Year End Awards 2008 (k3nshi)

The Kenshi Institute’s Year End awards 2008:

• Man of the Year: Vladimir Putin


• Woman of the Year: Tina Fey


• Hockey Mom/Pitbull of the Year: Sarah Palin


• Film of the Year: Elite Squad (Tropa de Elite)


• Food of the Year: CHIPS


• Investment Bank of the Year: Bear Sterns


• Game of the Year: Fable 2


• Book of the Year: ‘Masters of Doom’ by David Kushner


• Banker of the Year: Dr Josef Ackermann


• Superhero of the Year: The Batman (Damian Wayne)


• Supervillain of the Year: Grant Morrison


• Feeling of the Year: Impending Doom


• Website of the Year: Twitter


• Agent of Change of the Year: Corpsicle


• Technology of the Year: HDTV


• Anti-Technology of the Year: Internet Explorer 6


• Blog of the Year: Robert Peston’s Business blog


• TV Show of the Year: The Wire


• Application of the Year: Google Earth


• Credit Crunch of the Year: The Credit Crunch


• Shape of the Year: Madelbrot Set


• Financial Instrument of the Year: CDOs


• Place of the Year: Kenshi HQ


• Colour of the Year: Charcoal


• Global Financial Crisis of the Year: The Global Financial Crisis


• Year of the Year: 2008