You gotta love Shaq:

""My [weight] numbers, sometimes it's going to be a higher number and you earthlings -- when you hear a high number -- because of your level of thinking you're automatically going to think it's fat. I've been 11, 12 percent body fat [for] my whole career. But when you've got a big, sexy, beautiful man that's up in the 340s, 350s, the way you guys were taught on this planet, you're going to automatically think it's fat."

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My take on the first weekend of the World Cup...

Teams that looked like contenders: Holland, Argentina, Portugal, Mexico
Teams that looked like pretenders: England
Intriguing teams: Germany, Ivory Coast
Best Goals: Torsten Frings, Phillip Lahm
Best Player: Arjen Robben
Best Jerseys: Ivory Coast's orange Pumas
Worst Haircut: Loco, Angola

None of the teams played perfect openers, but Holland wasn't troubled by a Serbian team that didn't lose a match in qualifying. Ivory Coast look pretty good but still couldn't stay with Argentina, who looked flat towards the end of the game as the Coasters went searching for an equalizer. Why Pekerman subbed Palacio and Gonzalez and not Messi for Saviola and Crespo was confusing, but they pulled it out despite some inspired stuff from Drogba, who when he wasn't diving managed to play very well.


Drogba assumes his usual position

In fact, coaches throughout the opening weekend showed a striking willingness to withdraw their top strikers, even when they were trailing. Holland, Argentina, Angola, Mexico, and Serbia all withdrew their star strikers early in the match.


Loco: Awful. Just awful.

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Interesting article about the capabilities of the Predator spy plane in Iraq.

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Borat introduces a Star Wars-themed Gnarls Barkley performance at the MTV Movie Awards. I really like the little keyboard line they added in.