Good luck to you, New Orleans

Here’s hoping that Gustav doesn’t have anywhere near the devastating effect that Katrina had on New Orleans and the surrounding region.
It’s got to be disheartening for those who went back to their town to consider the prospect of losing all their hard work at rebuilding in the blink of an eye.
It’s hard to predict what [...]

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That’s retarded: Fore!

Cool: Hitting a golf ball off a mountain top.
Retarded: Using your backpack as a tee, hitting it fat, and — oops! — say goodbye to your backpack!
The guy does deserve credit, however, for laughing at himself. At least he knows he’s retarded. Hopefully the backpack didn’t contain anything crucial like, you know, food, water, warm [...]

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No pooping on Bolt’s party

For those of you who thought Usain Bolt celebrated a little too much at the Olympics — we’re looking at you Mr. Rogge — all we can say is LIGHTEN UP FRANCIS!
Seriously, if you were 22 years old and had just done something equally amazing, like say, served 1,000 more burgers in an hour than [...]

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That’s retarded: Georgia on her mind

You just knew this was going to happen as soon as the Russia-Georgia conflict escalated to the point of 24-hour CNN coverage. Someone would be retarded enough to get their Georgia’s confused.
A woman from the U.S. state of Georgia went online and sent out a plea for help. Where were all the tanks, she asked, [...]

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Obama, McCain, and the quest for fair play

In many aspects of life, the best you can hope for is to get a fair chance, to have the benefit of competing on a level playing field. This can, of course, be applied to politics, where a myriad of outside influences can sink the most careful and noble campaign.
It’s a worthy topic to think about as the [...]

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