Sportus interruptus
Sportus interruptus: Three miles from the finish, the leader in the men's marathon was knocked to the ground by a spectator and was subsequently passed by two runners. The attacker has attempted similar stunts at other events to promote his apocalyptic religious books.The Too-Much-Information Age?
A longtime Jacksonville weblogger normally devoted to wonky subjects like his blogging software made a frank public admission on his weblog recently: "I had an affair with another woman. My wife was a severe depressive and I was uncaring and unfeeling towards her when she needed me the most."Famous anus
Famous anus:: In sports world medical news reminiscent of George Brett's hemorrhoidal issue during the 1980 World Series, an exhausted Jason Giambi is being tested for entamoeba histolytica, a parasite that embeds itself in the intestinal lining and can cause fatal illness.Blame Canada
Blame Canada: Calling the conflict in Iraq the "stupidest war ever," Toronto Blue Jays player Carlos Delgado has been avoiding "God Bless America" during games.Taking a Radio Road Trip
Over the last two weeks I drove 2,300 miles from St. Augustine to Dallas and back, visiting for a week to see the oldest and youngest members of my family -- my 80-year-old grandmother and 8-week old nephew.I subscribed to XM Satellite Radio during the trip, stopping at a Wal-Mart in Live Oak, Florida, to buy a Delphi SkyFi receiver.
The Jetsons future has arrived. I set up XM service with a cell phone and credit card as we drove down Interstate 10, placed an antenna smaller than a floppy disk on the dash, and began receiving 230 stations within 30 minutes.
I bought the radio to free myself of the need to maniacally hunt for stations as they dropped in and out of range on the road trip. Though I got it primarily for Sporting News Radio (how could the Lakers trade Shaq?), the most useful channel turned out to be Open Road, a truckers' radio station that offers frequent interstate weather reports.
Because of Open Road, we avoided storms on I-10 coming home, stopping for the night in Biloxi, Mississippi, when they reported thunderstorms from Alabama to Jacksonville. Driving at night on a highway full of trucks and tired travellers always makes me think about Jayne Mansfield. And not in a good way.
Open Road's a fascinating example of a community forming out of thin air. More than 70,000 of XM's one million subscribers are truckers, according to Truck.Net, and callers, who are primarily long-haul truckers, talked about road conditions, kvetched about concerns such as the law that forbids idling trucks overnight to keep with the air conditioning on, and discussed the need to organize politically. It felt like an 18-wheeled MetaFilter.
Why bullfighting sucks
Why bullfighting sucks: "When I first came to Spain I had this idea that bull fighting was this sort of 'traditional' sport where once a year or so they would kill a bull or two and that it was okay," writes the American weblogger Russell Beattie. "But it's not like that at all."Federer high on grass
Federer high on grass: The Guardian offers a flowery recap of Sunday's men's final at Wimbledon. "If the real Roger Federer did not return in his full peacock colours, there was enough iridescence glinting off his racket to down [Andy] Roddick."
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