It's so tough being Becks.




























































Although it appears to be from two different time events (venues? years?), he has that, "Oh, Christ! How much is this gonna cost me?" look going on at the end.

Well, the Olympics are finally over. I'm typically not a fan of the closing ceremony. You know, the athletes all come in as one under no flags and everyone's supposed to be happy. Just gives people an excuse to look stupid in front of the cameras. But, it was nice that NBC finally aired boxing on the big network today and showed the finals. And they even showed a "Teddy's Corner". Cool.

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Here is a woman who has 200 orgasms a day. This was from an article a while back, there doesn't appear to be an update. She was probably busy.

Blaine is back! This time, he's hanging upside down on a highwire for 60 hours and obviously the finale is on TV.

Check out SI's series on what their writers will remember about the Olympics. Nice stuff under the "Olympics Memories" header. Great quote from a Chinese soccer player: "We play soccer like the Brazilians play ping-pong."

This is so funny, you would think it's fake. Fox News sends a reporter into the middle of a protest at the Democratic Convention in Denver. Reporter: "Hey, that's not necessary." after "Junior Melendez" swears at him. He keeps saying, "Don't you believe in free speech?". Yeah, they have the right not to talk to you, clown. And nothing like asking masked protesters, "What's your name?". Then a "Fuck Fox News" chant starts.



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I happened to catch the USA-Spain game for the basketball gold medal this morning. Not live, but on the HD Olympic Basketball channel when I woke up. It was a surprisingly close game, at times, in the 4th quarter until Kobe Bryant took over.

But what I take away from the basketball tournament was the medal ceremony. The Argentina team with their bronze medals and Spain with their silvers, and both squads looking absolutely tickled with their medals. No disappointment there. And the U.S. team, all of those mini-corporations, looking like little kids who just won their first prizes of any kind. Makes you wish for the good old days in a way, when sports was not run like the big business monster it has become.

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None, perhaps the laziest day of the year.