Bloggers often do year-end lists of favorite posts from the previous 12 months, so without further ado, 10  S.O.T. posts I especially enjoyed from 2009 (most are either book reviews or videos):
1. "The Inner Feynman" 
2.  "Martin Gardner" 
3. "Alex, Wesley, and Love" 
4. "Wingsuit Flying" 
5. "The Canon and Scientific Literacy"  
6. "Embracing the Wide Sky"  
7. "Amazing Sea Creatures"  
8.  "
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