Joel is headed out on a dive trip this week. As we’re both dive enthusiasts and its been a bit since our Editor-in-King has been underwater, I think he is a bit fearful.
I’m pretty confident about diving, but I always realize the risks. Nothing makes me sadder than being on a boat full of jock-headed [...]

Pardon Crime Scene KC, but I’m just going to quote your post in its entirety. Every word is crucial:
Man climbs onto the roof of the moving minivan he had been driving. He stands on the van’s roof until it crashes and throws him into the woods, police say.
The guy gets up, takes off all his [...]

In honor of my SF Giants season tickets arriving: visual proof the Dodgers suck.

An 18 year old in Florida died while “surfing” a Cadillac Escalade. Evidently he was in a shopping cart, holding on to the Caddy. They hit a speed bump and his eulogy will be very embarrassing.
Cameron Bieberle, 18, of Winter Park was thrown to the ground after the Cadillac sport utility vehicle he was holding [...]

The very first time I ever played golf, I saw a friend randomly hit a bird on a drive. I’ve never seen anyone accurate enough to do it on purpose. Maybe a pro? Seems the Humane Society thinks Tripp Isenhour is good enough and is after the hawk killer. Isenhour says otherwise.
“That’s obviously people who [...]

[via TV in Japan]

At a news conference in Brooklyn, state Atty. Gen. Andrew M. Cuomo said the arrests served as a message that “organized crime still exits. . . . We like to think it’s a vestige of the past. It’s not. It is as unrelenting as weeds that continue to sprout in the cracks of society.
Seems the [...]

I was already to sit down and write my own drinking game for the Super Bowl, but I ran across this on le basketbawl an NBA blog of all things, but this guy nailed it. So why recreate the wheel? I got drinking to do!
Here ’s my favorites.
Chug your beer ( or take a [...]

I needed a 5th or 6th lesson on how to read the Daily Racing Form—through a strange twist of fate, work is sending me to the track. Lo and behold: the DRF itself supplies a fantastic online tool.
How to Read the DRF [Drf.com]

On vacation last week, I read “In Africa,” John T. McCutcheon’s stories of his safari in Africa at the turn of the 20th century, first serialized in the Chicago Tribune. It’s light-hearted, easy to read, and charming. (Presuming you can get over the fact that they are slaughtering animals. Having made my peace with that [...]

From Pink Tentacle’s round-up of projected 2008 trends in Japan:
When it comes to nubile young female athlete idols, the letter “B” stands for beach volleyball and badminton. In 2007, beach volleyballer Miwa Asao raised eyebrows when she released a gravure DVD and posed for sexy Sabra magazine, while badminton doubles team Kumiko Ogura and Reiko [...]

Unlike most race videos that end in fire and tears, this one ends with the lil’ tire that could. Safe for work! (Thanks, Michael!)