However -- and this is pivotal -- Jack doesn't look back when the explosion hits.

CNN: Review: 'John Carpenter's Vampires' stinks worse than garlic

But just because 2005 is gone and done doesn't mean we can't take a moment to look back and reflect upon all the best gadgets and consumer electronics-related accomplishments (and blunders) of the year.

ENGADGET: The 2005 Engadget Awards

The color has come back into her face, and her ribcage doesn't look quite as bony.

NPR: Congo Violence Creates Medical Crisis

Blockbuster's innovation of a buy-back service for old DVDs, as Blockbuster has done, doesn't look like any way to build a competitive business model.

BBC: Blockbusted