So, you all know by now that I am an analyst, which means that I live by Rule 68: If it exists, it must be quantified.

So it follows that, if I bother to note The Besst of each day, I could (and should) figure out The Besst of each month and then at the end of the year have a Mighty Besst Showdown where all The Bessts duke it out for the right to say it was The Besst of 2013.

And maybe I’ll have a pie chart.

It was difficult to pick out The Besst of January. To make a difficult call easier, I ruled out anything that was just impending doom that didn’t happen. I dread impending doom all the time, and I don’t want to reinforce it.

Runner-up was this one, from January 22: The One Where Cole Remembered Not To Ask ‘What’s For Dinner,’ And Made Dinner Instead  (The role of runner-up is important, of course, because if the winner is for any reason unable to fulfill its duties as Besst of January, the runner-up will have to step up)

And the winner is from just a few days ago: The One Where Sam Finally Got His Eagle

This was actually more difficult to judge than it sounds…Cole being willing to make dinner on more than even a random basis is gonna pay off for a few more years, letmetellyouinternetz. But it really matters most only to me, and maybe to the lucky woman Cole marries some day.

But The Eagle Edition won for the sheer totality of emotions around that evening, and the fact that not only was it a Besst for me, it was a Best for so many other people as well.

Well done, and on to the Finals!

© E. Stocking Evans 2013