The Weird World of Golf Wear
Tiger Woods has his shirts laid out for him — a year in advance.Nike had its first meetings about Woods’s 2009 British Open wardrobe 17 months ago.
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Wapakoneta Celebrates With World’s Largest Moon Pie
One giant snack for mankind.The Chattanooga Bakery in Tennessee will haul the world’s largest Moon Pie up I-75 to go on display at the Chamber of Commerce. The Moon Pie will be taken out Sunday to the museum, where it will be devoured by Wapakoneta — all 55 pounds and 45,000 calories of it.
T Minus 4 Days and Counting
Once a hot-rodder, always a hot-rodder. Buzz Aldrin in Florida in 1969… …and Buzz Aldrin in Los Angeles in 2009. (That’s his wife, Lois.)Photos courtesy of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
Eternal Moonwalk
Even if you’ve had enough of the Michael Jackson story, we recommend the totally awesome tribute Eternal Moonwalk. Really.
T Minus 5 Days and Counting: The Ghosts of Apollo 1
The crew of Apollo 11 poses in the command module “Columbia” during an egress test on 10 June 1969. From left: Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins, Buzz Aldrin.From a distance of 40 years it’s pretty easy to see the Apollo 11 astronauts as loosey-goosey test pilots and thrillseekers. PR photos like this one help.
Pantheon of Unflattering Photos: Joe Jackson
Joe Jackson, father of Michael Jackson, at a memorial service today in Gary, Indiana.(Photo credit: WENN)
John Calvin Was Not Named John Calvin
Happy 500th birthday to you, John Calvin.Except that your real name is Jean Cauvin.
Least Surprising Story of the Day
Michael Jackson had multiple plastic surgeries, says doctor.
T Minus 7 Days and Counting
Aldrin was inspired by geology, because it “opened my eyes to the immensity of time.” Collins was not: “I hate geology — maybe that’s why they won’t let me get out on the Moon.”
Brosnan, Bewhiskered
We missed the French Connection phase of Pierce Brosnan’s facial life, but it’s so jolly we’re posting the photo now anyway.