I’m competing this week in Hugging Harold Reynold’s IRON REF. When I agreed to do this, HHR told me I could hand select my opponents. So when I sent in that photo of me admiring fine arts in Paris with my bio, I indicated I’d like to face-off against the creator of Soveryposh.com and my buddy J Dot Domingo, who once had a blog about his fake ex-girlfriend. Since The Chief doesn’t appear to be interested in me rigging the contest, why not go for broke I thought?

Go vote for my post about Michael Phelps, Lil’ Wayne, and divine intervention – sounds like a campaign you could stand behind, right?

Even if you morally object to what I have to say, there’s more Weezy over there where this came from to…

NYHoosier hipped me to One Day As A Lion the other day, which is a collaboration between Jon Theodore (The Mars Volta) and Zach De La Rocha (Some Band). It’s definitely got balls, check it out here.

Making The Wire Panel, Go Listen (via Pop Candy)
Lil Wayne Is The Music Of Champions, Ask Michael Phelps (via The Big Lead)
The John Daly PR Machine Is Coming to a Hooters Restaurant Near You (AOL Fanhouse)
Mayorga back in the trash talk business (via With Leather)
Watching The UFC Does Not Make You Tough (Barstool Sports)

If you’re a Pandora aficionado, create a Lil’ Wayne playlist – you won’t be disappointed. The story about him in Blender more or less predicts his imminent spontaneous combustion.

Congratulations to Jamie Mottram on the birth of his first kid (Mister Irrelevent)
Wake up with Misty May (Barstool Sports)
Lebron James, 2008 Olympic Diving Alternate, Video (NESW Sports)
The Ultimate NES Collection for sale (Average Dudes)
China’s badminton bad boy has girls swooning (via Deadspin)

…I would have bet the house that there was at least a double ff, cc, or nn in aficionado.