• OUT IN CENTER FIELD notices Josh Beckett trying to avoid blisters in the crotch area.

• The degradation that some groups are willing to go to so they can climb Michael Jordan’s “cigar” and ride it to brief recognition in a news cycle sinks just a bit lower.

• So a guy in a muumuu stands on a street corner, whipping plastic penises at passersby. Of course Australian rugby is involved.  (There’s video, too.  Thanks, FANHOUSE!)

• Stephen Colbert hangin’ with the ‘Cocks and we can watch, thanks to DON CHAVEZ. (We suspect these photos are from last fall’s incredibly brief Presidential campaign schtick, but we love ‘em anyway.)

• Your tailgate is ready, isn’t it? If not, LADIES… will help. (This one has nothing to do with penises. Sorry.)

• And this bit of insight (listen to Episode 5) on regular writing struck us as terribly applicable to our current blogscape, especially after some of the crossover attempts as political punditry we saw this week.  Please to be enjoying.