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Hard to believe 2010 has come and gone! So much has happened: The Haiti Earthquake, The explosion on the Deepwater Horizon and the resulting oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, the Vancouver Olympics, the 8.8 earthquake in Chili, Spain's victory in World Cup soccer, the Wikileaks story (which will no doubt continue to unfold in a very public way in 2011), the miraculous survival of 33 Chilean miners trapped underground for an incredible 69 days, and the ongoing political reversal of fortune triggered by Republican victories on November 2.
It was also a year when we said good-bye to some of our favorite celebrities: Tony Curtis, Dennis Hopper, Robert Culp, John Forsythe, Lena Horne, Lynn Redgrave, Gary Coleman, Rue McClanahan, Patricia Neal, Gloria Stuart, Leslie Nielsen, Teena Marie, Teddy Pendergrass, Alexander "I'm-in-Charge" Haig, and Peter Graves.
In sports, the San Francisco Giants won their first World Series since moving to San Francisco in 1954, the New Orleans Saints won their first Super Bowl ever, Alabama won the BCS championship, Reggie Bush forfeited his 2005 Heisman trophy, two perfect games were pitched in the same season for the first time ever in Major League Baseball, and Jimmy Johnson won his 5th consecutive NASCAR championship, something no other racedriver has ever accomplished.
In entertainment, we saw Avatar become the top grossing film in American cinema history (nearly $3 billion worldwide) after its 3D premiere at the end of 2009. Toy Story 3, Alice and Wonderland, and Shrek 3D wow'd us, too. At the Academy Awards, Avatar and The Hurt Locker were nominated for 9 Oscars each; the latter took Best Picture. Its director -- Katheryn Bigelow -- became the first woman ever to win Best Director. We also saw Conan depart, then come back in again (in a big way). And finally, the i-Pad debuted in April of 2010; within the first 80 days, more than 3 million of the popular tablet computers were sold to Apple fans who stood in line to gobble them up.
Yep, overall, it was an eventful year -- maybe a set-up for the next couple of years, but certainly an eventful year in its own right.
And now we look forward to what comes in 2011. Bring it on!
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