As 2008 comes to an end, I’ve decided to come up with a few lists of a few different things bloggers I think you may find interesting along the lines of what I did in The Lists 2007.  For further information, be sure to read the disclaimer at the end.

Let’s face it people, this is the internet.  This is where I go for both my entertainment purposes of which laughter is an absolute requirement due to the serious nature of my day to day life.  So here are the bloggers that I found to be the funniest of 2008 (in no particular order) and am looking forward to them continuing to tickle the funny bone in 2009:

Avitable - Usually when his name is mentioned the first two words that pop into my mind are Dolphin Porn.  However, he is far beyond just the simple Sea World Bestiality videos… the man is a satiric comic genius.  He’s usually good for tears rolling down my cheeks once a week, if not two… and he doesn’t even use a ball gag to do it.  THAT, ladies and gentleman, is skill.  Besides his obvious humor and honesty to himself, he throws some pretty kick ass parties.  The best part… he doesn’t talk during movies while Iron Man is opening up a can’o’whoop ass on the screen… making him a polite cinema date as well.

LeSombre - There is something more to be said about Canada than “eh”.  That something would be “meh”… which unofficially is LeSombre‘s calling card.  Mike impresses me with both his candor and non-chalance about the things around him.  “Oh look, a vital bridge to the city has been closed because it may collapse at any moment!”, cry the citizens of Canadia.  “I guess it will take me 2 hours instead of 20 minutes to get to work.  Meh.”, would be Mike’s reply.  He also has very impressive a cappella skills while sitting around a table at a hotel bar surrounded by Vulcans and Klingons.

Shiny - Now here’s a guy who would have no problem with me walking into Nish Knosh on Kings Highway in Brooklyn, whipping out a ham and cheese on rye with mayo, and chowing down at the same table while he had a bagel with some lox on it for lunch.  Shiny‘s sense of humor, dare I say it, is far more wittier than my own AND he carries the intellectuality to back it up.  His constant running meme “On The 3’s” really does run the gamut, and you can always find him approaching matters of seriousness with a little wink and a corner of the mouth grin.  Sure there are times when I sit there and say to myself, “What the fuck?”… but a few hours later there will usually be an “Oooohhh!” that escapes my lips.  It’s a cerebral thing… and there are very few people able to do that.

Boh3m3 - I first ran across Ben when I was spending alot of time on YouTube.  He was considered one of their YouTube Stars, and often received video views in the tens of thousands.  Like a bunch of the others, his star on YouTube dimmed and he moved himself over to blogging.  Unlike a bunch of the others, he continues to persevere in the cruel blogosphere where becoming a star is much harder than it appears.  The bottom line on him… he can definitely make me laugh hard, although his frequency of doing so is erratic.  It’s erratic not from content, but from the frequency of the content.  Still… he’s a funny fucker when he wants to be and he still got to bang Caitlin Hill.  My hero.

Neil Kramer - What is there that can be said about Neil that hasn’t been said about the others?  He has a white template.  Did you find that funny?  If you did, you’ll love Neil.  He’s like the Jerry Seinfeld of the blogosphere.  He smoozes with the mommy bloggers, drinks the coffee at McDonald’s, and I wouldn’t doubt it if HE was the one to bring a ham and cheese with mayo into the Knish Knosh on Queens Boulevard.  His posts are usually of a rather long form but it is that astute attention to detailing description that makes his writing superior to that of even She Who Shall Not Be Named.  Plus, he’s actually sarcastic and dryly funny of which She Who Shall Not Be Named wishes she was.

As a reward for being the best of the best for 2008… I designed this complex thing-a-ma-bob for those who may want to display their Listed status proudly:

Additionally… because I am beyond benevolent and loving contrary to what some people believe… here is the code for you to use with a permalink directly to this post.  So if your blog was snacked upon today, all you need to do is copy and past the code:

The Lists is a yearly compilation of interesting bloggers that I currently read.  Due to the volume of blogs and the 5 blogger limit, there may be authors who do not appear.  This is not to say that you did not have a good blog, or an important blog, or even a blog I did not read because in all likelihood I do indeed read it.  This simply means that for that year that you are excluded… well… I thought other bloggers were better choices for the Listing.  This does not mean I don’t like you, I don’t love you, or that I don’t read you.  It just means that for that year(s), I chose other bloggers but there is always the possibility of next year.  Unless.

Unless you cry, whine, send me e-mail messages begging me to feature you, send e-cards with links to the blogs you want linked, tell me how I don’t love you, tell me how I don’t like you, tell me how sad you are, tell me how I don’t read you even though you know I did because I commented at some point, and/or try to muscle me with threats of large “goombas” paying a visit.  If you do any of that… then hold your breathe until you see yourself on the Lists again.  While your doing that… go get a white hat and get yourself some Smurfberry Pie ‘cause you’ll be blue before you see it.