It's not the headline that's funny...it's the mental image you get. It's just awesome.

I am sick of Michael Phelps.

More accurately, I am sick of hearing about him and how hyped up he is by NBC on their olympics coverage. I'm not denying that he's a very talented person. In fact, I think what he can do in the pool is quite awesome. However, I am tired of this thing that Mr. Phelps has become. The thing that's bigger than himself. The man...the myth...the legend. As the Visa commercial puts it, the man with flippers who can swim through the water like a fish...nay, FASTER than a fish! At light speed! With one hand tied behind his back!

All you need to see that NBC seems to think he's the second coming is to watch their primetime telecast. They run little banners on the bottom corner of the screen during other events that read "Michael Phelps: 27 minutes!" counting down the time until he gets to race again live.

Not that there's going to be swimming in 27 minutes. No...that there will be swimming and Michael Phelps will be there. I think it's tremendously unfair to the other athletes at the games, to have their performances overlaid with a banner for another athlete. You know, the guy that people really care about. It's like the NBC Sports execs are saying "Well, we need to put something on the air until Michael Phelps is ready, so I guess we'll just show this other stuff. But nobody's really watching these people anyway, so we're going to let them know how many minutes they have left before Phelps comes on so they can go get snacks and stuff and be back in time"

It's incredibly insulting. Bah to NBC and their stranglehold on the Olympic games coverage. Again, I'm not dumping on Michael Phelps. I think he's incredibly tallented and he deserves what he's worked so hard to get. I'm more dumping on NBCs constant quest to attach a good story to the olympic games and not let the sports speak for themselves.

Rant...off.

For obvious reasons.

Next up is xkcd.com, which is a comic of stick figures written for geeky type people. Observe:

And the last one, is PvP. I really like Scott Kurtz's sense of humor and art style. I try to check in every day.

Funny this should come up now because I've been waiting to use this picture somewhere...

I was working on a crossword puzzle the other day when I realized that the answers I had filled out were symmetrical without even trying to make it like that. Struck me as kinda neat. And since I'm a strange kinda person, I decided to take a picture of the occasion.

Here's the key to my 2008 Nissan Rogue. It's an intellikey, so I don't need to actually physically touch it in order to use it. There's a button on the door that unlocks the car if the key is within 3 feet of it when it's pushed. It also won't start unless there's a key inside the vehicle but once there is one, it starts by just turning a knob thingy.

Also a major plus is the fact that it detects when the key is in the car with the doors locked and the engine off without any people in there and it immediately unlocks the doors and throws a beeping hissy fit. It's physically impossible to lock my keys in my car now.

I love this thing. It sounds so small, but it's one of the things that makes me really love my Rogue.