The List

The List: What's In and Out for 2009
The New Year is underway, and that means it’s time to clean out the cultural wardrobe. Hank Stuever of the Washington Post offers his annual take on things that are so last year, and others sure to be cool in the next 12 months. This is an abbreviated list; for the full article visit The Washington Post

• Out: LOLcats
• In: “Garfield Minus Garfield”
• Out: Dressing like “Mad Men”
• In: Drinking like “Mad Men”
• Out: Twittering
• In: Slow blogging
• Out: Wolverine
• In: Watchmen
• Out: Bumming cigarettes
• In: Bumming books
  
• Out: Alec Baldwin comeback
• In: Mickey Rourke comeback
• Out: Goth
• In: Steampunk
• Out: Using. Periods. For. Emphasis.
• In: CAPSLOCK IS BACK!
• Out: High-end barbecue grills
• In: Crock pots
  
• Out: Things white people like
• In: Things Michelle Obama likes
• Out: Sleeping in parking lots to buy new iPhone
• In: Sleeping in parking lots
• Out: Stroller envy
• In: Cheap daycare envy
  
• Out: Searching one’s soul
• In: Searching one’s wallet

Personally, I think LOL cats should still be "in". The kids and I will occasionally peek at the site and we end up in fits of giggles! You just have to overlook the annoying baby talk that is "LOLspeak" (not evident in photo below, but in most others!).