Barack comes back

Lipstick on a pig

The McCain campaign is indignant about what?



Oh. I get that...

Go GOP!

huh, I managed to miss this at the RNC last week:



Mighty big of them to give Barack the chant at the end! ;)

Ya gotta love Bella Karolyi

His turn with Bobby C. during the Olympics has been a real thrill.

Of course, his turn on Animal Kingdom was somewhat unexpected:



That might just take off though. A little animal sex cheer leading squad may be all it takes to help some species make a come back...

Joe Cocker at Woodstock

I bet you thought you knew the words to "With a little help from my friends", right? Bet you don't:



Not sure who April is, but either way, it was a fine effort in her honor.

Times like this, I love baseball

The commentator said it all.

Update: It turns out that this is a 'viral ad' from some beverage company... i still think it's pretty funny.

Gina, she's so pretty

i like how she winks at me... ;)

Kirk for President.

Ask...

...and you receive:



$700?! That's the price of a board already... I'm not in Australia where I think the issue is a bit more pronounced. I still say, if I'm on Gus' menu, let it be.

Stay away Gus!

My bro pointed me to this video:



A model for surfers would be greatly appreciated!

My hook shot

I love to play basketball. When I am in shape and have my game on, I favor my hook shot. I model my hook shot on the master:



I'll hit some from fairly far out. Nothing like Kareem. Still, I have a mean hook shot.

The Preakness

If you are going to the race this weekend, you may want to take in the *other* event that is happening there, the Outhouse Trot:



I think this may be what I now consider, to be the height of stupidity. Not because doing this event might land you in something quite literally "crappy", but, it's an enormous waste of perfectly good beer. Ya, that's what everyone is flinging at the runners. Full cans (and some bottles) of beer.

Earth to Mars: Phoenix landing

I saw this clip of the explanation of the Phoenix mission to Mars. This is an attempt to land near the north pole of Mars to see if they can find water or evidence of water:



I love this stuff, having grown up in the Air Force in the 60's on a missile base.

What will be interesting is:

a.) will the craft actually make the descent (other missions have missed)?
b.) will it actually land intact?

Dropping the last bit as the video indicates, seems like a humongous risk. I believe in science. This is really hard work. I'm not taking bets, but, I'm guessing it will land successfully. If it does, the knowledge that comes from that, should be awesome.

Sports Announcing Gold

I wonder where stuff like this comes from in the heat of the moment:


"No regard for human life"? I dunno. That is *one* monster dunk man.

I love basketball

This would be an awesome match-up:



one more and they could go 2-on-2. How cool would that be?

How NOT to drink a shot...

I really hope there is not need for further comment...

I'm speechless

Watch this:



Can you imagine?

btw, ;-)

hoops!

One link leads to another...

I saw this link for a guy that does a 720º dunk:



wow. I could do that... ya, in my dreams...

That link lead to this, the absolute worst dunk you will ever see:



Poor guy. Bad enough it was caught on tape. Then he has to live with this on the internets forever...

I can't leave you that way. Kobe clears things up:



It's basketball season!

RSS 101

I'm relatively new to RSS. I started using it and have been a huge fan, ever since I saw this really well made video that explains RSS and why it's worth the effort:



This is brought to you by the good folks over at Common Craft.

There be squid here Captain!

I have previously commented that I don't worry about being bitten by a shark while surfing. After seeing this video, I'm rethinking what worries me...



Can you imagine getting wrapped up by one of these suckers?