dedicated readers will know that my brother andrew, over at crossing out of the blue, is an avid bike racer. this week he’s down in virginia for the tour of virginia, a 7 stage race of almost 500 miles. there are about 175 professional and elite amateurs participating in the tour. andrew finished 9th in this morning’s time trial and didn’t drop any time off the leader in the afternoon’s criterion in lynchburg, va. here’s to a successful rest of the race for andrew, and a great season. you can follow up on andrew in this race and throughout the season on his team web site, Kenda/Raleigh Cycling Team.

i hate to copy a post straight off of deadspin, but for those readers out there (see: google and comment spam bots) who don’t keep up with deadspin, or those who just enjoy beer, ping pong, or any combination thereof… check this out. this has to be the greatest single collection of amazing beer pong related feats ever assembled. kudos to the inventiveness, god-given talent, practice, and, let’s face it, incredible perseverance, that went into this video. ’cause there’s no way some of these shots were hit within the first 50 times. enjoy…