Day: February 21, 2012

Eat My Sports: Linning

Without a doubt, you have heard of the latest sports craze since Tim Tebow, Linsanity. As a Knicks’ fan there were a whole bunch of reasons I wanted to stay away from this story for as long as possible:

1) I didn’t want to jinx anything.

2) It was just a cruel joke of tricking Knicks’ fans into hope.

3) Jeremy Lin was going to eventually be exposed.

4) I didn’t want to write anything about some sort of fad without giving the whole thing time to breathe.

So now, it’s time to get a few things straight about Lin. First off, the kid can play, flat out. Basketball, unlike football and baseball will expose you very quickly. If you can play, as soon as you come into the league, you show you belong with the big boys, the talent level is simply that high (see: Derrick Rose, LeBron James, Kobe Bryant and Kevin Garnett). 18-year-olds can come right into the league and become perennial All-Stars. This is where Lin is showing he has staying power. Continue reading Eat My Sports: Linning

Supervillainy ‘Space Race’ begins

With the conclusion of the Apollo space missions in 1972, the possibility of lunar colonization has never been more than a flirtatious thought from presidential contenders and presidents looking for filler in State of the Union addresses.

Supervillains who have postponed their dreams of lunar bases will no longer be able to resist the moon’s gravitational pull now that NASA has found evidence of magma in the moon. That’s right: lunar volcanic lairs.

The only way this could inspire more super, ragier boners is if future lunar orbital missions find enough water on the moon to support mutated shark colonies.

Because April rhymes with March much better than March

Not necessarily from the people who brought you Movember (or Rick Snee) and not necessarily in the same spirit as that or a playoff beard, get ready men that produce a sufficient amount of testosterone: the Million Mustache March is on!

For April. Because consonance is for suckers, it would seem.

Even though the march is designed to take place on the first of the month, there’s no word yet on whether it’s an April Fools prank. The event, spearheaded by the American Mustache Institute, is designed to help bring attention to and successfully “provide a $250 annual tax deduction for expenditures on mustache grooming supplies” by marching on D.C.

Luckily enough, we have a guy in the area to provide a report on it: one Bryan McBournie. Better get working on that porn ‘stache so that you can blend in incognito-like.

Australia is the new Soviet satellite country

You know how some people insist on streaming video to their phones or tablets, even though the picture quality goes in and out, and they risk tacking on overage charges on their data plans? From now on, you can call them Australians.

A recent survey found that Aussies watched 129% more streaming video in the final quarter of 2011 than they did in the first. There aren’t really a whole lot of theories as to while this huge spike occurred. However, one interesting fact was that one of the most popular shows being streamed there is Sabrina the Teenage Witch, you know, that show with Melissa Joan Hart and a fake-looking talking cat.

If they think that’s great entertainment, just wait until Friends makes it to the Southern Hemisphere.

(via Stevie Y.)