Walruses gotta keep in shape too.

Judging by her sour expression, the queen was not amused by the opening ceremonies of the olympics.

She might just agree with this guy's take on the whole thing.

This year's new olympic sport?   Butter eating!  Admit it, that's a way more entertaining sport than badminton.

This year's new olympic sport?

Water Cholo!

Hat tip: Lauraw

                                                                 Saturday open road

                                  But be careful, the open road can become an obsession.

I'll bet it's a bear to adjust the carburator and set the points on this motor.

Tour de France bike crashes. That looks like it would hurt - bad.  Almost as much fun as Nascar crashes.

Check this out.  

The Martian moon Phobos, compared in size to the medium sized French town of Grenoble.

Kinda SMOD like.

Since the Olympics are on, I fondly recall my favorite Olympians.

One of those was respectfully known as The Experiment.

 The all time world champion in Greco Roman wrestling, the most dominant wrestler, literally, since Hercules, I present the amazing Alexsandr Karelin.

The Experiment won every match he entered for 13 straight years, and went six without anyone scoring a single point against him.

Karelin was famous for his reverse body lift, the "Karelin Lift", where facing the opponent who was lying flat on the mat to keep from being thrown, Karelin hoisted his opponents into the air and slammed them violently to the mat. This devastatingly effective maneuver, when properly executed, awarded Karelin 5 points per throw, the maximum awarded in Greco-Roman wrestling. The throw had long been in use by lighter wrestlers but not by heavyweights since the technique required immense strength. Karelin's ability to perform this throw against elite opponents weighing as much as 130 kg was amazing to audiences as well as other participants and observers of the sport.

Asked how he gained his impressive strength, he famously said, "I train every day of my life as they have never trained a day in theirs."

Weighing in at 15 pounds at birth in Siberia, he was one of the biggest babies seen in his Oblast.  Beginning his wrestling career at age 13, everything was going well until two years later when during a match he snapped his femur.  The injury was so horrific that his own mother burned his wrestling gear and forbade him from competing ever again.  But The Experiment was not to be stopped, even by his mamma.  He rehabbed himself by running through the Siberian snow, and tossing a wooden rowboat repeatedly until his hands bled.

Once, in Russia, he bear hugged a fridge he had purchased and carried it up eight flights of stairs to his apartment.  

The Experiment's personal policy was to immediately consent to a drug test whenever anyone asked, to prove his amazing body was his own creation, and not the product of pharmacy.  He never failed a test. 

However, Karelin is no fool.  He has a law degree and a PhD.   He has also been elected to the Russian government by his home region. 

Alexandr Karelin, an amazing athlete.

Freckles, they are good

The Obama administration is beyond parody. 

The announcement that they are going to set up an office of education for black "Amerericans" was apparently spell checked by an affirmative action hire.

Cabin porn

This one is in New Mexico, which has a lot of cool cabins, come to think of it.

Romney zings incredibly boring white guy Brian Williams.

Friday smile.

People: they are sometimes good to have around, even if you are a bear.

Friday yuk, yuk.