The surprisingly truthful memoir from one of the great tennis players, Andre Agassi has set the tennis world abuzz. It is filled with revelations of drug use, getting away with a positive test, using a hairpiece to maintain his image, endless grudges and more. However, it is his comments on Michael Chang that have most caught my interest. The issue ( Read more... )

Whenever I see a headline like, "Athlete Fails Dope Test", I think, don't you mean, "Athlete PASSES dope test"? I mean, only dopes use the steroids (which also shrink your testicles, unless you're a woman... in which case you might grow some).

Watt's currently on the ohm circuit? Shocking news of the magnetic Nikola Tesla's birthday. Electrifying, in an alternating way.

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Ah yes, April Fools day. As long as it's not mean I find I can enjoy much of it. Here are some of my favorites for today, and please comment if I missed your favorite:

The BBC reported that a bomb blew up part of a statue of Lenin in Leningrad... so that it looks like he had a truly explosive fart. BEst image of the day.

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Naked pole vaulter chases sponsor.

And because I know someone will ask yes, he did have his pole with him.

And in answer to the second question, yes, there is video... but it's censored.

Carp and fork shoot. It seems Realms of Fantasy are going out of business. A shrinking market shrinks further. We're all saving our money and we should be, but we may lose things we don't want to lose ( Read more... )

Obama likes comics. He collects them. He specifically mentioned Spider-Man, so the comic decided to return the favor and feature him in an upcoming edition. Therein Spidey saves Obama on inauguration day from being replaced by an evil impostor. Obama appears on the cover, smiling and giving the thumbs-up, while behind him Spidey hangs upside down ( Read more... )

So I understand many are concerned LiveJournal's days may be numbered, based on this alarming/alarmist gossip-blog article. A little further digging reveals that the layoffs were not nearly as bad as rumored. In short the story goes that LJ's Russian owners just canned most of the LJ staff team, but the real story appears to be "just" a fifth of ( Read more... )

Need a little lift? Here's a sweet little story for you: German lovers - aged six and five - try to elope to Africa.

Back from our trip, but still suffering from trip-crud which is keeping me from writing much about it.