Where Many of Our Hearts Were in 2012 @ Facebook

WHILE PRESIDENT AND MRS. OBAMA prepare for a mammoth Christmas vaca in Hawaii, the Michigan governor gets ready to sign today a right-to-work law giving union choice to workers there (as junior Jimbo Hoffa throws a major tantrum) and Tennessee governor Jim Haslam refuses---to his credit---to set up a health exchange in Tennessee for Obamacare, the Facebook phenomena continues and gets down to the nitty gritty of where America's hearts and shrinking minds were in 2012.

And the full list is not particularly pretty, in my opinion: Unsurprisingly, the U.S. election, 50 Shades of Grey, and The Hunger Games were big talking points.

Events (mentions): 1. US Presidential Election 2. Superbowl XLVI 3. Death of Whitney Houston 4. Superstorm Sandy 5. London 2012 Olympics Public Figures (mentions): 1. Barack Obama 2. Mitt Romney 3. One Direction 4. Tim Tebow 5. Eli and Peyton Manning

Movies (mentions): 1. The Hunger Games 2. The Avengers 3. Magic Mike 4. The Vow 5. Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2

Songs (app listens): 1. We Are Young - feat. Janelle Monáe - Fun 2. Somebody That I Used To Know - Gotye 3. Call Me Maybe – Carly Rae Jepsen 4. What Makes You Beautiful – One Direction 5. Payphone – Maroon 5 TV

Shows (mentions): 1. Duck Dynasty 2. Honey Boo Boo 3. Big Bang Theory 4. Game of Thrones 5. Downton Abbey

Books (app reads): 1. The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1) - Suzanne Collins 2. Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2) - Suzanne Collins 3. Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3) - Suzanne Collins 4. Fifty Shades of Grey (Fifty Shades, #1) - E.L. James 5. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter, #1) - J.K. Rowling

Sports (mentions): 1. NY Giants 2. New England Patriots 3. Tim Tebow 4. London 2012 Olympics 5. OKC (Oklahoma City Thunder) Well, you get the picture. It's our reality, like it or not.

Sorry for the whack editing job here today.  Some Google techy has made dealing with blockquotes almost impossible...it wants to do things I never intended... too much help.  And simply don't have the time to dither with it this morning.