A-Rod Gets Struck on Purpose by Ryan Dempster

For those of you just joining in, Alex Rodriguez had a storied baseball career until the steroid scandal exploded. He denied being a part of it, evidence contradicted that claim, and while other players took their punishments with appropriate amounts of shame, A-Rod has thrown a tantrum consisting of shrilly … Read More

The Online Black Market, the Folly of the F-35, and Putting a Dollar Amount on Life

Escaping the Recession by Boat – Outside “The Kleeman brothers are classic examples of a timeless urge: to do something very different with your life—now, not years from now, even if doing so requires walking away from ordinary comforts and charting a radical, potentially dangerous new course. They’re middle-class Midwesterners … Read More

Breaking Bad Lego Playset

No, Lego didn’t suddenly become cool(er) and start producing adults-only playsets for spendthrift Gen-Xers and Millennials. The Breaking Bad Lego Playset ($250) comes courtesy of Citizen Brick, the internet’s own custom-lego maestros. The play set recreates the multi-million dollar meth lab, reportedly using over 500 pieces and a bunch of … Read More

Das Horn

Some men want to be Vikings. Well, not really, since that would entail a lifetime of solving disputes with axes, voyaging to Greenland, and pre-germ theory medicine. Actually, some men just want to think that they’re Vikings. If you’re one of these men—and after six beers at a tailgate, most … Read More

Swingbyte: Real Time Golf Data Analysis

As much as we like fresh air, challenging courses, hover golf carts, and after-game Scotch, real golf just doesn’t keep the same detailed stats as, say, Lee Carvello’s Putting Challenge. What speed was that drive? What angle was the club face? How many drinks do we forfeit when we hit … Read More

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