2011 in review: the 10 cutest photos

When you are feeling sad and blue, go to Cute Overload and get your fix of adorable, fluffy, funny and awwwww.

This is their Top 10 Cutest Photos of 2011. Not sure I agreed – I think no. 2 is disturbing rather than cute, but no. 8 makes up for all the bad times!

All together now ... awwww! Photo courtesy of Cute Overload.

2011 in review: the 30 most important cats

Don't get me wrong, I like dogs. Dogs are nice and warm and friendly and just want you to love them and play with them for ever and ever. Cats, on the other hand are selfish and manipulative and don't give a damn what you think. Which is what makes them so much more interesting and funny. The internet is awash with examples of just how much funnier cats are than dogs. With the exception of this video.

So here, courtesy of my friend Rach, are the 30 most important cats of 2011. So very funny, I might have started crying after watching number 5: video-ruining cat.

I want a cat.

2011 In Review: most powerful photos of 2011, version 1

I call this version one because I anticipate many photo retrospectives over the coming weeks. However, this Buzzfeed one has really been doing the rounds so I thought it was worth a mention. In has some genuinely amazing photos but also a strong American-bias.

2011 In Review: the best protest signs

You have to scroll down past George Clooney but there is a slideshow of the best protest signs of 2011 – many from Occupy Wall Street, others from Egypt or on the subject of gay marriage. Many of them are quite brilliant – definitely worth a few minutes of your time.

2011 In Review: Fashion by numbers

Style.com have done a delightful slideshow of the fashionable year 2011, by the numbers.

Or those of you who are a little fashion nerdy like me, this is totally something to perk up the start of your day or that felafel wrap you're eating at your desk at lunch.

2011 In Review

The end of the year is looming fast. Less than 2 weeks until christmas, less than 3 weeks until new years, less than 3 weeks to get my life in order before 2012.

Along with the stress of trying to find the perfect christmas gift for your cousins you never see, the pressure to make the right new years celebratory decision and desperately attempting to finish your work load before every but you goes on holiday, December is also about end-of-year round ups; the 'Best ofs' 'Worst ofs', 'big stories', so on and so forth.

Here on Style from the Suburban Intellectual we're feeling lazy about our blogging so in coming weeks there will be a bit of relaying of these best and worst of's. Also, I'm reading Pillars of the Earth (1088 pages) so it's going to be a while before I post a book review.

I'm going to start the new theme off with the 20 best free fonts from 2011. Really.