Below are some of my favourite things from the past year. Books, television, movies, music…it’s all here. I’m not doing reviews or overviews this year. If it’s here, it’s good. Am I that confident? Yes. But there’s also links for many of the items in case you don’t trust me.
On a personal note, I was very proud of two projects I worked on this year, The Trimalchio Project and The Bouchard Comic Book Collection catalogue and exhibit. Thanks again to all those who helped me along the way.
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TV
Parks & Recreation, Treme, Community, Modern Family, Late Night With Jimmy Fallon
Movies
Moneyball, Harry Potter 8, The Muppets, Captain America, Super 8, Bridesmaids
Still need to see: Midnight in Paris, Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, Crazy Stupid Love, Attack the Block, Drive
Books 
Art of Fielding by Chad Harbach
Ready Player 1 by Ernest Cline
One of Our Thursdays is Missing by Jasper Fforde
The Lover’s Dictionary by David Levithan
344 Questions by Stefan G. Bucher
Art of the Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
The Tiny Book of Tiny Stories edited by Joseph Gordon-Levitt
The PDT Cocktail Book by Jim Meehan
On Booze by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Amazing Everything: The Art of Scott C.
Hark! A Vagrant by Kate Beaton
Still need to read: 1Q84, The Extra 2%, Why We Broke Up, In the Garden of Beasts, Just My Type, Embassytown
Book Design
Parker: Martini Edition by Darwyn Cooke
Malcolm Gladwell: Collected by Malcolm Gladwell
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl (Penguin Deluxe Classics)
James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl (Penguin Deluxe Classics)
Tales of the Jazz Age by F. Scott Fitzgerald (Penguin Classics)
Novels of Chester Himes (Penguin Modern Classics)
Music 
Bon Iver-Bon Iver
Ashes and Fire -Ryan Adams
The King is Dead -Decemberists
Kiss Each Other Clean -Iron & Wine
Departing -Rural Alberta Advantage
House of Balloons/Thursday/Echoes of Silence-The Weeknd
Barton Hallow -The Civil Wars
Elsie-Horrible Crowes
Matthew Barber-Matthew Barber
So Beautiful or So What-Paul Simon
Undun-The Roots
The Head and the Heart-The Head and the Heart (2010 and 2011 release)
Apple/Apps
iPhone 4/4S
Other
Olympus E-PL2
Kickpuncher (Gin or Vodka/Red Bull/Cranberry Canada Dry/Frozen Cranberries/Ice)
Best of 11 Mix 
Walking Far From Home-Iron & Wine
Holocene-Bon Iver
Change the Sheets-Kathleen Edwards
Tornado ’87-The Rural Alberta Advantage
Black Betty & the Moon-The Horrible Crowes
So Beautiful or So What-Paul Simon
Calamity Song-The Decemberists
Poison & Wine-The Civil Wars
Dark Turn Of Mind-Gillian Welch
Lucky Now-Ryan Adams
Blue Forever-Matthew Barber
About As Helpful As You Can Be Without Being Any Help At All-Dan Mangan
Loft Music-The Weeknd
You See Me-Childish Gambino
Ni**as in Paris-Kanye West & Jay Z
Sister-The Black Keys
Rent Party-Booker T. Jones
Holdin’ On To Black Metal-My Morning Jacket
Boxer-The Gaslight Anthem
Andy Grabia 
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