Hope you’re all having a wonderful holiday season!

STORY OF THE YEAR (15 min. watch)
What: Best News Of The Year
Why: Because this is the best news, and my previous ones have been too depressing.

BUSINESS THING OF THE WEEK (5 min. read, 4 hr. 22 min. flight from CA)
What: Ninja Star Throwing Range
Why: Because ninjas are awesome.

LAW THING OF THE WEEK (3 min. / x hr. read depending on how deep you go)
What: NSA Surveillance Lawful
Why: Because the government knows you are reading this.

TECHNOLOGY THING OF THE WEEK (15 min. interactive read)
What: The AK 47
Why: Because the inventor of one of the deadliest weapons of the 20th century died this week. It probably is one of the most influential tools humanity has ever created.

SPORTS THING OF THE WEEK (10 min. watch)
What: Hockey Ref Cam
Why: Because all sports should be delivered this way.

MOVIE THING OF THE WEEK (3 hr. watch)
What: The Hobbit – The Desolation Of Smaug
Why: Because Peter Jackson rectified the problem of the first one of having no action by making this one nothing but action. Go see it.

MUSIC THING OF THE WEEK (20 min. read of pretentiousness)
What: Pitchforks Top 50 Albums Of The Year
Why: Because now you know what the cool kids all listened to before you heard of it.

LITERATURE THING OF THE WEEK (3 min. read)
What: Bilbo As A Girl
Why: Because Bilbo as a heroine makes the character much more interesting. (See above.)

VIDEO GAME THING OF THE WEEK (10 min. read)
What:Gamers = Athletes
Why: Because now they get visas saying that they are.

INTERNET THINGS OF THE WEEK
What: The Internet Before The Internet Was The Internet 2.0; FPOU
Why: Because Internet.