Stalking Venus

These two… er… things are named Wenlock and Mandeville, and they are the two official mascots for the London Olympics in 2012. Thank God, the Mayans and Roland Emmerich we’ll all be dead by then! The story goes that some steel worker was putting the final beam in place for the Olympic stadium, when some [...]

The current U.S. Super Bowl transmission was hacked on Sunday, showing viewers in Tucson, Arizona ten seconds of hardcore dick action instead of Cardinals’ superstar, Larry Fitzgerald doing a sprint into the end zone. “We are mortified by last evening’s Super Bowl interruption, and deeply apologize to our customers for the inappropriate programming,” Comcast Cable [...]

Some great photos from The Boston Globe’s Big Picture featuring the Tough Guy Challenge 2009. Billed as “the safest most dangerous taste of physical and mental endurance pain in the world”, the Tough Guy Challenge took place yesterday, February 1st, on South Perton Farm, near Wolverhampton, England.

This has got to be the best rush you could ever get, drugs notwithstanding. Check it out. Especially some of the acrobatics! Wow! wingsuit base jumping from Ali on Vimeo. (Via BoingBoing)

This was going to be my pic of the day, but I’ve decided y’all need to caption it instead. Have it it!

Respect.

I came across this site recently, with an article about how to go from sedentary to running in 5 steps. It talks about doing 30 to 40 minutes of running four times per week. After reading it, I posted a MiniRant in the comments, because like just about every exercise plan in existence, it’s designed [...]