December is the month that marks Christmas, Boxing Day and Emily Dickinson's birthday. It's also the time of year that we face endless Year In Review lists, posted across every form of media. Most of these lists focus on The Best, The Greatest, The Most Memorable. Well, isn't that cheery?But, you see, 2010 was a horrible year, and it doesn't deserve self-congratulatory pats on the back. Sure, we've seen worse, but we've probably seen better, too. We're not talking about the earthquake in Haiti, or even the Deepwater Horizon oil spill -- two gut-wrenching disasters to which the digital (and real) world responded admirably. No, we're not talking about the major catastrophes that spawned international outpourings of sympathy, those statistical spikes that are more or less bound to occur in a given year. We're talking about the small stories, the ones you read, obsess over and promptly forget. Taken in all at once, they paint a bleak vision of 2010.
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