Instead of a Year-End Top 10 List: 7 or 8 Ho Hum 2012 Things

'Tis the season to commemorate the passing of 2012 with a Top 10 list of some sort. But I choose not to do that. Too radical, too political, too polarizing, too much effort...I'd have to go out on some sort of limb and make choices.

So, in keeping with the apolitical, safe, middling spirit of my blog (and in truly Canadian fashion) I offer 7 or 8 ho hum things that happened in 2012. Neutral stuff; okay stuff; stuff that's not great, not bad, and somewhat forgettable; stuff that earns a C+ or a B- at best in the grand scorecard of life.

I'll use bullets instead of numbers since sequence is irrelevant:

• Ho hum film: The Way. I watched it last night so I haven't forgotten it yet. Not great, not bad, but I knew nobody would be mad if I watched it without them, so I watched it. Never heard of it until it showed up on Netflix. I'll be 30 minutes into it next time I watch it before I remember seeing it and turn it off. But not bad.
• Ho hum television: Revolution. Concept is okay and execution is mediocre. The acting is generally adequate, with occasional bouts of poor. I watched it because...well, I don't really know why. I think it's still on if you want to catch up, but maybe not.
• Ho hum technology: eBook Readers. In 2012 this unexceptional technology became even more so with great new features like...new sizes. I still believe that using an eBook Reader is sometimes slightly better than reading a book in print or on some other technology. And it continues to have a clear advantage when you need to read something using only your feet.
• Ho hum book: It's a tie amongst everything that's available for $3.99 or less for your eBook Reader. When I'm finished with one of these titles, I file them away in my "Read" (past tense) folder. Problem is that "Read" can also be interpreted as present or future tense (as in "To Read"). When I make that mistake I open the folder and see a whole bunch of titles I don't recognize or remember.
• Ho hum key on my keyboard: 'K'. An uncommon letter sitting under one of my most powerful fingers. Only the 'J' occupies a better spot and is less frequently used. Although this seems to have nothing to do with 2012, it never gets mentioned so I just did.
• Ho hum moment: 6:16 am on December 21. It could have been a big moment, but it wasn't. It definitely played second fiddle to the big moment at 6:17 am when the world continued.
• Ho hum person: I have to go with the cashier at Toys 'R Us who helped us out the night we bought my 3-year-old's bike. She did a fair job at check-out. A little slow, a little angry, but nothing to worry about. Sorry lady at the cleaners - there's always next year.
• Ho hum sporting event: I think I have to go with the Rams and 49ers 24-24 tie on November 11th. It says a lot that this game beat out the entire 2012 portion of the 2012/13 NHL season. But given that this game happened, it gets the nod.

There they are, all (counting...counting) 8 of them. Since there is no such thing as more ho hum, there's not really much point in arguing about this list. K? (Sorry, my finger slipped).