Can you believe it's almost 2010? Holy cripes!!

HERE ARE 16 ITEMS THAT BECAME OBSOLETE THIS DECADE:

Ten years ago, the world was a vastly different place. And now that we're about to begin a new decade, it seems like an appropriate time to look back at how much the world has changed in that time.


--To show how far we've come, "New York Magazine" came up with a list of 16 once-common items that were made obsolete in the 2000s. Check it out:


#1.) Answering machines


#2.) Lickable stamps


#3.) Foldable maps


#4.) Cathode ray tube TVs


#5.) Incandescent light bulbs


#6.) Paying for pornography


#7.) Smoking in bars . . . which is on its way out, even in states where it's still allowed



HERE ARE 16 ITEMS THAT BECAME OBSOLETE THIS DECADE:
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#8.) Fax machines


#9.) Hydrox cookies (--which are similar to Oreos)


#10.) Cassette tapes


#11.) Floppy disks


#12.) Phone books


#13.) Polaroid photos


#14.) Bank deposit slips . . . which are in the process of being replaced by check-reading ATMs


#15.) Subway tokens


#16.) The Rolodex

Up in the Air leads the nominations with six; Nine got five. Of note: Meryl Streep is nominated twice in the same category.

First Golden Globes nominee batch, from John Krasinski:

Best actress in TV series, drama: Glenn Close, Damages; January Jones, Mad Men; Julianna Margulies, The Good Wife; Anna Paquin, True Blood; Kyra Sedgwick,The Closer

Best actor in a TV series, drama: Simon Baker, The Mentalist; Michael C. Hall, Dexter; John Hamm, Mad Men; Hugh Laurie, House; Bill Paxton, Big Love

Best screenplay: District 9, The Hurt Locker, It's Complicated, Inglorious Basterds, Up in the Air

Best actress in a motion picture, musical or comedy: Sandra Bullock, The Proposal; Marion Cottilard, Nine; Julia Roberts, Duplicity; Meryl Streep for It's Complicated and Meryl Streep and Julie and Julia.

And from Inglorious Basterds star Diane Kruger:

Best actor in TV series, comedy or musical: Alec Baldwin, 30 Rock; Steve Carell, The Office; David Duchovny, Californication; Thomas Jane, Hung; Matthew Morrison, Glee

Best TV series, comedy or musical: 30 Rock, Entourage, Glee, Modern Family, The Office

Best director, motion picture: Kathryn Bigelow, The Hurt Locker; James Cameron, Avatar; Clint Eastwood, Invictus; Jason Reitman, Up in the Air; Quentin Tarantino, Inglorious Basterds

Best performance, actor, comedy or musical: Matt Damon, The Informant; Daniel Day-Lewis, Nine; Robert Downey Jr., Sherlock Holmes; Joseph Gordon-Levitt, 500 Days of Summer; Michael Stuhlbarg, A Serious Man

And Justin Timberlake's batch:

Best TV series, Drama: Big Love, Dexter, House, Mad Men, True Blood

Best actor in a motion picture, drama: Jeff Bridges, Crazy Heart; George Clooney, Up in the Air; Colin Firth, A Single Man; Morgan Freeman, Invictus; Tobey Maguire, Brothers

Best performance by an actress in a motion picture, drama: Emily Blunt, ... "Ho, ho, ho," joked Justin. "Somebody's going to have a good night tonight," he said, referring to Krasinski, who is engaged to Blunt. Then he added, "Sorry." ... Sandra Bullock, The Blind Side; Helen Mirren, The Last Station; Carey Mulligan, An Education; Gabourey Sidibe, Precious

Best motion picture, comedy or musical: 500 Days of summer, The Hangover, It's Complicated, Julie and Julia, Nine

Best motion picture, drama: Avatar, The Hurt Locker, Inglorious Basterds, Precious, Up in the Air