It’s unofficially the last weekend of summer, which means baseball is entering it’s home stretch, football is getting started (fo’ realz!) and basketball…uh, get out of bed basketball, time to start getting ready. For the rest of us, hopefully it means a long weekend, some barbeque and brews, and enough water to submerge yourself in, at least up to the knees. Preferably deeper, but take what you can get. Boy, that sounded dirty.
- These people look way too happy being tasered. Tasered? Tased? Tazed? Ugh, all of those just look weird to me now.
- A poignant Zen Pencils remembers Robin Williams.
- This is titled Most Depressing Home Offices Ever, but to my eye most of them are more Most High Tech Crack Den Ever.
- The Saints lost their preseason finale to the Ravens last night, much to my wife’s delight…
Congrats, baby…
…but don’t doubt that New Orleans is a serious Super Bowl contender this year. Actually, my favorite part of that article is where they play the “nobody in the national media is talking about us” card, then proceed to link to all of the national media talking about us. Good times.
- One of the cooler stories to come out of the preseason is the increasing likelihood that Kasim Edabali makes the team. It would be awesome to see this guy succeed as he takes a Junior Galette-esque path to the NFL.
- The Saints are gaining a reputation as a team that undrafted rookies want to go to, based on their history of mining starters from that raw ore.
- I love this comic’s twist on society’s obsession with body image.
- Ancient Egyptian’s building pyramids? You know, that’s just how they roll.
- The Cubs called up yet another prospect, Jorge Soler, who (somehow) predictably laid waste to a baseball in his first at bat.
- Good read here that asks how good Jorge Soler can be. I really like the stuff on Manny Ramirez working with him in Iowa and that’s a solid Torii Hunter comp as far as the swing goes.
- But, wait, there’s more! The still deep Cubs system will be running some interesting names out to the Arizona Fall League.
- Now we just need a little more pitching.
- Not exactly Cubs related, but it’s not every day a player almost goes into the stands after a scout from his own organization.
- Something to think about before you go and debate that idiot on Twitter.
- Ever go to a website and think, “How poorly designed?!” Well, sometimes that can be intentional and, occasionally, nefarious.
- John Wall (think he) can do it all. I’d watch.
- Just to reiterate – the Wizards will be on national TV, ten (freaking) times this year.
- Bruce Springsteen, children’s author. Looks pretty boss, I’m sure I’ll be reading it to the Bug after it comes out.
- Well, that sounds like a fine segue to the Song of the Week, one of my favorite Springsteen tracks.
