Monday, July 21, 2008

Hailstones shot me off the bowl


SHOCKED Martin Bierbauer was blasted off the toilet when a torrent of golf ball-sized hailstones exploded from the bowl.

They zoomed up the U-bend when local drains got blocked with the pieces of ice during a storm. Martin, 45, of Eisen-stadt, Austria, said: “I heard the pipes rumbling — then out came the hailstones. It was like a popcorn machine.”

Here's the full story.

Tuesday, July 15, 2008

The 2008 ESPYs Unwrap This Year's Gift Bag Given to Presenters and Nominees


Presenters at The 2008 ESPYs to Include Lance Armstrong, David Beckham, Kristen Bell, Sophia Bush, and Zac Efron; Nominees to Include Tiger Woods, Candace Parker, Brett Favre, Venus Williams, and Kobe Bryant

The 2008 ESPYs co-presented by HUMMER and UnderArmour unwrap this year's gift bag. Honoring the past year in sports at The 2008 ESPYs (Sunday, July 20, 2008 at 9:00 PM/EDT on ESPN and ESPN HD), presents and nominees will receive exclusive luxury items created especially with them in mind.

The 2008 ESPYs Gift Bag thus far!

Amadeus Spa
AlcoMate Premium Breathalyzer
Amadeo Decada
Ancestry.com
Bedandbreakfast.com
Blush Bags
Bobbi Brown
Bosch
Breeders Cup
Campus Quilt
Canvasondemand.com
Chipotle
Chumby
Deanna Zaccari
DeBrand Chocolates
Del Sol
Dirt Devil
Disneyland Tickets
Disney on Broadway
Econation
Flowershop.com
Hasbro Games
Hasbro Toys
Hot Rod Putter
iGourmet
iHome
Invicta Watches
Ironkey
Johnston & Murphy
Klipsch
L.A. Vie L'Orange
LARABAR
Live Scribe
Marchon Eyewear
Margaritaville(R) Frozen Concoction(TM) Maker
Mitchell & Ness
Murad
Nimble Fitness
Oregon Scientific
Pacific Palms Golf Course
Parajumpers
Phyto
Revolution
Richard Petty Experience
Rock 'n' Roll Fantasy Camp
Rosetta Stone
Ruth's Chris Steakhouse
Salt Works Jeans
Sea Spa Santa Barbara
Shari's Berries
Skin Care for Athletes
Smashbox
Sports Club LA
Stress Eraser
Subway
The Shave
The Standard
Three Designing Women
Timberland
Trapp Private Garden Candles
Under Armour
Yamaha BodiBeat
Yogaworks
Zaca Mesa Winerey
Zirh

For more information on any of these products, please visit www.espn.com, keyword: gift bag.

Tuesday, July 8, 2008

The Red Hot Tampa Bay Rays


Akinori Iwamura, Evan Longoria, Carl Crawford & Troy Percival – On the Cover of Latest ESPN The Magazine

The Tampa Bay Ray’s are finishing up the first half of the MLB season pinned as a major contender for the fall classic. In the July 14, 2008 issue of ESPN The Magazine, “Remember That Cute Little Team from Tampa Bay That Everyone Used to Beat on?,” writer Steve Wulf reports on the once MLB doormats (nine basement finishes in 10 years) to the team nobody wants to mess with – all the through the eyes of their most loyal fan – Raymond Ray the mascot.

In “Brandon Webb is Busy Resting,” Buster Olney hit the road to shadow the Diamondbacks righthander for six days. Olney writes, “Webb is as laid back as a seventh-inning stretch in spring training.” Webb, baseball’s winningest pitcher this season, gives fans a day-to-day look at how he keeps his cool between starts.

Fans can go to ESPNthemag.com for all-access footage of The Magazine’s road trip with Brandon Webb.

Thursday, July 3, 2008

Word of wisdom from George Carlin.


Rest in Peace George. You made us laugh and that is a good thing!

Don't sweat the petty things and don't pet the sweaty things.

One tequila, two tequila, three tequila, floor.

Atheism is a non-prophet organization.

If man evolved from monkeys and apes, why do we still have monkeys and apes?

The main reason Santa is so jolly is because he knows where all the bad girls live.

I went to a bookstore and asked the saleswoman, "Where's the self-help section?" She said if she told me, it would defeat the purpose.

Could it be that all those trick-or-treaters wearing sheets aren't going as ghosts but as mattresses?

If a man is standing in the middle of the forest speaking and there is no woman around to hear him ... is he still wrong?

If someone with multiple personalities threatens to kill himself, is it considered a hostage situation?

Is there another word for synonym?

Isn't it a bit unnerving that doctors call what they do "practice?"

Where do forest rangers go to "get away from it all?"

What do you do when you see an endangered animal eating an endangered plant?

If a parsley farmer is sued, can they garnish his wages?

Would a fly without wings be called a walk?

Why do they lock gas station bathrooms? Are they afraid someone will clean them?

If a turtle doesn't have a shell, is he homeless or naked?

Why don't sheep shrink when it rains?

Can vegetarians eat animal crackers?

Why do they put Braille on the drive-through bank machines?

How do they get the deer to cross at that yellow road sign?

Is it true that cannibals don't eat clowns because they taste funny?

What was the best thing before sliced bread?

One nice thing about egotists: they don't talk about other people.

To be intoxicated is to feel sophisticated, but not be able to say it.

Never underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups.

The older you get, the better you realize you were.

Age is a very high price to pay for maturity.

Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday.

Women like silent men; they think they're listening.

Men are from Earth, women are from Earth. Deal with it.

Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day. Teach him how to fish, and he will sit in a boat and drink beer all day.

Do pediatricians play miniature golf on Wednesdays?

Before they invented drawing boards, what did they go back to?

Do infants enjoy infancy as much as adults enjoy adultery?

If all the world is a stage, where is the audience sitting?

If one synchronized swimmer drowns, do the rest have to drown too?

If the #2 pencil is the most popular, why is it still #2?

If work is so terrific, how come they have to pay you to do it?

Wednesday, July 2, 2008

Life As We Know It.


On the first day, God created the dog and said:

'Sit all day by the door of your house and bark at anyone who comes in or walks past. For this, I will give you a life span of twenty years.'

The dog said: 'That's a long time to be barking. How about only ten years and I'll give you back the other ten?'

So God agreed.

On the second day, God created the monkey and said:

'Entertain people, do tricks, and make them laugh. For this, I'll give you a 20 year life span.'

The monkey said: 'Monkey tricks for 20 years? That's a pretty long time to perform. How about I give you back 10 like the dog did?'

And God agreed.

On the third day, God created the cow and said:

'You must go into the field with the farmer all day long and suffer under the sun, have calves and give milk to support the farmer's family. For this, I will give you a life span of 60 years.'

The cow said: 'That's kind of a tough life you want me to live for 60 years. How about twenty and I'll give back the other forty?'

And God agreed again.

On the fourth day, God created man and said:

'Eat, sleep, play, marry and enjoy your life. For this, I'll give you 20 years.'

But man said: 'Only twenty years? Could you possibly give me my 20, the 40 the cow gave back, the 10 the monkey gave back, and the 10 the dog gave back, that makes 80, okay?'

'Okay,' said God, 'You asked for it.'

So that is why for our first 20 years we eat, sleep, play and enjoy ourselves. For the next 40 years we slave in the sun to support our family. For the next 10 years we do monkey tricks to entertain the grandchildren. And for the last 10 years we sit on the front porch and bark at everyone.

And that my friend is life as we know it.