Justin Ahrens
Sarah Ahrens
Kara Ayaram
Tim Damitz
Bob Davidson
Susan Herda
Kerri Liu
Katrina Strich
Intern
Guest Blogger
As the new year is upon us, we took a look back at the year that was 2008 and came up with our top 29 most memorable moments. You can visit last year’s recap here.
29. Illinois governor Blagojevich arrested on charges of selling senate seat among other scandals
28. Global recession
27. U.S. automakers need government assistance
26. Sweet new music from Amos Lee and Ray Lamontagne
25. Bill Gates steps down as CEO of Microsoft
24. Mark Wahlberg talks to animals
23. Juno soundtrack infects our ears
22. Oil hits record high of $140 a barrel in July
21. Oil simmers down to under $35 a barrel by end of 2008
20. We say goodbye to Paul Newman, Heath Ledger, George Carlin, Bernie Mac, and Estelle Getty
19. Large Hadron Collider opens (and closes shortly afterwards)
18. R29 Shorts launches
17. Social networking plays major part in Obama’s campaign
16. Iron Man
15. Great debut records from MGMT and Vampire Weekend
14. iPhone 2.0 released
13. Wall-e
12. Water found on mars
11. Craig joins Rule29; outeats Tim, wears 29 shirts, and becomes a human penguin.
10. “That’s what she said!”
9. Twitter’s rise in popularity
8. Our very own Kara got engaged!
7. SNL pokes fun at Sarah Palin
6. Rule29 visits Africa with our friends Life In Abundance and MacDonald Photography
5. Mad Men recreates 1960′s ad world and dominates Emmys
4. Dark Knight smashes box office records
3. Michael Phelps smashes records at Beijing Olympics
2. Rule29 moves global headquarters
1. Barack Obama elected first black president
What was your most memorable moment of 2008? Any predictions for 2009? Let us know in the comments section.
whoa. i didn’t know about the water on mars! thanks!
2008 was a crazy year. 2009 has some pretty big shoes to fill…hopefully next year’s recap will have less talk of bailouts and recessions.
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