Like DJ Khaled (We the Best!) slurpin’ serotonin, I’m full of superlatives these days. Greatest catch ever, another greatest catch ever, and now … the greatest wedding photo ever taken? Well, peep the image below (and click on it for full view) and tell me that the background lighting don’t just blow your mind. And it was snapped with a regular ol’ digicam, to boot. Amazing.

I know I pimped out another amazing football catch a few weeks ago, but I think Chadron State WR Isaac Stockton’s recent grab is even more impressive than the one I posted previously. I’m just amazed that his head stayed attached to his body. Definitely worth a peep.

(Respek: FanHouse)

Fans of Jets to Brazil and Jawbreaker (most definitely including yours truly) may finally have their Blake Schwarzenbach fix sated. As tumbl’d forth from the pages of Young Manhattanite:

HOLY FUCKING SHIT, Blake Schwarzenbach and Aaron Cometbus are in a new band, possibly called Thorns of Life? And the bassist is transgender Max from The L Word?? And she was part of the Gilman Street scene and played in The Gr’ups??? Consider my world thoroughly rocked. More info/links at Unlikely Words.

I’m pretty much speechless. This is the best news ever. 2008 rules.

Somehow the short pants are really important here …

What’s one to focus on now that the next four years are settled? Well, while I’m sure I’m way behind the curve with this (in fact, if I could rename this site anything, it would probably be “waybehindthecurve.com”) Annie Leonard’s “The Story of Stuff” might give you a few ideas. Despite the video’s vague “UPS whiteboard” feel, it simply, yet intelligently, breaks down the challenges we all face in a consumerist society. Definitely worth watching.

(Respek: A certain UMD MBA candidate)

(Respek: FanHouse)

The Lakers do Zoolander, moments before the gasoline fight. For no reason whatsoever.

(Respek: The Lifestyle…)

Respek: T-A-J

My 11th grade teacher was right, after all. Physics is phun. (And not for pussies, evidently, according to this post.)

(Respek: Ovablastic via Jeffs to Brazil)

Apologies for not knowing where the original came from, but this is pretty funny.

Update: Found here.

(Respek: T-Allen)

1. Lil Wayne is “blogging” about sports for ESPN the Mag
2. NYT did a pretty weak article on skate shoes (Respek: Dens)
3. New “greatest catch of all-time” in college football?
4. Couple of Danes convert Young Weezy’s “A Milli” into … lord only knows what (Respek: Wife/T-Allen)
5. And this is old, but still so very cool (Respek: Dens)

Maybe it has something to do with the 25th anniversary of their breakup. Or maybe Sir BK (a true British Knight) is a big fan of eary-80s DCHC. Either way, this is one of the oddest videos I’ve seen in some time, and I don’t say “odd” with any positive or negative connotations. It just is that. Odd.

Coincidentally, I’ve been listening to Minor Threat nearly non-stop the last few weeks. And my conclusion is that after my, what, fourth rediscovery of these guys, I’m pretty much convinced that they are a legitimate American treasure.

Apparently the good people at Mean Magazine feel the same way. Thanks for that, guys.

(Respek: Pitchfork, Tully)

I’m not one for rally cars or freestyle motocross, but this DC Shoes commercial is pretty much on point. Definitely worth a look if you have 62 seconds.

As seen on the street. The front said: “I Know H.T.M.L. (How to Meet Ladies)”

I didn’t look to see if there was anything on the back.

http://hasthelargehadroncolliderdestroyedtheworldyet.com/

I’m not sure if there’s a name for this phenomenon of random people shooting homemade, full-length videos of them dancing to their favorite songs in public locales (it smacks hard of lip dub to me), but this is one of my all-time faves. It might be because I love the song, but I also love how said artiste gets interrupted about two minutes into the clip. And he’s also got some decent moves.

The title says it all. Other than this is a commercial. But you probably would have figured that out about three seconds into the clip. You’re smart like that, after all, aintcha?

(Respek: FanHouse)

Here’s a wholly impressive photo of Krispy Kreme Bacon Cheeseburgers that were reportedly served at Google NYC to celebrate the birthday of the head of their cafe staff.

Just listened to Moby Octopad in it’s entirety. Still extremely agreeable.

More Olympic goodness:
- I haven’t checked these out but here’s some instructions on viewing the games online through “legal pirate methods” (Arrrr …)
- Here’s a rollover map for medal counts
- And a funny photo of the King ogling a lady swimmer

Olympic links, natch:
- An extremely awkward Michael Phelps headline
- Watch: U.S. journalist goes to Olympics to sample … animal penis
- Watch: Agony of defeat c. 2008 (not for the squeamish)
- Athletes provided with 100,000 condoms for Olympic ‘Games’

I only say “guilty,” because, well, who wants to give a shout-out to a hotel commercial? Still, I can admit it … I chuckled. At least twice. Maybe three times, even.

While out fetching lunch, I just saw some dude rockin’ a tank-top that said, simply enough: “I (Heart) SPORTS!” It looked homemade too. Hilarious. I’m feelin’ ya, crazy.

Dens posted this on his Flickr today. Brilliant.

As an aside, did you know Wikipedia lists Bert and Ernie as “roommates”? I always thought they were kid brothers chuck-chillin’ at home while the ‘rents were away. Now the whole setup just feels sorta seedy. And maybe a tad inappropriate.

I’d imagine these team reels are flooding the nets like mad, but here’s Plan B’s coverage of P-Rod, Sheckles and Sherm at the Maloof Money Cup …

And for posterity’s sake, here are the final results:

Street:
1 Paul Rodriguez
2 Nyjah Huston
3 Chris Cole
4 Ryan Sheckler
5 Darrell Stanton
6 Jereme Rogers
7 Terry Kennedy
8 Andrew Reynolds
9 Greg Lutzka
10 Dennis Busenitz
11 Adam Dyet
12 Tommy Sandoval
13 Billy Marks Corona
14 Kurtis Colamonico
15 Sean Malto
16 Bryan Herman
17 Eric Koston
18 Mike Carroll
19 Jake Duncombe
20 Sierra Fellers
21 Chris Mendes
22 Ronnie Creager
23 Erik Ellington
24 Peter Ramondetta
25 Alex Mizurov
26 Nick Dompierre
27 Corey Duffel
28 Marc Johnson
29 Stefan Janoski
30 Braydon Szafranski
31 Alex Olson
32 Zered Bassett
33 Brandon Biebel
34 Leo Romero

Vert:
1 Pierre-Luc Gagnon
2 Shaun White
3 Bucky Lasek
4 Danny Mayer
5 Sandro Dias
6 Andy Macdonald
7 Bob Burnquist
8 Lincoln Ueda
9 Rodrigo Menezes
10 Buster Halterman
11 Rune Glifberg
12 Rob Lorifice
13 Neal Hendrix
14 Alex Perelson
15 Jake Brown
16 Josh Stafford
17 Darren Navarrette
18 Jean Postec
19 Max Dufour
20 Adam Taylor

DVS posted a top-notch video recap of the 2008 Copenhagen Pro. (On a side note, it seems that just about every video DVS posts online is straight-up high-quality stuff.) Watch it here:

Spoiler note: Here are the final results. Looked like a fun contest.

1 Danny Cerezini
2 Diego Oliveira
3 Eero Antilla
4 Jereme Rogers
5 John Rattray
6 Eric Koston
7 Elton Melonio
8 Daniel Viera
9 Matt Beach
10 Rob Gonzalez
11 Pontus Alv
12 Willian Seco

I’m sure I’m way behind the curve on this, but I recently came across this Dubya voice simulator. Too funny. Repeated phrases seem to work best. For instance, “apple apple apple banana” cracked me up pretty good, as did “where is your face going to be be be”. It also says “barack obama” with a slightly mocking lilt, which seems appropriate enough. Minutes of fun.

I scanned in a bunch of old-school skateboarding ads from the 80’s, so I’ll post them regularly as time permits. The first one is a classic Christian Hosoi ad from 1986. It was one of those early ads that was all about image rather than the act of skateboarding itself. What I find pretty interesting is the dot-com-era abbreviation of “Skateboards” in the ad as “SKTBRDS”. In this age of eliminating extraneous vowels (Flickr, Tumblr, etc.) in the name of edginess, Hosoi and his pop were way ahead of the game.

According to NetsDaily, the Nets held a reception for about 40 season-ticket holders Tuesday night in Manhattan and assured them that “Brooklyn is happening.” The team expects to play in the Barclays Center to start the 2010-11 season. Color me excited. Read the full report here.

Despite its unfortunate title, Adio’s latest online video offering is definitely worth checking out. It features Danny Montoya, Kenny Anderson, Nick Dompierre, Ernie Torres, Joey Brezinski, Ryan Bobier, Ed Selego, Steve Nesser, Brian Brown and Nate Broussard, and the quality is top-notch. Strangely, quality is becoming increasingly important to me these days. Go figure.

Either way, check it out below, or download it for your iPod here.

(Oh, by the way, sorry for the dearth of posts lately, but I was away on vacation.)