http://www.toptenz.net Life, on the short list. Fri, 19 Mar 2010 12:00:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-odd-patron-saints.php http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-odd-patron-saints.php#comments Tue, 26 Jan 2010 12:55:57 +0000 Ash Grant http://www.toptenz.net/?p=4062 The importance of Saints is something that is debated, but is a part of many religions, particularly Christianity. Some denominations of Christian religion (most notably the Roman Catholic Church) have many patron saints. A patron saint is a saint that is an advocate in heaven of a certain person, activity, location, or illness. Because patron [...]]]> http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-odd-patron-saints.php/feed 1 http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-tv-detectives.php http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-tv-detectives.php#comments Thu, 14 Jan 2010 05:01:27 +0000 Tanya Bennett http://www.toptenz.net/?p=4751 Shamus, sleuth, gumshoe, P.I., private eye, private dick… We have so many names for detectives and so many great characters in literature, movies, television, and radio. Anne Iredale’s Top 10 Literary Detectives inspired this list.  It made me think of all of the great TV detectives. According to the Museum of Broadcast Communications, the earliest TV detective [...]]]> http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-tv-detectives.php/feed 32 http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-thanksgiving-movies.php http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-thanksgiving-movies.php#comments Tue, 24 Nov 2009 20:32:58 +0000 TopTenz Master http://www.toptenz.net/?p=1622 Not everyone wants to watch a football game (especially with the Detroit Lions as one of the teams playing) on Thanksgiving and with that in mind I offer up these top 10 movies to watch on Thanksgiving. Most will be shown on your local cable or network channels but some may require a trip to [...]]]> http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-thanksgiving-movies.php/feed 3 http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-reality-tv-show-meltdowns.php http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-reality-tv-show-meltdowns.php#comments Wed, 07 Oct 2009 11:15:03 +0000 TopTenz Master http://www.toptenz.net/?p=4032 Having a meltdown is very natural for any person. An overflow of emotions can cause you to lose self control and act abnormally and we have all been affected by this at one point or another. But to have a meltdown on television in front of millions of viewers can make you seem a little [...]]]> http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-reality-tv-show-meltdowns.php/feed 6 http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-famous-twins.php http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-famous-twins.php#comments Wed, 30 Sep 2009 04:05:18 +0000 Ash Grant http://www.toptenz.net/?p=3979 Giving birth to one baby seems enough for one set of parents, but for others, they are graced with the miracle of being able to give birth to twins. In today’s world, it seems that more and more women are having twins then ever before. It’s said that there is a 1 in 80 chance [...]]]> http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-famous-twins.php/feed 21 http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-soap-opera-cliches.php http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-soap-opera-cliches.php#comments Mon, 29 Jun 2009 04:17:39 +0000 Anne Iredale http://www.toptenz.net/?p=3303 We love our soap operas. They have ridiculous plots and unbelievable characters. Just like actual operas but without the fat lady singing.  We kid ourselves in to thinking we’re not addicted but there’s always some fiendish cliffhanger to keep us hooked. Soaps share a number of clichés that may make us groan but we’d miss [...]]]> http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-soap-opera-cliches.php/feed 4 http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-best-tv-dads.php http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-best-tv-dads.php#comments Tue, 23 Jun 2009 00:55:39 +0000 Elizabeth Downing Johnson http://www.toptenz.net/?p=3251 Father’s Day.  A time to honor the men who are either our biological fathers or who have been like fathers to us.  If you’re a child of the television age, some of those dad might well be TV dads.  They teach us important lessons, lead us by example, spend quality time with us (and with [...]]]> http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-best-tv-dads.php/feed 25 http://www.toptenz.net/10-amazing-youtube-videos.php http://www.toptenz.net/10-amazing-youtube-videos.php#comments Mon, 11 May 2009 08:22:44 +0000 Bryan Johnson http://www.toptenz.net/?p=2883 It is a special occasion when you capture that one in a million shot, when you witness an amazing spectacle and have your video camera at your side.  Natural disasters and unexplained phenomena happen every day.  Still, there are few videos of these events as they occur.  With the expansion of personal video cameras in [...]]]> http://www.toptenz.net/10-amazing-youtube-videos.php/feed 16 http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-persuasive-tv-ads.php http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-persuasive-tv-ads.php#comments Wed, 18 Mar 2009 06:51:58 +0000 TopTenz Master http://www.toptenz.net/?p=2480 Congratulations to our Steve Straub, 2nd place winner in our Top 10 List Writing Contest. Not long after the television was invented, commercials were invented; soon to be followed by their bigger brother, the infomercial. Since then, our favorite television shows have transformed into a morphine drip of short intervals of satisfaction, followed by a seemingly [...]]]> http://www.toptenz.net/top-10-persuasive-tv-ads.php/feed 5 http://www.toptenz.net/10-great-rivalries.php http://www.toptenz.net/10-great-rivalries.php#comments Fri, 20 Feb 2009 05:29:13 +0000 TopTenz Master http://www.toptenz.net/?p=2321 This top 10 list is from a Top Tenz reader name Darius. I love getting submissions and I think this one is particularly entertaining. And while these rivalries may not be your top 10 they certainly are 10 interesting to read about. Thanks for the submission, Darius. I look forward to the discussions this may [...]]]> http://www.toptenz.net/10-great-rivalries.php/feed 14