Saturday, February 7, 2009

way to fool me again huffington post...

They illustrated a story about ads on wind turbines with the above picture, making me believe for a second that Nike was designing swoosh blades for our future renewable energy sources. Like the great tabloid they are, they took a little creative license with it, admitting "our little photoillustration is a little misleading." Just when I had my bemused indignation up.

Monday, February 2, 2009

Look out Tokyo...

I experienced dozens of large and small earthquakes in the few years I lived in Tokyo, but never a volcano eruption.

best display of athleticism at Superbowl 43?

Not the Steeler's linebacker making an interception at the one and running it back 100 yards for a touchdown to close out the first half:



Not Santonio Holmes' game winning catch in the last forty seconds, toes just scraping grass to allow the six points:




Nope, it was clearly 59 year-old Bruce Springsteen power sliding into America's face crotch first during the halftime show: