No money changed hands prior to the making of this video! In fact, I’ve never met John Stanbridge, but discovered his “10 Good Things About 2008″ video via a google alert I have set up to track mentions of notesinspanish.com on the net.
His ‘number 4′ has made us as happy as he was for winning the prize mentioned in his ‘number 3′!
So I suppose the question is, what are my 10 good things about 2008? Here we go:
Anyone want to join in and share theirs? Make a video and post the link below!



John(jkslouth)
5 Jan 09 at 3:37 pm
Ben, I am stunned by this response. Thank you so much. I hope Marina, Leo and you have a great 2009; and I hope this doesn’t mean you’ll be expecting lots more Deberes than I’ve been putting in recently!!
Maria S.
5 Jan 09 at 11:30 pm
With such a positive attitude and good prospects, you will have a good 2009.
All the best!
my_salsa
9 Jan 09 at 2:11 am
Notes in Spanish is definitely in my Top 10!!! I am so thankful for the whole portal (podcasts, blog, forum…) which helped any still helps my Spanish a lot and especially for one sentence that made my host mother in Barcelona love me: Me he puesto morado!!
Ben
9 Jan 09 at 5:17 pm
@my_salsa – I’m glad you got to use that one!
Janelle
10 Jan 09 at 3:42 pm
Hi Ben and Marina, its been awhile since I’ve visited the site and I wanted to say hello! Congratulations on the birth of your baby, Leo. Also congrats for such a great website, I love it! Ben, I found your video of the best of 2008 very motivating, I am checking out the books you mentioned on Amazon right now. Thanks for the tips and may you have a happy and prosperous Dos Mil Nueve!
Ben
11 Jan 09 at 11:23 am
Hi Janelle, thanks for popping by, hope all is well with you!
Graham
31 Jan 09 at 12:10 am
I would love to see this Ben but the vids don’t work for me in Flock. I also tried in IE and Firefox. Anywhere I could get to see them?
Ben
31 Jan 09 at 12:23 pm
Hi Graham, they are just normal youtube vids, they work here fine! Maybe your isp blocking youtube?!
Graham
31 Jan 09 at 11:54 pm
It just took absolutely ages to load. The whole PC then decided to have a nervous breakdown
Graham
31 Jan 09 at 11:55 pm
But it sill doesn’t want to show them to me