I’ve always wanted to see a close-up of the ‘Man on the Moon’, you know the reflection in the space suit’s helmet. Who/what is taking the photo? Why is his shadow at different angles?
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Most Epic Photos: the chewbacca dog
History of the Wetsuit: "I just wanted to be warm"
Yesterday the water here in Southern California dropped a full ten degrees overnight. It went from a bathing suit 66 to a freezing, it-hurts 56 degrees. According to the lifeguards this is due to the last big-wave swell. It came in with a strong wind and in a few days had blown away the top …
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History of the Wetsuit: “I just wanted to be warm”
Yesterday the water here in Southern California dropped a full ten degrees overnight. It went from a bathing suit 66 to a freezing, it-hurts 56 degrees. According to the lifeguards this is due to the last big-wave swell. It came in with a strong wind and in a few days had blown away the top …
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Is the Allure of the "Older Man" Fading?
A statement in a recent Financial Times article about data mined and analyzed from Match.com took me a little by surprise: “Women are less likely to e-mail with men who live far away, men who are older than they are, and men who are short.” Running counter to the “known fact” (as proclaimed by this Askmen.com author) …
Shakespeare in the original Klingon
William Shatner interviewing Christopher Plummer, love it! aka – Captain Kirk and General Chang “You can’t appreciate Shakespeare until you’ve read him in the original Klingon.”
Irreverent and scary: the other comic con movies
Total Recall Set to come out in 2012 with Colin Farrell, Kate Beckinsale, and Jessica Biel. From Rotten Tomatoes: “Director Len Wiseman (Underworld) jumps into the remake game with this retooling of Philip K. Dick’s short story We Can Remember It for You Wholesale, originally brought to the big screen by Paul Verhoeven in the 1990 …
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Beautiful surfing sketch of the Huntington Pier
Need a Spotify invite?
Ok, I’m not promising anything here but I am 2 for 2. Both times I received a Spotify invite in my email pretty fast. The backstory is that Ashton Kutcher is a big fan of Spotify and he tweeted his fanboy-ism. Then his millions of twitter followers were like, “we want to try!” The company …
US Open of Surfing…expect big crowds
..and fun!