So how does one sum up a year?
Those folks at Yahoo! give it a try with their index of articles that attempt to encapsulate the half-way point of the first decade of the twenty-first century.
Top movies, top cars, top weddings, top break-ups -- if it happened in 2005, Yahoo! has listed here.
By the time you've waded through this summary, you might actually be glad that 2005 is now a distant memory in life's rearview mirror.