It's a tell-tale sign we're getting closer to the end of the year, so without further ado and for the 22nd time...

The Top 20 Things That Were Trending in 2011

20. The HP TouchPad becoming a colossal flop (still usable as a paperweight or a small serving tray)

19. Chris Paul joining the Los Angeles Clippers (yeah, like if they would have a chance!)

18. Weinergate (imagine if Andrew Weiner sent that out to Sarah Palin instead

17. Conrad Murray found guilty of dosing Michael Jackson to death (to paraphrase Nancy Grace, the King of Pop was dancing in heaven that night)

16. The Vancouver Riot kissing couple (a.k.a "From Here To Eternity 2")

15. Christina Aguilera fumbling the national anthem at Super Bowl XLV (the ghost of Leslie Nielsen lives!)

14. TIE:Maria Menounos' lower body wardrobe malfunction in Miami/Leaked cell phone nudes of Blake Lively and Scarlett Johansson (suddenly, sales of hand lotion and Kleenex began to skyrocket)

13.   Michele Bachmann (she's Sarah Palin without the glasses but with the wonky eyes of Nancy Pelosi)

12, in her 13th consecutive appearance on this list. Britney Spears (still continues to push the envelope...and in a good way)

11. The paternity suit against Justin Bieber (if that lady went ahead with it, this would've been the greatest episode of "Maury" ever!)

10. TIE: Tim Tebow (him bowing down at every game reeks "The Thinker", except that he has extra protection)/Ted Williams (it's amazing what a homeless guy with a golden voice can do)

9. TIE: Netflix (pissing off customers by boosting their fees since 2001)/George Clooney and Stacy Keibler (he has the looks of a casanova that could rival Brad Pitt; she has the fappable legs of a goddess that could rival Angelina Jolie

8. The downgrade of our credit rating from AAA to AA+ (guess the people at Standard and Poor's have went to one too many AA meetings)

7. Emma Stone (with "The Help" and next year "The Amazing Spider-Man", she's enjoying the career Lindsay Lohan once had but pissed away)

6. TIE: Charlie Sheen's and Ellen Barkin's erratic Twitter behaviors (give them some tiger blood 'cause they're winning, muthaf***ers!)/The X Factor (the anti-American Idol, now that Simon and Paula are together again)

5. Oprah Winfrey's and Regis Philbin's goodbyes (one of them had fans bawling uncontrollably...just like all of North Korea over Kim Jong Il's death)

4. Marc Anthony and Kris Humphries divorcing Jennifer Lopez and Kim Kardashian respectively (apparently, both of them had enough of their asses)

3. Prince William and Kate Middleton (a marriage made in heaven...unlike the one that was made in hell (see Kim Kardashian and Kris Humphries))

2. The Kardashians (America's favorite family...to paraphrase Triumph the Insult Comic Dog, for us to puke on!)

And the #1 thing that was trending in 2011 which will continue to be in 2012 come election time:

1. The Occupy (insert city) protests (who will be the 99 percent deciding whether or not the 1 percent President Obama deserves an additional four years in the White House. But you may never know)

 And that's it: The Allen Blog's 2011 Year in Review. From me to you, so long, stay strong, and HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!