It seems like just yesterday, the clock struck 12 and 2011 rolled into town. Shoveling all of 2010's highlights and failures under a metaphoric carpet.

That time has rolled around once again. We are ready to start a new year. With new ideas, new (facebook) friends, and a better grasp of what resolutions we plan on breaking two weeks into January.

Here at InfoSack, we wanted to review 2011 for all of its glory. Many would gladly say goodbye faster their little fingers could type it out.

1. Casey Anthony gets away with murder. Literally.
2. The Space Shuttle Program ends.
3. Steve Jobs passed away. More importantly, Dennis Ritchie passed away. Ritchie created C-language by which almost all computer based technology is based. Here's an incredible layout of the many people who passed away in 2011 who truly affected your lives in ways Steve Jobs could never have and you didn't really know it. Enlighten yourself.
4. Osama Bin Laden is captured, killed, and tossed into the ocean.
5. The war in Afghanistan ends. We spent 9 years there and lost over 1800 U.S. Soldiers.
   
6. Japan suffered a catastrophic earthquake that reshaped the planet, shortened our day by 1.8 microseconds and shifted us off axis by 4 inches.
   
7. Protests and revolt in the Arab world lead to the Occupy movement here in the U.S. which spread to all major cities.
   
8. Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords was shot in the head by Jared Lee Lougher. He killed 6 other people at that same political rally.
   

We're sure there's a ton of positive stories out there, but we can't find any because every search engine is set to "Debbie Downer" mode.

Either way, let's wash away 2011 with some good old alcoholic beverages and plan to make the best of 2012! Happy New Year!