Saturday, July 17, 2010

Celebrating 69

Sinful Saturdays

Back when I was just learning about sex, “69” was about as sinful as my thoughts went. So, in honor of this “sinful” act, some Top 69th Best lists.

69th best-selling book on Amazon (on July 14, 2010)
Crazy Love: Overwhelmed by a Relentless God, by Francis Chan

69th best-selling erotic romance at Amazon (on July 14, 2010)
Jacob’s Faith, by Lora Leigh

69th best-selling book on BN.com (on July 14, 2010)
Cutting for Stone, by Abraham Verghese

69th best-selling single on iTunes (on July 14, 2010)
If We Ever Meet Again, by Timbaland

69th best-selling album on iTunes (on July 14, 2010)
The Fame Monster, by Lady Gaga

69th best-selling movie on Netflix (on July 14, 2010)
27 Dresses

69th Academy Awards
Best Movie: The English Patient
Best Actor: Geoffrey Rush for Shine
Best Actress: Frances McDormand for Fargo
Best Supporting Actor: Cuba Gooding, Jr. for Jerry Maguire
Best Supporting Actress: Juliette Binoche for The English Patient

69th biggest city in the U.S.
Newark, NJ

69th in Top 100 Retailers (according to Stores.org)
PetSmart

69th best company to work for (according to CNNMoney.com)
MITRE (don’t have a clue what this company does)

69th top song on Billboard.com (on July 14, 2010)
If It’s Love, by Train

69th best movie of all time, according to thebest100lists.com
Cool Hand Luke

69th best actor/actress, according to thebest100lists.com
Judi Densch

69th best author of all time, according to thebest100lists.com
Thomas Mann

69th best novel of all time, according to thebest100lists.com
Tess of the D’Urbervilles, by Thomas Hardy

69th best blog, according to Technorati.com on July 14, 2010
Daily Intel http://nymag.com/daily/intel

69th top earning celebrity, according to Forbes.com
Stephen King

69th richest person in the world, according to pressrun.net
August Von Finck of Germany

Becca Simone's mind has gotten considerably dirtier since the days she thought "69" was sinful. She now writes erotic romance for The Wild Rose Press. You can learn more about her on her website.

3 comments:

Christa Paige said...

What a great topic idea. Some of these were really interesting. Lora Leigh's Breed novel at 69, made me giggle, how apropos.
Christa

Becca Simone said...

Hey Christa, Lora's Leigh's # cracked me up, too.

Savanna Kougar said...

Great out-of-the-box list. I wonder if Stephen Kings knows he's at 69, and if there's some type of sinister twist to be created out of that 'position'?