If there's one thing I'm going to miss about 2008, it probably won't be my positive 401k balance or even those late-night text messages from Barack Obama. Nope. I'm pretty sure it is going to be one thing and one thing only: the endless hours of balloon-themed entertainment!

Yes, 2008 was a year that spanned the inflatable gamut, from weird hot air balloons to people trapping themselves in balloons! From certified balloonologists to balloon-slinging mobs!

Are you so excited you could pop? Okay really, enough puns -- on to the good stuff!

Here are the year's Top 14 Balloons of the Web!

  • Balloon Tank
  • Balloon Jesus




  • Balloon Street Art



  • Balloon Fashion
  • Balloon Festival in the UK
  • Balloon in Space - A Canadian man sent a balloon with a camera into space and took pictures from 117,595 feet high.
  • Creepy Van Gogh Hot Air Balloon



  • Balloon Sculptures
  • Green Garden Gnome Balloons - Each gnome balloon is attached to a piece of sod. The balloons are biodegradable, carry seeds and deflate daily to blossom into flowers.



  • Anatomical Balloon Dog



  • World AIDS Day "Human Balloon" Protest
  • Brain Balloon, Economist Ad
  • Balloon Molecules
  • LED Balloon Installation


Okay....still not convinced?

Well, then we'll leave you with our unofficial spokesperson for balloon hilarity.
Seriously, watch this. You'll thank us later.