver": No, that's a nightmare.

10. "I Dream of Jeannie Cusamano": The last episode of "The Sopranos' " first season was the best. (I think.)

11. "Row, Row, Row Your Boat": "Gently down the stream/ Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily/ Life is but a dream." (I think I think, therefore I think I am.)

Tim Sullivan, tsullivan@sfchronicle.com

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