Goldest comments of 2008

It's been six months since I began cut and pasting offensive statements from Web trolls onto this blog. As Comment Gold rings in its first new year, let's take a look back at the blog's most read posts since launch.

Plus, I'm still pretty hung over, and this is easier than scouring the Internet for comments.

1. Oh Well - Death to memes.
2. Church sign champion: Our Lady of Martyrs - Apparently there are a ton of people Googling these churches. Who knew?
3. Olympic gymnasts share a kiss - Leveraging a combination of the summer's hot topic (the Olympics) and evergreen Internet content (sex) was a success. Barring this post, I don't normally go for cheap hits. Well, this and...
4. Alicia Sacramone is hot - I guess I'll take some easy traffic every once and a while. Look! It was a good formula, OK?
5. $17. Now that's gangsta - This kid is an Internet superstar.
6. Football announcer: 'That's kinda gay' - A hilarious college sports moment caught on tape that one commenter called, without hyperbole, the "greatest moment in football ever."
7. Barack Obama: C-C-C-Combo Breaker - Besides the Olympics, there was another hot topic this year: the O-bomb. Congrats to the first black president-elect.
8. Is this your cat? - Stupidity always has a place on this list.