If you’re like me and can’t stand using iTunes, give Winamp a spin, they have come a long way in there portable device support. I use it exclusively, and like it. F**k Apple, do you hear me Jobs? F**k Apple.

To be honest though, I’m not sure which is worse, the fact that somebody wasted their time dreaming up such crap, or the fact that somebody at the Globe and Mail thought this would make a good article, OR the fact that I’m wasting my time blogging about it. Maybe it’s time I started to write decent posts rather than my recent rants.

The Christmas article helped me understand some of my dread towards the holiday. Don’t get me wrong, I think spending quality time with friends and family is great, but why do we need a skewed holiday in order for it to happen? What’s wrong with inviting a few loved ones around, swapping overpriced and underused consumables, creating some drama, overeating and getting shit-faced any other time of year? I for one enjoy a good New Years bash (for the holiday-stress relieving qualities), but the wastefulness of Christmas makes me want to puke a little, then again, that might be last night’s bash talking. Consider for a moment how many resources are wasted in powering all those horrid Christmas lights, let alone the waste in manufacturing, distributing, warehousing, and retailing the vomit inducing illuminations. Then there’s the unwanted gifts, the wrapping, excessive packaging, wasted food and drink, crackers with stupid hats, bad jokes and useless trinkets, lost time searching for the elusive Wii, and the poor, poor dead trees. I won’t get too far into the whole anti-consumer nor environmental thing – who really cares?

As for New Years Resolutions, I made one several years ago never to make any again, so far so good. If you think they work, may I suggest you make a resolution to see your Proctologist, he might find your head. Lifestyle choices are just that, make your choices and live them, don’t wait for the beginning of a Roman invention to alleviate your vices.

This post is a little late for the season, but I was far too busy living the cliché to find the time to write sooner. Here’s to a wasteful 2008 – the economy needs us, the environment does not.

What gives? I feel people of real worth should be up there. Now, I know what you’re thinking, Bono has made some great political statements, and I would agree – Bono deserves a spot in the top 100, number 5? I’m not so sure. But how does he take backseat to a hockey player? To a comedian? To a game designer? To a novelist? They are entertainers, no more. If that is who “influences” you, then we’re in trouble, big trouble.

Take a close look at the list, and ask; do these people deserve a spot on the list? In my estimation, there are only 2 people in the top 10 who deserve to be in the 100 at all, Bono and Steve Jobs. The others? Entertainment, nothing more. I’m dissapointed to say the least. My pick for the top 5? Warren Buffet, Bill Gates, Ben Bernanke (thanks to Robert for pointing out his complete absence from the top 200), Bill Clinton, and Nicholas Negroponte, at the time of writing numbers 17, 32, ???, 45 and 66 respectively.

But then I’m not a hockey fan, so what do I know?