The American

I didn't even have to watch the whole trailer to know this is gonna be awesome. I find that things that start with "American" are totally awesome, and this goes to a whole new level.

Halloween Is Awesome

So, so awesome. And it's less than three months away! I have many ideas, as usual, and this year, one of them was Voltron. That is, until I looked up Voltron costumes and stumbled upon this -

  If you'd like to see more photos of an impossibly perfect costume, check them out at Gizmodo. The only way I could compete with this would be to become a cartoon somehow.

Space, B*tches

It's official. Time travel is not only possible, but necessary for the survival of the species, according to "world's smartest man," Stephen Hawking. Also, don't talk to aliens.

http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/08/09/abandon-earth-face-extinction-warns-stephen-hawking/

We Aru Tha Worudo

This is about a billion times better than the original -

We Are the World - Japanese Version - watch more funny videos

Chinese Public Transportation Is Going To Be Pretty Awesome

While the Chinese are designing buses that can literally drive on top of automobile traffic, we here in the greatest country in the world are building school buses that go 367 mph, just for the hell of it. This is what makes us so awesome, yet at the same time, pretty stupid.

The Chinese are planning to rule the 21st Century with the Indians and the Brasileiros, while over here we're still number 1, but clearly on the decline. Another concept the Chinese are working on is a high speed train that doesn't have to stop for passengers to board and alight (that means "get down/off"). It's incredible (I assume you speak Chinese, so turn the sound up to hear the hilarious voice-over)-

There Are a Lot Of Good-Looking Squash Players

I can't get enough of this clip -

¡Bienvenidos El-bron!

Open Wide For Some Soccer!!!!

Longest. Match. Ever.

At 59-59, in their fifth set of the first round match at Wimbledon, Isner and Mahut have been at it for 10 hours over the past 2 days. Play has been suspended for a second day due to the fading sunlight. They have both beaten the previous record for most aces in a match, 78, with almost 100 each.

One of the many reasons I love tennis so much is the fact that a match is never over until the last point has been completed. This is the case even if a tie-breaker is played, since you have to win by two points. Even on match point, down 0-6, 0-6, 0-5, Love-40, the match is not over.

These guys are showing incredible (preternatural?) mental and physical fitness. I only hope that the ending is not anti-climactic. Whoever wins is lucky that the match is delayed once again, since he will have a little more recovery time before the following one. I can't imagine one's body performing well after such wear and tear.

In any case, you may watch practically any important sporting event on ESPN3.com these days. Play resumes tomorrow at some point. I can't watch anymore. Let me know how it ends.

Crackberry News

I don't know how people use the standard, full QWERTY keyboard on Blackberry Bolds and Curves and the like. I'm now on my third Blackberry since 2004, starting with the slender 7100 series. I have pretty long, skinny fingers, and I know people with some pretty stubby digits. How they use a crowded, tiny button keyboard is beyond me. I have been waiting for at least a year to replace my Pearl, and my prayers seem like they just might have been answered, though this phone is not yet available in the U.S.

She will be mine. Oh yes, she will be mine. They even have a version that employs the old ABC, DEF keyboard, should you prefer that to a QWERTY (which is laid out like a computer keyboard, in case you don't know what that means).

http://na.blackberry.com/eng/devices/blackberrypearl3G/

Bobby Strikes Black

Miami's up-and-coming rapper, Black Bobby, has just released his second mixtape in 7 months. The first two tracks are the standouts, in my opinion, but there's something for everyone here. Old school, Kanye-like soul sounds, techno beats, and some original production by boy-wonder, R-Cubed, a local producer who's barely old enough to get into an R-rated movie.

Go here to download the album.

Does anyone know how to hyperlink photos on Blogger these days? They've made this thing less user-friendly, I think.

That Other Sporting Event Going On This Week

Local Miami hero, Erik Compton, a 30-year-old golfer who has undergone not one, but two heart transplants in his young life, has qualified for the U.S. Open. This year it's being held at Pebble Beach, one of the most beautiful places in the entire world.

Please join me in sending many positive thoughts and prayers, if you are so inclined, his way.

You may read a little bit about him in today's article in the Washington Post.

Nike Soccer Ad

There are several reasons that this ad and the world are totally awesome. Let's watch!

C'est Bon

It's like they crawled inside my brain to make clothing I would design myself.

http://www.bonobos.com/

Awesome Miami Rap

From the New Times -

"If you haven't heard about Black Bobby, now its [sic] time to pay attention."

Click here to download his latest -

http://blackbobby.bandcamp.com/album/black-bobby-major-blazer-x-exhibit-dmv

Double 0 Zero

Since I don't have a blog called "This Is Totally Not Awesome," I have decided to use this one to share some rather unfortunate news, namely that the next Bond film is on hold because of the uncertain future of MGM.

eonline.com

And here's a bit of trivia about the movie, courtesy of IMDB -

Ian Fleming's short story "007 in New York" is rumored to be the basis for this film. It was first published in the The New York Herald Tribune in 1963 and then in the US edition only of Fleming's 'Thrilling Cities". It was first published in the UK in November 1999 in The Sunday Times magazine supplement as a tie-in with the film release of the Bond movie The World Is Not Enough (1999). Its working title was "Reflections in a Carey Cadillac" and its original title was "Agent 007 in New York" when published in the NY Herald Tribune. The story features a Bond Girl called Solange, a name which was used for a character in Casino Royale (2006). For the first time in 2002, the short-story was added to the "Octopussy and The Living Daylights" compendium which includes these two short stories plus "The Property of a Lady". This was the first time that the short story was published alongside other Bond short stories. "007 in New York" is the shortest and also arguably the least well-known of all the Ian Fleming James Bond short-stories. The story is famous for representing two story elements: (1) it includes James Bond's only literary shopping expedition and (2) it includes his recipe for scrambled eggs.

SWEATSTOCK - This Saturday in Miami

NetfWiix

I got my girlfriend a Netflix subscription for Christmas, since we had recently gotten to a point where we were renting a movie every week from Blockbuster. Contributing to Blockbuster's demise, I decided that it only made sense to spend the 10 bucks/month for unlimited movies from Netflix. I thought I would miss going to the video store and browsing through the movies, but I don't. At all.

Now that we have Netflix, we don't watch as many movies as we used to, of course. But alas, Netflix just sent me an email that if you own a Wii, which my girlfriend does, then you can order a free CD that converts your Wii into a Roku-type box that streams Netflix to your TV. Talk about the gift that keeps on giving -

So, if you have a Wii, go here and it should arrive in 1 day. Sorry you have to wait so long.

Say Hello

To the soon to be released Mercedes-Benz SLS AMG Gullwing.

OMG (Oh Mein Gott)

http://www.mbusa.com/mercedes/#/futureModelsSLSAMGclass/

It's All About the U