Links 3/18/2009

Poor A-Rod. [Daily Intel]

More sports stars! This time, Chuck. [The Onion]

PCP? Didn't that go the way of the dodo? [Slate and Washington Post]

Links 3/17/2009

George Clooney doing Andy Rooney. [Daily Intel via MSNBC via Jossip]

Smoking is already green! Oh wait, they're talking about cigarettes... [Slate]

Che, huh? Do you live in Williamsburg? [Talking Points Memo]

Links 3/13/2009

Overall slow day folks. I'll be working on some things over the weekend (including my taxes, ugh)


Obama food cart (near Fox News, no less)! [Grub Street]


Great slideshow on disappearing storefronts in NYC. [Daily Intel]

Much Funnier than the R. Kelly Trial

So you may or may not have heard about the story about a couple of men in a spinning (i.e. indoor cycling) that got into a little fracas. Frankly, I am encouraged that the jury had the sense to find the defendant not guilty. Anyone that has worked out within earshot of a grunter knows how obnoxious it is. This guy went above and beyond just grunting as you can read in the articles below.

The grunter (aka Stuart Sugarman) was given fair warning but insisted on making his outbursts. Our hero (aka Christopher Carter) took it upon himself to make the class safe and idiot-free for his fellow spinners.

This the funniest story I've read about in awhile but it also reinforces the fact that we should not have to tolerate such nuisances in society.


Wrap up of the trial:

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/03/nyregion/03spin.html?ref=fitnessandnutrition


Original article on Dealbreaker. You can find all of their coverage on their website:

http://dealbreaker.com/2007/08/spinning_out_of_control.php

I'll be posting a survey later today to pose a question to related to this story. Also, are there other annoying people (e.g. tone-deaf people who sing in public, slow drivers in the left-hand land, etc.) that deserve a similar fate? Please share your views.

Day Off

Hey everybody, I'm suffering from a major food coma and I'm going to defer to some of the better/more interesting articles that I've read on the web the last few days:

A good example of the crapiness of the federal drug laws:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/27/AR2008052702531.html?nav=rss_email/components

A trashy article on Bill Clinton that doesn't name any of the sources:

http://www.vanityfair.com/politics/features/2008/07/clinton200807

The craziness on London's Tube on Sunday evening which was the last legal day to drink alcohol on the Underground:

http://dealbreaker.com/2008/06/facebook_tube_party_that_ended.php

If I muster up something more, you'll know. Happy reading!