Best of 2011 (So Far)

Now that 2011 is half over, I was thinking about what pop-culture-type things really got me excited this year.  And here they are, in no particular order:

• The new season of Doctor Who on BBC America

• The Accidental Time Machine by Joe Haldeman

• Green Lantern, the movie

• The Tiger's Wife by Tea Obreht

• "Brightest Day" in DC Comics

• Thor, the movie

• Outcasts on BBC America

• The Chieftains, live in concert in York, PA

• Steve Martin's "Atheists Don't Have No Songs" (and singing it with Jim Haines and Phil Hoskins-Helm!)  (and nailing that F at the end!)

• Bridesmaids, the movie

• "Hands," the new single from The Ting Tings

• Bones on FOX

• The Lord of the Rings extended trilogy on blu-ray.  Heavens, it's just lovely.

• Call of Duty: Black Ops on the Wii

I'm sure I've forgotten some things, but...that's why the Edit function exists.  ;)