Remember when the Spice girls could be considered ‘hot’? Or at least ‘do-able’ ? If you could get past the annoying caterwauling and bullshit?
Yes, time is a cruel mistress.

I bet Beckham has to drink kimself to sleep every night. I know I would.
—bikepunk

Last night was the opener for this years’ 6-days race in Munich. Bruno Risi and teammate Franco Marvulli were the big winners, taking both ‘die Große Jagd’ and the day’s win with a total of 60 points. Erik Zabel and Leif Lampater took second with 58 points.
Young upstarts Alex Rasmussen and Michael Mørkøv (Denmark) too [...]

What to get the girl who has everything? Get her a chopstick push-up bra.

Nothing says ‘I love you’ like a rice bowl and set of your own chopsticks. Or maybe it just says ‘I’m hungry’. I’m not too sure.

An interesting read on Guy Fawkes day. If you haven’t heard of him, it’s because it was a long time ago in England when Mr. Fawkes took it upon himself to challenge the authority of the King and Parliament.
Fawkes, an ensign, had taken the lead in a 1605 plot to blow up the houses of [...]

Due to Jonny’s semi-emo meltdown and subsequent infection of many posters here, I took it upon myself to drink half a bottle of Jonnie Walker black and get over said illness. I’m not sure when (or even IF…) Jonny will return in fighting form. He may in fact, be gone for as long as 3 [...]

Why is it that you can be the cock of the block when you’re single, but celibate when you are with someone?
Why is it you seem to get the most when you’re single and playing the field, but when ‘love’ is involved it drops off exponentially?
Why is it that some guys have all the luck?
Why [...]

This might be an indicator of how bad he needs the dope.
Ashley Olsen and Lance Armstrong were spotted at the Rose Bar in New York Monday night. The two seemed to be really enjoying each other’s company, according to Page Six:
Our bar spy said, “They came together with a group of friends. Ashley drank red [...]

I’m not saying Big Jonny was workin’ the system in order to pay for booze, medical bills and porn, but…
16 in Arizona charged with fake Katrina, Rita claims
Sixteen people in Arizona were indicted after federal and Arizona authorities said they claimed to be victims of Hurricane Katrina or Hurricane Rita.
Federal officials [...]

Going worldwide with this one. For those of you who are traveling Europe, who might live in or near Munich or Germany… Keep an eye open. Also if you see this on ebay, post that it’s stolen and kick their ass in a dark alley.

Its a steel Singular singlespeeed, with a sweet ritchey rear hub, [...]

from Reuters :
Bike-riding suicide bomber kills 30 Iraqi police
By Ross Colvin
BAGHDAD (Reuters) – A suicide bomber on a bicycle killed 30 Iraqi policemen doing their morning exercises at a base north of Baghdad on Monday, in one of the deadliest strikes on security forces in months.
And a roadside bomb attack in Baghdad wounded a [...]

A few things in the news lately. First up Condi is looking for help. It must make some Rethugs heads explode, or at the very least, catch fire to hear this.
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That something being a visual aid on how much money we are bleeding in Iraq.

Nine Million dollars … The pile is 5 feet tall, 10 feet long, and 6¼ feet wide. A single stack of dollar bills in this amount would be 3,000 feet high.
This horde is comparable in size to a single compact car. [...]

I am a regular reader of DU’s Top 10 Conservative Idiots. Some mondays the snark is so thick, you’d need a pugsley just to get past the first 3. Then there are a few gems hidden in all that politico-crap.
Top 10 goodness…
George W. Bush
So while the Bush administration’s position on torture may remain, [...]

…then kill yourselves.
I recently came across a deal that was too good to be true. The On-One Superlight Carbon 29′er fork was on sale. I had been considering this fork for a while, but the exchange rate from Pounds Sterling to U.S. Dollars is something like waking up next to the fat ugly wingman of [...]

It’s about the beer. All about the beer.

At €15, or about $20.50, per case of 20 bottles, Welde is one of the most expensive beers in Germany, on a par with Becks. Günther Kollmar, owner of the competing Oettinger brewery in central Germany, fairly chokes on his Pilsener at the thought of the high prices [...]

Martial Law couldn’t happen here, could it…?
from Blacklisted News :

The United States Northern Command (USNORTHCOM) has just announced plans for an anti-terrorism exercise called Vigilant Shield 08. The exercise which is slated to run from October 15th to October 20th is described as a way to prepare, prevent and respond to any number of [...]

Ladies and gents, allow me to present to you…
VULVA

Here is one reason why:
[snip:] According to a recent EU study, carried out by the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions, he is the rule. Swedish workers topped the European vacation rankings, entitled to an average of 33 paid vacations days in 2006 – close to 7 [...]

From NYT:
Olbermann on NBC
“Countdown With Keith Olbermann” the highly rated cable news program, will be shown on network television on Sunday before a preseason NBC football game between the Philadelphia Eagles and the Pittsburgh Steelers. Since Mr. Olbermann will have a regular role in NBC’s football coverage once the season begins — appearing as [...]

An interesting op-ed from guys who are there fighting and dying.
Given the situation, it is important not to assess security from an American-centered perspective. The ability of, say, American observers to safely walk down the streets of formerly violent towns is not a resounding indicator of security. What matters is the experience of the local [...]