The Twentybens: Ben Celebrates the Best of the 2010's

10 x 10 x 10 x Ben: Ten Top 10's of the 2010's by Ben

Top Ten Years of the 2010’s

1. 2012

2. 2015

3. 2013

4. 2017

5. 2014

6. 2010

7. 2011

8. 2018

9. 2019

10. 2016

Top Ten Board Games

1. Terraforming Mars

2. Star Wars: Rebellion

3. Dice Throne

4. Spirit Island

5. Codenames

6. Pandemic: Legacy Season One

7. Mythic Battles: Pantheon

8. Scythe

9. City of the Big Shoulders: Chicago 1895

10. Tussie Mussie

 Top Ten New Star Wars Characters

1. Jyn Erso

2. The Client

3. Poe Dameron

4. Kylo Ren

5. K-2SO

6. Rey

7. Cassian Andor

8. Finn

9. That Droid with Fleabag’s Voice

10. Maclunkey

Top Ten Kansas City Restaurants/Bars I Was Sad to See Close

1. Thomas

2. The Golden Ox

3. Plaza III

4. El Porton (the one that was way the hell out in JoCo)

5. Justus Drugstore

6. Crosstown Station

7. Holy Smoke BBQ

8. The Foundry

9. Boozefish

10. Fred P. Ott’s

Top Ten Toughest Losses by Sports Teams I Follow

1. Patriots 37 Chiefs 31 (OT) 1/20/19

2. Giants 3 Royals 2 10/29/14

3. Norfolk St. 86 Mizzou 84 3/17/12

4. Timbers 3 Sporting 2 11/29/18

5. Colts 45 Chiefs 44  1/4/14

6. Trinidad & Tobago 2 USA 1  10/10/17

7. Auburn 59 Mizzou 42  12/7/13

8. Timbers 2 Sporting 2 (7-6 pks)  10/29/15

9. Steelers 18 Chiefs 16  1/15/17

10. redacted 87 Mizzou 86 (OT) 2/25/12

Top Ten Courtney Barnett Songs

1. Elevator Operator

2. Avant-Gardener

3. Depreston

4. Pedestrian at Best

5. Charity

6. Debbie Downer

7. Three Packs a Day

8. Crippling Self-Doubt and a General Lack of Confidence

9. Everybody Here Hates You

10. Nobody Really Cares If You Don’t Go to the Party

 Top Ten Most Popular Girl Names of the 2010’s Re-Ranked from Best Name to Worst Name

1. Abigail

2. Emily

3. Mia

4. Isabella

5. Charlotte

6. Sophia

7. Olivia

8. Emma

9. Ava

10. Madison

Top Ten Concerts I Attended

1. Rex Hobart & the Misery Boys, impromptu memorial concert for George Jones at Davey’s

2. Howard Iceberg Tribute at Crosstown Station

3. The Sawyers at Loose Mansion

4. Robbie Fulks at Knuckleheads when he was touring Upland Stories

5. Parquet Courts at The Granada

6. Sleater-Kinney at the Uptown

7. John Prine at the Midland

8. Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin w/ The Grisly Hand at old Record Bar

9. The Iron Question, the night they came to blows with the Davey’s sound guy

10. Beck w/ Willie Nelson at the Starlight

Top Ten Mottos, Phrases, or Software Titles Deployed by the University of Central Missouri That Could Also Be Names of Sci-Fi Robots or Slogans of Dissident Political Groups

1. Choose Red

2. MOTR-CORE 42

3. S-RAM

4. TK-20

5. Opportunity in Action

6. Mo’s Maniacs

7. SLO

8. Curriculog

9. CHIDS

10. The Crossing

Top Ten Musical Numbers in Non-Musical TV Shows

1. “Misbehavin’” from The Righteous Gemstones

2. The Hold Steady’s version of “The Bear and the Maiden Fair” from Game of Thrones

3. “The Spirits of Christmas” from Bob’s Burgers

4. “Paper Boi” from Atlanta

5. Gale Boetticher’s cover of “Major Tom” on Breaking Bad

6. “Anything Goes in Florida” from Big Mouth

7. Work Hard or Die Trying Girl from Bob’s Burgers

8. Cover of “The Never-Ending Story” from Stranger Things

9. “Make Bullying Kill Itself” from South Park

10. The Rock singing along to “Shake It Off” from Ballers