It's the end of the year (unless you're Chinese or Jewish or Aztec or follow some other non-Gregorian calendar), which is traditionally the time for various end of year summary lists. You know, best albums, worst movies, hottest celebrity breakups, ugliest babies -- the normal stuff. Instead, I thought I'd give you something more timeless: the 5 coolest things ever. If you are writing a book, a song, making an oil painting, t-shirt, tattoo, whatever -- herein lies the path to ultimate coolness. You can't miss with these 5 things, and they all combine pretty well.

The 5 coolest things ever (in no particular order):

Ninjas
Zombies
Robots
Pirates
Monkeys (including apes, which I realize are not technically monkeys, but the word monkey is cooler and who made you the dictionary police anyway?)

Did I leave anything out?