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The Queen of England sitting for a painting by Lucien Freud (
Rick Reilly spends a full day with a busy real life Jerry Maguire. This is great:
9:44 a.m. Big crisis.
A prominent NFC player is freaking out. The NFL has dropped off a urine-testing kit at his house when he's clearly not -- how shall we say this? -- ready.
Apparently, the end of the lockout came as a surprise to him. Schaffer talks him off the ledge.
"Hold on, hold on (blank). They can't do that. They haven't finished the language on drug testing yet in the CBA. They can't test you if it's not in the contract. This is still America, right?"
Schaffer calls the players' union to check. A union lawyer gets on the line and Schaffer gets the player on the line.
"OK, listen carefully, (blank). We need you to have somebody videotape you putting the entire thing -- the test tubes, the instructions, everything -- into a clear, sealed bag. Then FedEx it to me immediately. Got it?"
"OK, OK," the player says.
Then, just as a precaution, Schaffer says, "Read me the directions, will you?"
The directions are all about allowable levels of chlorine and bromine.
Turns out it was from the guy's pool cleaner.
Ken Jeong photobombing Queen Dougie Kate Upton's GQ photoshoot.
Next GQ shoot: Kate Upton planking. I'm thinking of turning this blog into a Kate Upton fan page. I think most of you would not be angry about this.
Former professional skateboarder, artist Mark Gonzales stopped by the MoMA with his Circle Board.
[Hat tip @lawrenceshum]
Jack Nicholson and President Ruth Simmons at my alma mater's graduation day this year.
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I spotted Big Brother the Google Maps street view car yesterday on my walk to work.
Suspicious Vans: collection of vans whose presence on your block immediately makes you want to call the police.
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sCKGOiauJCE] Timelapse of the New York Times online homepage from from September 2010 to July 2011.
Ron van der Ende's trompe l'oeil sculpture made from reclaimed salvaged wood.
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