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:'''3. Weird Al Yankovic videos.''' The four best are [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOfZLb33uCg Amish Paradise] (1996),[https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=1st+world+problem+al+yankovich&docid=608033259070836364&mid=10F32853360A3C2347E510F32853360A3C2347E5&view=detail&FORM=VIRE "First World Problems"] (2014),[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9qYF9DZPdw White and Nerdy](2006), and [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=notKtAgfwDA "Just Like a Surgeon"] (1985). | :'''3. Weird Al Yankovic videos.''' The four best are [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOfZLb33uCg Amish Paradise] (1996),[https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=1st+world+problem+al+yankovich&docid=608033259070836364&mid=10F32853360A3C2347E510F32853360A3C2347E5&view=detail&FORM=VIRE "First World Problems"] (2014),[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9qYF9DZPdw White and Nerdy](2006), and [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=notKtAgfwDA "Just Like a Surgeon"] (1985). | ||
| − | *'''4. Charles Portis books''', even beyond ''True Grit''. | + | *'''4. Charles Portis books''', even beyond ''True Grit'' (1968). That's the best; then the ranking is ''Gringos'' (1991), Lords of Atlantis (1985), Norwood (1966), and The Dog of the South (1979). |
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*5. Keegans's ''Six Armies in Normandy''. | *5. Keegans's ''Six Armies in Normandy''. | ||
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:'''10. The Great Gatsby movie''' with Robert Redford and Mia Farrow. | :'''10. The Great Gatsby movie''' with Robert Redford and Mia Farrow. | ||
| − | :'''11. Hum Do Hamare Do | + | :'''11. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hum_Do_Hamare_Do Hum Do Hamare Do]''' (Two of Us, Two of Ours) (2021). A Hindi comedy. |
| − | :12. | + | :12. The 2022 Stanford Academic Freedom conference. |
==Also-Rans== | ==Also-Rans== | ||
Revision as of 10:43, 25 November 2022
Introduction
I write these up for my Christmas cards, but I will start my draft list now. I will have the Christmas card version, without pictures and maybe without links, at Best2022.
The Dozen Best
- 1. Chemistry in 100 Numbers by Joel Levy.
- 2. Korean dramas Anna and Stranger. These are modern dramas, not historical ones, but they're still good. Anna is about a girl who pretends to be a rich girl she meets. Stranger is about prosecutors fighting corruption.
- 3. Weird Al Yankovic videos. The four best are Amish Paradise (1996),"First World Problems" (2014),White and Nerdy(2006), and "Just Like a Surgeon" (1985).
- 4. Charles Portis books, even beyond True Grit (1968). That's the best; then the ranking is Gringos (1991), Lords of Atlantis (1985), Norwood (1966), and The Dog of the South (1979).
- 5. Keegans's Six Armies in Normandy.
- 6. French quotations book
- 7.Rome and Naples old quarters
- 8. Dinosaur museum in Bozeman
- 9. Cards.chess.io, a solitaire chess game.
- 10. The Great Gatsby movie with Robert Redford and Mia Farrow.
- 11. Hum Do Hamare Do (Two of Us, Two of Ours) (2021). A Hindi comedy.
- 12. The 2022 Stanford Academic Freedom conference.
Also-Rans
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Dozen Best Articles
This *really* requires discipline. See https://www.rasmusen.org/rasmapedia/index.php?title=Best_Articles_2022.
