Conservative Gothic (Free subscription) | yesterday
It's been a long time since thefridayfive has posted a set I felt like commenting on. 1) Which one is more irritating--being too hot or being too cold? It may be hard to remember on really sweltering summer days, but seriously, I hate cold a lot more than heat. I've spent my entire life with hot weather, and I can still function alright in it. When I get cold, though, I just start to physically and...
Osborne Ink (Free subscription) | 07/11/2009
HuffPo has an excellent write-up on a California Republican rapidly becoming the apple of the wingnut eye. Among other things, the article lists his strong connections to birthers. He's a true believing wingnut Republican and he's probably going to run against one of California's "RINOs." In his honor, I have composed a bit of doggerel based on a song from 101 Dalmations: Chucky DeVore, oh...
CrunchGear (Free subscription) | 06/11/2009
So you live in Kansas, and you want to learn how to snowboard before that big trip to the mountains. What do you do? Well, you can always wait to get up the hill to buy some lessons, or you can pick up a Thrustmaster T-Freestyle NW controller, and you'll be carving down a half-pipe in no time.
The Clothes Horse (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
How can I begin to describe the delight that is Delightfully Tacky ? You have to love a girl who lists Winnebagos as an interest, has perfect cascading curls, great personal style, and makes living in Alaska look like a dream. The girl behind the blog was also kind enough to plan out a dream dance party complete with an epic play list. What type of party is it? Rock and Roll dance party! It would last...
Sify (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
With 100 days to the opening of the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics, the athletes village was handed over to the Games organizers Wednesday.
First Tracks!! Online Ski Magazine (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
W. Vancouver (BC), Canada - Canada~Snowboard is on a mission to find the next Slopestyle and Big Air Canadian snowboard stars. In a relentless search to find the next freestyle stars of Canadian snowboarding, Canada~Snowboard is opening up its selection process and welcoming application and portfolio from riders across the country.
Essex Audi Blog (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
Audi passion for sports goes beyond motorsports; the company actually competes in various categories, hence the 24 of Le Mans, DTM and GT series. Audi also shows support and passion for other sports by sponsoring some of Europe’s top Ski and Biathlon teams as well as some of Europe’s most prestigious Football teams. In Ski and [...]
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
Pascal Wyse gets to grips with ollies, powder slashes and 180s on an Animal snowboarding camp in the French Alps Pascal Wyse
Be Sportier (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
Cool snowboarding videos like this All or Nothing Snowboarding Video by Straightline Productions's will inspire the extreme in you. These cool snowboarding videos portray rad snowboarders doing it big. Enjoy the full video below! Straightline Productions "ALL OR NOTHING" from...
Music Snobbery (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
Having home internets trouble. It's Comtastic! *Groan* Real quick, watching The Tonight Show, saw snowboarder Shawn White. It's Andy Gibb! As a side note, Tegan & Sara were the musical guests.
Lifeskate (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
Rockefeller Rink and Rockefeller Plaza in NYC were transformed into Team USA Olympic arena. Demonstrations of hockey, curling, ice skating, and freestyle skiing were on display.
atHome Top Story (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
Canada is stronger than ever as a winter sports nation. But we're about to start finding out: Just how much stronger? This is when things really start to get interesting.
Mochachocolata-Rita (Free subscription) | 04/11/2009
You're either a durian person or you aren't. ...or I just haven't met anyone who's in between. ...or you love durians only when they're frozen and pretty much lost all of its stinks/fragrance. Let's face it, those can no longer be regarded as durians. ...or maybe you used to love durians so much, you overate and got super sick of it and now you are a major durian hater. ...or nothing in this world...
Chess news by ChessVibes (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
The FIDE World Cup 2009 will be a knockout tournament of 128 players, held from November 20th till December 15th, 2009 in Khanty-Maniysk, Russia, just like the previous two World Cups won by Levon Aronian and Gata Kamsky respectively. After the publication of the new rating list, FIDE immediately announced the pairings of the first [...]
Mostly Harmless (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
Chinese Golf: A Long Way since 1984 Tim Maitland It depends how old you were and where you were living as to what exactly rocked your world in 1984. 25 years ago Michael Jackson was at the height of his powers, winning a record eight Grammy awards including best record "Beat It" and Album of the Year Thriller , while Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean scored 12 perfect 6.0 marks for their...
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