After it seemed safe to write the team off as not being a threat for this year’s World Championship, Red Bull Racing came storming back with a dominant performance this weekend. Leading the way was twice-defending World Drivers’ Champion Sebastian Vettel who scored the pole and the win while only losing the lead during the exchange of pit stops. Equally as surprising were the other two podium finishers who brought their two Lotus E20s home to give Renault a lockout of the podium. Continue reading
Wallpapers of the Week: April 22, 2012
I like changing up my desktop wallpaper on a regular basis. My wallpaper at work is even a slideshow so I have a new wallpaper every thirty minutes to change things up ever so slightly. So to help you change things up for your work week, I’ve scoured Flickr for five wallpapers that are worth adding to your collection for this week. Continue reading
Sunday Link-Off: The Aftermath
Back to back days with me? Bonus! Okay, nobody else is excited about back-to-back Steve. Maybe I can make up for it with Lindsay Ellingson. If there was such a thing as an underrated Victoria’s Secret angel, it would be her.
The NFL schedule came out last week. Since the NFL has a pretty rigid scheduling protocol, you’d think it would be pretty easy to put together a schedule. However, scheduling a 16-game schedule for 32 teams is a total nightmare. (New York Times)
Buzz Bissinger, one of my favourite sports writers, is allowed to cash in every now and then. He’s doing a follow-up book called “After Friday Night Lights.” Here’s an excerpt. (Grantland)
WWE announcers often like to refer to crowds who don’t follow the script as “bizarre.” However, crowds cheering and booing against the WWE’s wishes are becoming more the norm than the exception. (The Classical)
After the jump, ESPN thinks pot is destroying college athletics, the new look of KFC Japan and blowing random shit up in super slow mo. Continue reading
Entertainment Link-Off: Under The Influence
EVERYBODY PANIC! I’m covering for Jackie on this week’s Entertainment Link-Off and will once again bring my oddly bizarre twist on pop culture. God help you all. At least you get to experience my outstanding taste in post opening photos. For example, here’s Brooklyn Decker who stars in the upcoming summer blockbuster Battleship.
Let’s kick things off in a Jackie-esque way. Arrested Development creator Mitch Hurwitz talks about the return of his cult favourite show. (Vulture)
After the jump, TV’s nostalgia kick, why Nicholas Sparks and Hollywood are going to ruin any chance you have of having a proper relationship and a Parks and Rec gag reel. Continue reading
Caption This: April 14 – 20, 2012
Inspired by the Globe and Mail’s caption writing person, we waste our time writing funny picture captions for some of the more interesting photos we come across when blogging. So here are some of the best pictures from the past week with a funny (-ish) caption. Continue reading
The Best of HighDEAS (Part 2)
It’s time for us to return to our the more popular websites in our Best Of The Interweb series. Some of the best ideas come when you’re high so naturally somebody created a website to compile those ideas called HighDEAS. After all, not everything you come up with while high ends up on TFLN. Continue reading
25 More Reasons To Celebrate Earth Day
Sunday is a made up awareness day called Earth Day. Basically, it’s a day about increasing awareness of pollution on the Earth. However, I can think of several reasons for protecting our planet besides ducks, kittens and little baby seals. There are plenty of beautiful women around the world and here are 25 from around the world that make you want to save the environment.
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Star Wars Identities Posters
Today marks the opening of a special exhibit at the Montreal Science Centre. The Star Wars Identities exhibit examines the characters of various characters in the Star Wars universe with a particular focus on Luke and Anakin Skywalker’s journeys through the two movie trilogies.
To advertise the opening of this exhibit, Canadian ad agency Bleublancrouge was commissioned to create special character portraits to promote the exhibition. After the jump, we have the complete collection of Star Wars Identities posters. Continue reading
F1 Power Rankings: Bahrain Grand Prix
Somehow, someway the 2012 Formula One World Championship will race at the Bahrain International Circuit for the Bahrain Grand Prix. After last year’s race cancellation as a result of the “Arab Spring” riots, the race was back on the calendar but was almost cancelled again because of violence and protests in the country. I think most of the F1 media and bloggers are a little surprised that the race is going forward but when there is money and commercial interests involved, we shouldn’t be shocked.
After last weekend’s dominant performance by Mercedes which included Schumacher’s fastest time in the 2nd practice, Rosberg’s pole, a front-row lockout and Rosberg’s maiden win, it looks as though they’ll be a contender on Tilke track this season. However, those McLarens still look fast and will be a threat to win as well. Continue reading
Wednesday Link-Off: Media Matters
It’s the middle of the week which means it’s time for another set of links. To switch things up, let’s go with Nina Agdal who I think might just make a run for next year’s SI Swimsuit cover.
So what’s really life backstage at the Final Four for the media? It’s full of drama and intrigue. Yes, I said that about the sports media. (Salon)
Dan Patrick and Keith Olberman reunited The Big Show on stage to mark the 20th anniversary of their first SportsCenter together. It was, as expected, awesome. (Fang’s Bites)
What’s the latest trend in pay cable channels? Sexposition. And, yes, this link is safe for work. Just don’t Google the word. (The Star-Ledger)
After the jump, where will Beadle go, Chris Jones quits the internet and how to quit a job… that you don’t actually have. Continue reading
The Lowdown 