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Yahoo has released a collection of over 200 recent photographs under the headline Pictures of the Year 2004
There are a lot of sports photos in there. I’m not a sports fan. I know that makes me a the minority, but how small a minority am I?
I sorted the 209 photos into arbitrary categories chosen to illustrate all the things I don’t need to see photos of.
| celebrities | 10% |
| disasters/war/violence | 19% |
| sports | 50% |
| other | 18% |
Most of the “other” photos were of politicians. As much as I think George W. Bush is a disaster, I didn’t put those photos in the “disasters/war/violence” category unless he was pictured doing something disastrous, war-mongery, or violent, like posing with troops, or dressing like them, or personally feeding an old-growth redwood, complete with tree-sitter, into a chipper in the guise of “healthy forest management.”
As a public service to Yahoo, I’ll suggest a new set of categories for their Best of 2005 series. These are the photos that will keep me coming back day after day.
| whizzy gadgets and spacecraft | 25% |
| nubile vegan goddesses with hairy armpits and cruelty-free footwear | 25% |
| tattoo/piercing gallery | 25% |
| my infant son | 25% |
Hook me up, Yahoo; I’ll be your low-hanging fruit!
