Oh my God, you guys, can you believe it's time for Time's magazine-cover-person-thing of the year again? There was like a big debate about it, you guys, and like they decided it was half for "the economy" being a person and half for "Twitter" being a person, because all the people there have heard lots about the economy and Twitter? These people were Tom Colicchio and Gayle King and stuff, so they would know. But we think there are better ideas for person of the year, which Time can squeak out on the stands before it is out of business, and surely maybe you can have some ideas too?
Like what about Robert Pattinson? Or Levi Johnston? Adam Lambert? Or Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir?
Or you know, does anyone remember Neda Agha-Soltan? (No?)
We know who we're debating as Awl Person of the Year. It's between this guy:
And this guy:
Only because Bearforce1 broke up. :(
It'll be freaking Obama. He's on every third cover. They love him over there.
My choice would be Balloon Boy Father. He just tried living the American Dream and big government shot him down.
I 2nd Balloon Boy Father - he summarizes this year/decade quite nicely. I was just going to suggest.
I was thinking just the "balloon"; skip the father.
What's nice for everyone is if it's Obama they can piss and moan that TIME PUTS HIM ON EVERY COVER and if it's anyone else the big story can be EVEN TIME HAS FALLEN OUT OF LOVE WITH OBAMA.
Jill Sobule, for this (and also funny story songs):
What does this method [http://www.jillsnextrecord.com/] change about the music industry?
It used to be you had two choices: you sell over 300,000 records, or else poverty. But now there is that middle ground for the middle-class worker. I don't have to sell that many records because I don't owe anyone anything. I think today, instead of everyone being famous for 15 minutes, everyone will be famous for 15 people.
http://www.pittsburghcitypaper.ws/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A71089
And also because I just read that.
UM. Choire. That cover mockup is BEAUTIFUL.
I agree. It sure would be nice if we lowly commenters could have the ability to post images (maybe forced into tiny little windows). That way we could all play the photoshop game.
http://img197.imageshack.us/img197/4649/choirebear.jpg
That belongs in a museum. Or at least on newsstands.
Or as Choire's new Gravatar!
You are a kind, giving troll.
Choire looks a bit peaked.
Balkbear
http://img697.imageshack.us/img697/5276/balkbear2.jpg
Agreed. Sprayed cheap canned beer on the keyboard, and not metaphorically.
Wait! Which bear from the bear boneage video? The bear boning or the smutty bear who just watched without wanking his bear junk? Can he get both a cover and a medal? OR SHE?
Janie Bryant
I nominate the people suing US Airways who were aboard the Sully flight. They wrap up my current take on humanity.
Sully! Right, of course!
"This Fucking Year" as in "It's about time!" or "This fucking day!"?
The problem of conveying tone on the web...
Yes!
Hello? The Kids From Gleeâ„¢. Not the adults, though.
Hairless bears look like squirrels wearing baggy jumpsuits.
I think we all know who it should be: http://youtube.com/watch?v=J---aiyznGQ
Obama vs. hairless bears have to fight it out on Twitter to see who gets to ride in the plane with Balloon Boy and Cap'n Sully to an Animal Collective soundtrack.
*call me sign
Carrie Prejean? I hear she's making a sex tape now!
Daniel Nardicio is taping body hair to Levi Johnston right this moment.
Timipre Sylva of Nigeria. This man is tackling the appaling corruption and patronage of the political system and has almost ended the violent insurgency in the Delta without a shot fired.
"In Bayelsa alone, by the end of October, more than 6,000 former guerrillas had turned themselves in. In Rivers state, the heart of the insurgency, another 6,000 had given up."
Also
"Take the payroll, for instance. A new biometric verification exercise, which fingerprints and photographs real employees and matches them against the paper payroll, has already shown up about 4,000 fake workers against 25,000 real ones. A particularly large number of false names were found in the finance department."
But we can have a hairless Richard Heene/Carrie Prejean "bear death match" if you wish.
Silly. Africa doesn't exist in Time magazine. Except Nelson Mandela, endangered gorillas, and the Pyramids.
How does Time magazine even exist? Does anyone actually read it anymore?
Bart Stupak.
Oh, I'm sorry.
I thought this was for Douchebag of The Year.
Same diff.
Bush!
I miss him..(*sniff).
How could you overlook Cheney like that?
Duh. Chantal Biya. Done!
Whoa. How on earth did I miss all that jazz?
NOT You
Internet Porn! Case closed.
Miss Jay Alexander.
Balk should be Man of the Year with his hand over his face for his keen sense of what is worth ignoring in our culture, in addition to the bears.
pivot man of the year should go to joe lieberman. i love that little wrinkled douche bag like i love dysentery.
Oh man, that reminds me of "Oregon Trail" on the Apple IIe: "You have died of Joe Lieberman."
Sometimes I come here on weekends in the hope that there is a surprise weekend post. I am always disappointed.
SURPRISE!
Those crazy monk-blankets I've seen on TV.