Wednesday, December 14, 2011 We're going to let you, our readers, choose who wins the Urlies for Best Meme, Best Viral Video, Best New Single-Topic Blog and Best Cute Thing for 2011. It's an unprecedented amount of power, but we have faith that we're leaving the task in good hands. Today we're presenting our picks in the Best New Single-Topic Blog category, which includes all of the Tumblrs and high-concept websites you couldn't stop forwarding to your friends this year. BLOG POSTS | Aaron Sorkin: Why the Sublime Schtick of Sid Caesar Still Matters I hope as the Huffington Post launches its coverage of television they remember that at any given hour in the day, there are about 600 choices of what to watch. 599 of them will be bad -- one of them will be Sid Caesar. | | Andy Ostroy: House Bill to End Food Stamps for Millionaires... and Other Ridiculously Meaningless Measures Thankfully, the House isn't wasting precious Chamber time on payroll tax cuts and jobs bills. In fact, they've been quite busy this week. Below is a list of some other critical measures passed by the House. | | Amy Chavez: Christmas in Japan Although it is said that most Japanese are Shinto and Buddhist, few people are aware the Japanese also participate in "commercialized Christianity" in order to take advantage of those fun Christian holidays. | | Heather Wagner: Atlanta Gets Real Yes, these shows are likely making me stupider. But I am here not to disparage, but to sing the praises of the oft-overlooked Real Housewives of Atlanta, and will defend this show to my last (huffing) breath. | | Lea Lane: My Reality TV Addiction Watching all this is lurid in a rubbernecking way. It engages a part of my brain that seems to like the base stimulation without much thinking. No lousy plots to follow. No bad acting. Just a fun-house mirror version of life. | | MOST POPULAR ON HUFFINGTONPOST.COM |
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