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The Year in Memes

· Monday, December 31, 2012 · 3 comments

Via the BBC:  The top memes and viral videos of 2012.

I have to admit, as cliched as cat memes have become, I find the grumpy cat rather amusing:

grumpy-cat

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Steven L. Taylor is a Professor of Political Science and a College of Arts and Sciences Dean. His main areas of expertise include parties, elections, and the institutional design of democracies. His most recent book is the co-authored A Different Democracy: American Government in a 31-Country Perspective. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of Texas and his BA from the University of California, Irvine. He has been blogging since 2003 (originally at the now defunct Poliblog). Follow Steven on Twitter

Comments

  1. Ernieyeball says:
    Monday, 31 December 2012 at 12:55

    Looks like the Bust of Churchill to me. Probably sitting on Mitt’s lap still waiting to return to the White House…

    (“Poor kitty, I can’t believe I lost either.”)

  2. Steven L. Taylor says:
    Monday, 31 December 2012 at 13:02

    @Ernieyeball: Blofeld-esque, eh?

  3. Ernieyeball says:
    Monday, 31 December 2012 at 13:20

    I admit I had to look up the reference as my decaying memory banks will qualify for Medicare starting tomorrow.

    But here he is http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Blofeldpleasance67.jpg.

    Nice scar!

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