Well, if Obama has a Bicycle, it’s interesting to see what people have come up with for Mrs. Palin

My Favorite:
Little Known Fact: Sarah Palin’s presence in the lower 48 means the Arctic ice cap can finally return.

If it actually existed, this would be a fabulous ringtone (scroll down a bit)

Words may be NSFW, but it’s just Monty Python lyrics

I got up this morning and ran, and ran, and ran, and ran. Not sure yet how far, but I’ll map it out soon enough. Good god I’m sore. Ow Ow Ow.

Update: 18 miles on the nose. I did the first 9 in 1:31, which is pretty solid for me, and the last 9 in 1:55, which is not so solid

It is very interesting to read all the commentary about Mrs. Palin. Many on the right think that picking her guarantees McCain will lose. Others think it’s a very smart move, one that significantly shifts the balance in the race.

On the left, some are positively derisive – mocking her for good looks, a somewhat plebian background and no significant intellectual laurels. Others caution that Tim Kaine was a serious contender for Obama’s VP, and he doesn’t have any more experience than she does. Still others seem to feel that McCain is demonstrably more sexist by picking a woman VP, because “she’s a token”

On that last concept, that raises an interesting thought experiment for the people who hold that beliefe – is there a viable Republican woman that McCain could have picked that would not be considered a token?

Then there’s the fascinating rumor that he’s only ever spoken to her twice, briefly. That would be terrifically amusing, if true. That would be proof, to me, that she was nothing more than a token.

Oh, and this Tina Fey fanboy definitely approves of her looks

4th Edition. For people who don’t like having to think about how to role-play.

The cost of a dozen eggs over time:

Hat tip: Fundmastery

Ah, The Onion.

For the last 5 months, I have been training regularly on my Scattante bike. In May, I did a triathlon, and the bike’s rear gear wire snapped as I was pushing up a hill, which broke the chain, wedged the rear cassette, broke a spoke and snapped the rear dérailleur in half. I was only a mile into the bike, so I had to walk back and DQ myself.

Alas, I thought. These things happen. I took the bike back to Performance, and they fixed it for me, no problem.

Between May and today, lots of miles, lots of speed work. Great fun. Except that I would get flats in the rear tire on a regular basis. Took it in, and it turns out the rim strip was misaligned, and the tube was getting wedged into one of the spoke wells. Got that fixed.

Today, another (sprint) triathlon. Best ride of my life. 10 miles into the bike, the crankshaft comes apart, the left pedal and arm dangling from my shoe.. And it’s not like those are trivial to fix out on the course. So I had to run the bike in the rest of the way.

It’s clear to me that when the chips are down, when I’m pushing the bike as hard as I can, it falls apart.

So, no more Scattante for me. Bleah. $1200 down the drain.

From Cracked:

My Favorite:

Toffee Nugget

Few men dare ask the question “What is toffee, exactly?” All those who have investigated this substance are now either dead or insane.

Hat Tip – Morrrrrrrewr

If you haven’t read the Watchmen comic already, it is in your best interest not to learn too much about it. The climax is (IMO) incredibly interesting and visionary, and it will be far more powerful if you don’t know what’s coming.

After watching the Olympic Men’s Triathlon, I was inspired to try to learn how to hop on the bike with the shoes still clipped on, and slip my feet into the shoes while pedaling. Why not, it might be fun to try it sometime.

It took about 15 tries, but I think I got the hang of it. Alas that in the process, I fell off the bike 4 times, and, in addition to a litany of cuts and scrapes, possibly re-fractured the elbow-end of my left ulna

Hopefully it is just jammed, and it will feel better tomorrow.

I’m King Ghidora!

Now, come on – a three headed dragon thing looks pretty cool. But doesn’t he seem like he’d be top heavy? Just push you down on your butt, and you’d just flail around for a while.

Take the Which Japanese movie monster are you? Quiz at HeavyInk.com

Ghidora is my favorite Godzilla monster. If only I had arms!

My Explanation (Cross-posted from Digg)

For those of you who don’t get it. A “Bel-Air” is a story that starts out talking about something else, and then at the end, shifts into the ending of the intro to the TV show “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air”. It’s a prank.

In this case, a “Reverse Bel-Air” – you start by repeating the beginning of the intro to “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” and then, partway through, you shift, and talk about something else entirely (in this case, she’s breaking up with him).

Earlier in the comments, someone posted an analogous situation – would you like to see a video of Rick Astley singing “Never Gonna Give You Up”, but instead it goes to a different song. This would be a “Reverse Rick Roll”

Favorite comment:

You win at Digg!