The Most Shocking Stories of the Year

People Magazine is in it's annual a list mode. These lists include a the 25 best celeb and the even more intriguing photo compilations of Gwen Stefani's baby boy Kingston and Victoria Beckham. The real meat of the program comes with People's "The Most Shocking Stories of the Year".
Here they are, in order:

• Britney Spears Shaves Her Head: While I don't really care about this future trailer park fatty, she looked pretty good with the new coif.
• Rosie Quits The View: How is this shocking, Rosie had expended the comic capital and had become a fat, mean spirited dyke.
• Chris Benoit's Murder-Suicide: Sadly shocking, an unfortunate reminder that the choices made for immediate gratification, in this case physique from steroid use, often lead to unexpected consequences.
• Isaiah Gets Fired From Grey's: Somebody at the magazine must be upset about the television show loosing their favorite, because all this is, is somebody loosing a job. Big freaking deal.
• Owen Wilson's Suicide Attempt: Always unfortunate, if I were part of this man's family, I would wish privacy out of the papers.
• Lindsay Lohan's Rehab to Arrest: Another future fatty, not news.
• Paris Hilton Ordered Back to Jail: Newsworthy for the entertainment value. This brat has ridden good looks and no talent past the point where being a spoiled little bitch is acceptable. David Letterman was right to treat her like crap on his show.
• Anna Nicole's Death & Custody Battle: Pathetically sad. It is amazing how far big tits go, without those Anna would weigh 300 pounds and be working at Waffle House.

Here are some that I would like to add, more for their contribution than the shock value:

• Benazir Bhutto's assassination
• Barbaro the racehorse, died in January by euthanization, a beautiful animal that died running hard.
• Art Buchwald died in January, a Pulitzer Prize-winning satirist
• Kurt Vonnegut Jr. died in April an absurdist author of great humor, science fiction, and anti establishment novels.
• Boris Yeltsin died in April, he presided over the dismantling of the Soviet Union and led Russia in its rebirth.
• David Halberstam died in April an authoritative writer and Pulitzer Prize winner.
• Lady Bird Johnson died in July, Lyndon's bride, devotion to beautifying the United States made her one of the nation's most beloved public figures.
• Norman Mailer died in November, one of America's most acclaimed, controversial, and outrageous authors, winner of two Pulitzer Prizes.

As you can see the authors draw my attention, they add to our lives with their insight, when the good ones leave us, its like we've lost a view of the world.