Georg Pedersen

Last week I ran in the James Joyce Ramble in Dedham, MA. It’s a 10K race with the twist that all along the course costumed actors read passages from Joyce’s various works. It was my first “race” since high school and the stars were not aligning for me: I had a severly tight hamstring and it was 90 degrees and sunny. Not fun running conditions. Regardless, I didn’t finish well, but I DID finish. (How slow was I going? I ran the same distance today 20 minutes faster. Wow!)

Anyway, road races are awesome because you sign up for like twenty bucks and you get a free t-shirt, some other swag with ads on it, free food and drink (and beer!). They also put this little timer on your shoe AND they take photos of everyone so that you can commemorate the event.

Look at me here! Proud, focused, graceful. Dropdead handsome.

Truly, an athlete in his element

And now look at me just a camera click later. Exhausted, defeated, on the verge of collapse.

Uh... did I mention it was 90? That's HOT

How is it possible that I look so different just moments apart? The magic of still photography, ladies and gentlemen!

Ever wonder what the difference is between a curve and a slider? How about a splitter and a change-up? Well wonder no more! Lokesh Dhakar explains it all for you. Now when you listen to Tim McCarver announce the Fox game of the week, you’ll still get infuriated, but for slightly more informed reasons.

http://www.lokeshdhakar.com/2007/09/20/baseball-pitches/

Nerd baseball is a mix of really geeky baseball talk about WARP and such, and posting of really geeky looking baseball players.  I mean, look at this guy:

Pretty much guaranteed that this guy heard of BALCO the same time you did

Can you believe that he was really a Major League Baseball player? 

Anyway, I made their logo! They are great guys! Geek out and read their site!

http://nerdbaseball.com

Some of my favorite coins from around the world.  Notice a theme? More on this later.

Mike Briggs and I have started a new comic about our friend K-Ya! We take turns drawing and then the other person tries to write something that goes with it. It is very fun. For us. Check it out!

http://partywithkya.com

Jason and I just made this kickass coffee table from stuff we found out for trash day. I’m totally enamored of it. We found the type drawers probably a year ago and just found the legs last night. Totally sweet!

Can you believe we found these awesome type drawers ON THE STREET?

Seriously, someone threw them out!

They must feel SO STUPID right now! Ha!

This is maybe the coolest thing of the year. Sorry everything to show up after February, you are superfluous. http://gamu-toys.info/sonota/sw/obama/obama.html

Samurai Obama

Jedi Obama

I love this.  Via The Pirate Bay.

Like this, but with rum

The Pedersen family: innovators in the exciting new field of conceptual drinking. Since New Year’s Eve we’ve been experimenting with event-based drinks: The Mexican Firedrill (everyone does a shot of tequila and runs around the block), The Kentucky Derby (the same, but with bourbon), The Russian Relay Race (the same, but with vodka, and turn-based). You might see a theme.

Last night we continued research and broke new ground with possibly our best drink yet. The Jamaican Bobsled consists taking a shot of rum, running down and then back up a flight of stairs (or vice versa), and then tagging the next person who then repeats the process. It is a race and there are only winners with this game.

Actually, pretty much EXACTLY like this

A fun visualization of recent browser marker shares [via Cool Infographics]

Wish it had more historical data, though.  Feel like we’re missing half the story. From Wikipedia: