It really depresses me that this is a real headline

Brad Pitt and Jennifer Lopez 'best butts in Hollywood'
Link

I just don't get it

This picture is just so disturbing... That poor cow.

Armstrong Will Retire After Tour De France

"I have thought a lot about it, and I've gone back and forth," said Mr. Armstrong, his voice cracking with emotion at times. "I'm 100 percent committed, and the decision is final."

My children said, 'It's time to come home,' " he said. "They're at an age where they change daily, if not hourly. To be away now for one month is grueling. It's time for me not to miss key moments in their lives." --NYT

Marburg

A cousin of Ebola, the Marburg virus has erupted periodically in Africa in sudden, gruesome epidemics, only to disappear just as mysteriously. This time it has struck with a vengeance, killing 9 out of 10 people infected - a total of 230 people so far, including 14 nurses and 2 doctors who cared for the sick.

Who does that?!

Eggshells left on the bench of the subway station.

Ex-Crowded House drummer's suicide

Drummer Paul Hester from the New Zealand bands Split Enz and Crowded House has been found dead in a park in the southern Australian city of Melbourne, apparently after committing suicide, a fan Web site says. More...

I think I'm going to be sick

Who would you choose?

In brief: Exhausted Penn wants time out

Super-busy Sean Penn has thrown in the towel and wants to take time out from the Hollywood treadmill. Filming on All The King's Men, the political thriller based on Robert Penn Warren's bestselling novel, which is itself based on the career of governor Huey Long of Louisiana, reportedly left him with such severe exhaustion that he wants to retire from the movie industry for several years to recover. The actor has been in a string of high-profile roles in recent years, including his Oscar-winning turn in Mystic River and critically-acclaimed performance in 21 Grams. British audiences are soon to see him in The Assassination of Richard Nixon and The Interpreter. (From the Guardian)

I don't know what's worse...

The fact that you sent me a pic of this scary plant, or that you're insinuating I'm not sporty?

In case you go hiking this weekend.