Heidi didn’t even post this story, I did. And I went out of my way to not pick a “glaringly beefcake” photo, but It’s not easy to find one of Phelps that isn’t.

that said, I was tempted to throw in an unnecessary photo of one of the cute Swedish team handball players, but opted not to do so. :>

LOL. I’ve flipped through Watchmen, but it isn’t my cup of tea, unfortunately. Being a comic creator who hasn’t read Watchmen? It’s much like a writer who hasn’t read Kerouac: everybody claims to have read “On the Road,” but how many are willing to admit they didn’t get past the first page?

And you’re wrong anyway. Bizarro was on a recent cover of Sports Illustrated where they talked about what a strange baseball season it has been.

Are you even allowed to post comments on this blog without having read Watchmen? Surely this must be some form of rule infraction.

Pop Culture is Pop Culture.

Yeah, I don’t think so either.

Yeah, I don’t think so either.

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*12.000 kCals per day.

Maybe helping to show some parents that it isn’t a “disorder” at all? And that we don’t need to dope up our children because of it? I was diagnosed with ADD once upon time (and tourettes), along with half of the rest of the world, and never felt like I was impaired because of it. IMHO, it just means I have a lot of interests in a lot of different subjects, and that I have to constantly challenge myself to maintain my attention on a subject. And if that means you just have to work harder than some people sometimes to stay on task? Then that only makes you a stronger person.

And nice quote. I’d never heard that definition of a superhero before.

According to Ozymandius, the smartest man on the cinder.

I suspect that as the legend of Phelps grows, a lot of focus will be placed on the notion that in school he was a problem student with what they call “attention deficit disorder”…it seems that aspect of his story has gotten some attention and will likely get more.

I refuse to allow the actions of a different athlete to keep me from enjoying sporting events.

Doeth. You’re right. The news mentioned him in the same breath as Hansen and Peirsol who both went to UT.

Guess he’s just not as cool as I thought.

However, all this grousing about swim-wear and the like reminds me of a headline I recently read in the Onion:

“Let’s All Go To The Beach And Complain”

There’s nothing more aerodynamic for humans to wear than bare skin. And it’s pretty sexy seeing all those rippling muscles on these healthy, athletic people (both women and men). Sets a far better example than the skeletal exposure of skin in most women’s fashion magazines, don’t you think?

If anybody saw some of the specials of Michael Phelps (yum), he’s actually double jointed in his knees, ankles, and fingers and has an impossibly “Atlantean” arm span. Plus, he went to UT (University of Texas). That explains it all right there.

Quick, somebody protects Sue Richards!

Speaking of which, did you check out the outfits on those women running the marathon? It’s as if Hugh Hefner was running these games!

“Good morning Mr. Phelps, your mission, if you decide to accept it…”