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Juan Pujol Garcia, the man who may possibly be the most successful double-agent in history, is the complete opposite of everything you think about when you think of badass secret agents.  He was ordinary-looking, married, balding, and wore kind of nerdy glasses, and never owned a wristwatch that shot lasers.  He never snuck into a top-secret high-security enemy facility disguised as a frogman, flying side-kicked a dude into a nuclear reactor, and stole biological weapons schematics from a rogue terrorist nation…

 

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Thank goodness we have people out there willing to invest their spare time in answering these vital questions about our universe.  One such person, Neil Fraser, has gone and proved that a Lava Lamp will in fact work in 2.5g.

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Best commentary in this clip has to be “Like a Jedi knight, no better than that a Templar.” So apparently Templar knights can kick a Jedi’s butt, that’s a discussion for another post, as for this one, enjoy 2009 highlights and get pumped for the 2010 Seattle Sounders FC.

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Pure gibberish, but you can certainly hear the english cadence in it.

Produced and sung by Adriano Celentano in 1972: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adriano_Celentano

More examples on this page:

http://amog.com/offbeat/english-sounds-nonenglish-speakers/

1. Marathon. 
The ultimate Olympic sport.  Nothing compares to the marathon leader entering the stadium at the end of 26 miles of running.  Sport at it's most pure.

2. Alpine Downhill.
Another pure sport that has everything.  Death defying speed.  Incredible skill of the athletes.  One shot at the gold.  A 2 minute race is often decided by hundredths of a second or what amounts to a foot or two between the eventual medal winners.

3. 100 meter sprint.
A theme is developing here.  My top three sports are in there essence very pure sports.  Who's the fastest.  Jesse Owens, Carl Lewis, Usain Bolt.  It's all here.  And it is all over in less than 10 seconds.

4. Bobsled (4-man)
I can't explain this one.  But the fact you have four grown men pushing a sled as FAST as they freakin' can down an icy chute...well it's a thing of beauty.

5. Moguls
I'm a skier and can ski moguls pretty dang well so I identify with this one the closest of all the sports listed.  Although putting a 10 foot kicker in the middle of the hill and pulling an inverted iron cross is insane.

6. Short Track Speed skating
Who knew about this sport before Apollo Ohno.  Now that we do know about it I really like watching it.  It's so quick and over so soon and is the NASCAR of Olympic events.  If it ain't rubbin' it ain't racin'!

7. Gymnastics
I would be a terrible judge for this event.  Every single competitor would get a 10.0 from me.  Also I had like the hugest crush on Nadia Comeniche.

8. Nordic Jump
Just.Plain.Psycho.

9. Rowing (8 man shell)
Ultimate team event.  The crew has to work as a machine and perform in fluid perfection to win.  And they always leave it on the course.  These guys always looked like the most wiped out athletes in any sport at the end of their races.

10. Decathlon
I like the concept of the decathlon more than the actual event.  But the athlete that wins the decathlon (or the heptathlon) are inarguable the best athlete in the world.

Interesting that 8 of my selections are individual competitions.  And the two others are not traditionally popular team sports.  I guess the normal team sports just don't feel Olympic to me.

What do you think?  What are your favorite sports at the Olympics?