Some days I get kind of down on the negative things the Internet has brought into my daily life, and other days, the internet gives me a video of a guy riding around London, DJing on a sound system mounted on the front of his bike, and I’m like you know what, the Internet is all right. (video)
(A photo of Dom Whiting’s bike setup is on Instagram)
FiveThirtyEight, which you may only refer to during election years, has devised an index to determine the most disrespectful home runs in baseball history
I will be running the New York City Marathon and raising money for the American Cancer Society this November, and if you’d like to do the same thing, I have been informed that the American Cancer Society has a few spots available, which you can sign up for at this link.
“The Indiana Jones series is filled with such set pieces, in which lucky breaks—or is it divine intervention?—spare a character whose strength and stamina are, comparatively speaking, nothing special. The reason we love Indy isn’t because he’s exceptional, or even because, like his ’80s franchise contemporary Rocky Balboa, he won’t stay down. It’s because he doesn’t want to get up.”
The Wander Women, three long-time friends in their mid-50s to early 60s, are on schedule to finish the Triple Crown of American hiking in 2021 (thanks, Ryan)
Why I Stopped Blogging and Started Driving Around Town Screaming Out My Window
A Food Critic Reviews the Swedish Chef’s New Restaurant
—Brendan
