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From NYTimes.com: Chinese City Is Chilly to a Sex Theme Park

Sex in China has a long and varied history, as evidenced by accounts of carnal excess in “The Plum in the Golden Vase,” a Ming-era classic, and more recent tales of Mao’s insatiable appetite.

But an attempt to open the first sex theme park in China was quashed by local officials over the weekend, well before construction was completed.

I can’t imagine a sex theme park going up anywhere in the United States outside of Las Vegas.  I had to blog about this because of this picture.

From ESPN.com: Gruden joins ‘Monday Night Football’

Gruden will join play-by-play man Mike Tirico and analyst Ron Jaworski in September, replacing Tony Kornheiser.
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Kornheiser decided to step down after three years of MNF, citing his fear of flying.

“I am totally grateful for the MNF opportunity that I truly enjoyed the last three seasons,” he said. “I feel we got better each year. My fear of planes is legendary and sadly true. When I looked at the upcoming schedule it was the perfect storm that would’ve frequently moved me from the bus to the air. I kept looking at the schedule the past month and wanted to find a way to quietly extricate myself.”

Kornheiser actually stepped down voluntarily? For fear of flying?  Couldn’t they have picked up John Madden’s bus on the cheap now that he isn’t using it anymore?

When I first heard this story, I thought ESPN had canned Kornheiser because he sucked on MNF.  Kornheiser is fine on his show PTI, but added nothing worthwhile on MNF.

From ObeyGiant.com

Lance Armstrong is back training for this years Tour De France. For one of the “Triple Crown Events”, the Giro d’Italia, he is going to be riding a Shepard Fairey Designed Trek Madone Bike and Giro Helmet.

Here’s a picture of the Lance Armstrong wearing the helmet before Stage 7.

From NYTimes.com: Tracking Down Auto Warranty Callers

On Sunday, Senator Charles E. Schumer held a news conference to complain about car warranty telemarketing calls.

Mr. Schumer said he had received several of these warranty renewal robo calls — the latest taking place last Wednesday.

“I’ve had enough,” Mr. Schumer said. “These are scam artists.”

I haven’t received one of these calls but I know a lot of people who have.  But, now that politicians are annoyed things will probably get done to stop them.

UPDATE 5/15/09
NYTimes.com: F.T.C. Cracks Down on Car-Warranty Robocalls

The seller took in more than $10 million as a result of the calls, as well as related mailings, according to the commission.

Scams work, that’s why they do them until they’re caught.

Saw this concoction at the Sharon Woods park concession stand.  I have always had a fondness for Icees.  When I was a child I would get a coupon from my doctor for a free Icee after each of my frequent allergy shots.  So, now and then I still indulge in a traditional Icee after a long run.

I’m not sure about this Icee Float though.  The white stuff on top is soft serve ice cream.  I asked if the ice cream was just on top and was told that it’s actually layered throughout with the Icee mix.  That doesn’t really sound good to me as the textures are really different.

From NYTimes.com: G.O.P. Worries About Sounding a Negative Tone

“They have to avoid being stigmatized as a bad bunch of people,” he said of the Republicans.

I think it’s a little too late for that.

Telegraph.co.uk: Tony Alleyne and his Star Trek flat

Really cool.  But, like any other modern design, where do you hide the clutter?

UPDATE: Just read the captions to the pictures.  Actually kind of sad.

Ok, I had to do this.  It’s the Obama Vulcan!  It’s made from the official Obama portrait.  This autoplays with sound, so I’m putting it in the next section.

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Thought this was pretty amusing.  Go to Trekyourself.com and turn yourself into a Star Trek character.  The technology for the face mapping software is getting to be quite impressive.  Because it autoplays and there’s sound, I put the images after the jump.

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