OK, who caught the men's 4x100 freestyle (swimming) finals last night? Anyone?
I was flipping around, and decided to watch the Olympics for a bit. And the race just happened to be coming up. While I'm not the best swimmer, I'm a fan of all (well, most) sports, and definitely a fan of some good competition. So I hunkered down to watch. Plus, there was the interesting side stories; France being favored and talking shit to the Americans, and Phelps and his quest for 8 gold medals (at the 8/8/08 games... how fitting).
What a freaking race. I was screaming at the TV. I think I may have stood up to cheer.
The final result (for the people who don't know/didn't catch it)...
Team Sweden - Congratulations! You just broke the world record in this event! But, um... you don't get a medal.
Team Italy - Congratulations! You not only broke the world record, but you beat Sweden. Too bad you don't get a medal, either.
Team Australia - Congratulations! You broke the world record by over a full second! For your troubles, you get a bronze medal.
Team France - Congratulations! You broke the world record by almost two seconds! Too bad it's only good enough for a silver.
Team USA - Holy shit, that was incredible. I didn't think he'd catch the Frenchman. No way. But he started closing in. And then they were even. They touched at about the same time, but who touched first? Team USA. By 8 hundredths of a second (another 8!). That's faster than the blink of an eye. Congratulations - you get the gold.
A few years ago (2003), I won a Bloggie for best tagline ("Still cooler than the other side of the pillow"). Damn, doesn't it seem like that was ages ago? That was back in my Electric Bugaloo days. Time sure flies.
You know what bugs me? When I hear people talking about NASA, and how we should abolish the space program because it doesn't do anything for us, blah fucking blah. Hell, just a few weeks ago, when they discovered ice crystals on Mars, I saw someone say something like "Why do we give a fuck about Mars when we have our infrastructure to worry about? Why do we continue to sink money into that bottomless pit?" (Ironically, the guy was totally pro-Iraq-war. Hello, not seeing the "real" bottomless pit)
I'm glad someone finally did an article like this. I'm sure there are more than 50 giant leaps, but it's nice to have some kind of starter. So here we go:
OK, so I have a gmail account that I'm trying to sign into. I've forgotten the password, so I clicked the links to reset my password.
Here's the problem - they sent the "reset password" email to another account that I've forgotten the password for. Hell, I don't even remember the username. I've looked in the forums for a bit, but haven't found anything really helpful (I've seen other people with the same problem, but nobody answered their questions). So, anyone out there - do you know how to get google to reset your password if you don't know/have forgotten your secondary email address?
This is an odd story. I don't know how to feel, because I'm totally against people raising wild animals in their home, but at least they were smart enough to release it back into the wild when it got too big. But, the reunion? Totally surprising. And very "aw" worthy.
But enough reading for now... see the reunion for yourself:
Everybody together now.... "Awwwww." Crazy, but aw.
Oh yeah, forgot to warn you about the "soundtrack." Seriously, if you have to, mute the fucker, because there isn't any sound to it, anyway. Unless you like Whitney Houston.
I haven't done these in a while... rebuses! See if you can figure them out. They're lyrics from different songs, but they're both popular 80's tunes. Because, you know, I love the 80's.
This is probably the easier of the two:
This one's a bit harder. Well, hopefully.
Click on the images for the larger sizes (links go to my corresponding Flickr pages). Leave your guesses either here or on Flickr.
Happy Wednesday!
update: OK, they've already been figured out in Flickr, so if you need to look at the bigger versions, then make sure NOT to read the comments there. Or here. And I have to remember to make these even harder next time.
There's been a lot in the news about the new iPhone lately. Mostly, we hear about how the iPhone is the greatest thing since sliced bread, but we also hear about how people waited in line for hours to get one, and that there are certain bugs with it, and so on. I read a lot of blogs, and people are bitching about this or that not working on their new iPhone.
Now, I know I don't speak for everyone, so I'm speaking just for me:
You people bitching about your iPhones? I feel about as sorry for you as I do for the people who drive Hummers who bitch about high gas prices. Seriously.
OK, sure, the Hummer drivers cause more environmental damage, but as far as being annoying? The iPhone bitchers are just about at the same level. Like, boo fucking hoo; your shit doesn't work right. I guess you should have waited a few months before purchasing (you know, give them some time to work the bugs out), instead of waiting in line for hours for a fucking phone that you OMIGOD HAD TO HAVE TODAY.
