Afternoon Blogdome: If You Take My Advice, You'll Become One Of The Great Balloon-Folding Acts Of All Time

•Time To Play The "Outrun NBC" Game. "I understand copyright law is going to disagree with me here, but there's really no good reason we should have to wait another nine hours for NBC to let us see it. I'm gonna get sued now, aren't I? Dammit." [ With Leather] •Still Can't Get Enough Irabu. "Perhaps ‘Deki’s actions were a bit excessive but who here among us hasn’t consumed 20 beers, had their credit card rejected and subsequently pushed a bartender against a wall, pulled his hair and smashed a few liquor bottles?" [ Tirico Suave] •More Phelps Fun "Have a friend who was deeply involved at the athletic department at Michigan (where Phelps attends college)— did training for the football team for four years, etc — and during Olympic qualifying when the Phelps buzz started to build was emphatic in explaining that he hated Phelps. He's a pretty laid-back guy, so I asked why. He merely said: "Giant, drunk-driving, toolbag douche. Huge douche." [ Cajun Boy In The City] •Henry Abbott Tells You The Truth. "I've come to believe that creative life in the first-world comes down to those who try just a little bit harder. Then, there's the other 98%. They're still eating the free continental breakfast over at FriendFeed. A good blog is written by a blogger who thinks longer, works harder, and obsesses more. Ultimately, a good blogger tries. That's why "good" is getting rare." [ True Hoop] (UPDATE: I have been informed that, had I read that more closely, I would have seen that's not Henry writing that. I'm so dumb. Sorry.) Daulerio's under the weather right now, so he asked me to fill in on this. I type very fast. •