Heads Up: Giant Soccer Ball Face Smash Is Thrilling.

It’s great to find another analogy to describe what our head feels like after a night of drinking. “Dude, my noggin’ feels like it was smashed by a…er…um…a giant soccer ball. [With Leather]
The Indian dudes that brought you Scrabulous are done with that non-sense since they got sued. Now, behold the next conductor of procrastination: Wordscraper! [Big Download]

The opening ceremony for the 2008 Beijing Olympics was supposed to be a secret. Instead, 5,000 years of Chinese culture and tradition will be compressed to a 50-minute ceremony that tons of reporters witnessed—and reported upon—last night. [ESPN]
The world’s oldest recorded joke goes something like this: “”Something which has never occurred since time immemorial; a young woman did not fart in her husband’s lap.” Ha! Flatulence! Ok. Ok. Now pull our finger. [Yahoo]
The “Not The LA Times” blog totally predicted the earthquake the other day. Can you tell us where Manny Ramirez is going to end up? The trade-talks concerning that guy are driving us nuts. [Not The LA Times]
German club trains in nudist colony. /Silence Does this really surprise anyone? [The Spoiler]