Trojan Horse t-shirts: For the tech fan in your life

I want to give these people a standing ovation. From Reuters:

BERLIN - Festival goers at a nationalist, right-wing concert in Germany were taken by surprise when souvenir t-shirts they were given had a secret anti-far right message that emerged only after being washed.

The slogan on the shirts first read "hardcore rebels" along with a skull and nationalist flags. But once washed the slogan turned into a message from a group offering help to right-wing extremists break away from the neo-Nazi scene.

So you give someone a shirt, and at first it tells them they're awesome. But when they wash it, it lets them know just how stupid their moron beliefs are.

This is easily the greatest t-shirt related technology since hypercolor.

'82 media guide: Herschel for Heisman

I've had this 1982 media guide for some time now. And hadn't noticed the Heisman Trophy reflection in Herschel's helmet.

Why the rapture didn't happen

Macho Man: Everything happens for a reason.
























No idea who's responsible for this, but I found it here. I'd love to know who to credit, and who to talk to about a line of beach blankets, curtains, bedspreads and other appropriate products.

Hines Ward - Just bought 4

The Hines Ward figurine: mentioned here, available for purchase here.

Yes. True. Perfect. 1,000 times, I agree

Absolutely brilliant.

"It's called buying a Tiger, and you know it ain't right."

BACK TO THIS

This is what we are working toward. And The University of Georgia has fallen off.

I say return to awesome. You don't start that against Tennessee and finish by Tuesday, but you damn sure have to start. And I don't care what anyone says from the outside, because I don't care about anything but wins.

To the University of Georgia cheerleader pictured, I apologize for not asking your permission. And to the photographer too, I suppose.

But, ma'am, you're an Internet legend.

Our women have always been the best of us. Especially when we don't tackle.





Look, I realize the team wasn't that good when this photo was taken. It's a metaphor, alright? Either work with me, or start tackling. Greg McGarity seems to know the kind of stuff I'm talking about.

Izzy Alcántara kicks the catcher

ESPN had a segment on the top 10 baseball brawls last night. This one clocked in at four, but you've got to admire its novelty.

Specific Impulse Magnetoplasma Rocket for Defense

Sent in by chief analyst Joe Petersen, from breitbart.com:

A journey from Earth to Mars could soon take just 39 days, cutting current travel time nearly six times, a rocket scientist who has the ear of the US space agency NASA has said.

Former astronaut Franklin Chang-Diaz, a physicist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, says reaching the Red Planet could be dramatically quicker using his high-tech VASIMR rocket -- now on track for lift-off after decades of development.

The Variable Specific Impulse Magnetoplasma Rocket -- to give its full name -- is quick becoming a centerpiece of NASA's future strategy as it looks to private firms to help meet the astronomical costs of space exploration.

Dawgs whip Jackets, 73-66

Well done, well done.


Scoreboard picture: Brian Huff.

Near the end of the radio broadcast, Scott Howard said the Hoop Dawgs haven't lost to Georgia tech in Athens since 1976. Considering the last decade or so of Georgia basketball, that's pretty staggering.

And awesome.

11:55 Update: Highlights from this game were just the No. 10, 5 and 2 top plays on ESPN. To be fair, though, only numbers five and two highlighted Travis Leslie.

"Rough night to be a Georgia tech fan, I'll just say that."
- Scott Van Pelt

Also, Georgia tech lost the Orange Bowl.

Commission study on Matt Stafford robot dawg

Just saw the uga robot prototype downtown. He went to toppers.
- Brian Huff

We also point you to video below, because somehow NFL Films knew to mic Matthew Stafford for the Detroit / Cleveland game.

Apparently Matt Stafford just isn't scared of the fucking NFL.

"Yeah. Get the fuck off me."

Update: Some have wondered if the f word is now acceptable here at Lucid Idiocy. The answer is yes, if you rock the NFL.

"If at all possible"

I am both baffled and amazed by this.

Georgia Theatre memories: Chuck Leavell

Word on the street is that Sea Level played the first concert in The Georgia Theatre when it transitioned from an empty movie house to a music venue in January 1978.

A splinter group of sorts from The Allman Brothers Band, Sea Level was developed by Chuck Leavell, whom you may know as a long-time member of The Rolling Stones.

But, in Middle Georgia, we think of Mr. Leavell as Twiggs County's most famous Rock Star forester. He's also kind enough to return phone calls quickly.

I called Randall (Bramblett) just to jog my memory a little bit, and we do remember that we did open (The Georgia Theatre) up. Now, Davis Causey says it might have been in '76, and not '78, but I guess if The Banner (Herald) researched it they're probably right. But I can tell you that what I do remember of it is that we had just expanded our band... and it was one of the first shows that we did with a larger band. ...

But that's certainly not my only experience with The Theatre. One of the most memorable times I had was with Col. Bruce Hampton and The Aquarium Rescue Unit. I got a call from Johnny Sandlin, and I wish I could tell you the year... but Johnny said, "Look, Bruce is playing The Georgia Theatre and we're gonna do a live C.D. How would you feel about being a guest?"

At the time I knew very little about them except that they were very, very hip, and I had known Bruce for a long time. ... And I went in and it was the kind of band where they really didn't want to rehearse. They just kind of liked things to happen spontaneously. So there was hardly any rehearsal. I think there was really just basically a discussion of what key something might be in. And, then, it was sort of like just turn it loose and see what happens. And what happened was it was a great, great show.

I think it's an iconic music venue for the state of Georgia and the southeast in general. It has a wonderful history. A very rich history of music and lots of interplay between fans and musicians. There's been a lot of wonderful jam sessions that have occurred there. ... I certainly hope that every effort will be made to rebuild it. I think it's a tragic loss. I'm sure that if, at some point in time it were needed, there would be a lot of musicians that would be willing to come together and do something to help it be rebuilt. ...

Is it more than a stage? Well it provides so many great memories for us as musicians. There's certain places that, maybe there's a little magic that goes on. And I would say that's one of those places. I think it would be a very sad thing to think it would no longer be there.

Mr. Leavell's interests these days trend more toward forest preservation and Mother Nature Network. As for The Stones, he noted that August "will mark two years of no Stones activity, so that's a pretty long period to be off and I would think it wouldn't be too much longer before the band would want to be doing something, whether it's a new record or a tour.

"So, hopefully, there won't be much longer to wait for The Stone's fans," he said.

Mr. Leavell said he'll be doing some solo shows soon, and that he's working on a book called Smart, Strong and Sustainable, "which will deal with growth issues in our country."

A-Team episodes available on Hulu

In what may well be the greatest advancement on the Internet since someone said, "Hey, I bet we could put porn on this thing," episodes of "The A-Team" are now available from Hulu.

And I mean a lot of them. Maybe all of them. Starting with Season 1, Episode 1, when some guy I never heard of was playing Face and the first jeep flipped doing 50 miles an hour but nobody was hurt.


I love it when the Internet comes together.

The 2007 Blackout: One for the archives

"They're 15 sections from where the rowdy folks are."
- Joe Petersen

The Auburn 2007 Blackout: At one point Sanford Stadium appears to destroy someone's camera on the 50 yard line.


Did you see that?

But we still don't talk about 2008.

Fat Tire Ale available in Georgia starting today

Attention all hippies and beer aficionados, the Holy Grail of beers has come to Georgia.

From New Belgium Brewing:

Fort Collins, CO – April XX , 2009 – New Belgium Brewing, the third-largest craft brewer in the U.S., today announced that 22-ounce bombers of Fat Tire, 1554 and Mothership Wit will be available throughout Georgia beginning May 11. The roll-out will begin with bomber bottles for approximately 60 days, to be followed by draft.

According to company spokesman Bryan Simpson, the beer will be available at Publix, Kroger, Food Lion and Ingles grocery stores, as well as bars across the state.

The first deliveries are expected today.



UPDATE: A spokeswoman for Kroger says they received shipments today. A spokesman for Publix says to expect shipments there tomorrow.

Pure vertical they call it, in a blink.

There's this guy named Joe Kovac at The Macon Telegraph. And The United States Air Force is Bad Ass.



The Air Show is at Robins Air Force Base this weekend.

Bob Dylan's gramma is at the draft

Yes, as I said before it's really groovy. I'd like to bore you for about six or seven minutes, do a little thing. Yeah. Yeah, excuse me for a minute, just let me play my guitar, right?



"But now the different thing by Bob Dylan. That's his Gramma over there. It's a little thing called Like a Rolling Stone."

Dude, the Falcons traded for Tony Gonzalez

Per The AJC. Gave up a second round pick for the 10-time Pro Bowler. That could be sweet.

I predict Stafford and Moreno will rock the draft. And that Thomas Dimitroff has another awesome draft and makes sure people know how to spell his name.

Bradley: Since the 2008 draft was completed, 2009 had been earmarked for defense.

And David Hale is in New Jersey with Knowshon, then he's heading to New York for the draft.

Alumni flag football game Saturday: Here are the players

The University has set up a flag football game for former Bulldog players, starting at 11:15 a.m. Saturday before the spring game.

The communications staff at Butts-Mehre was kind enough to email a list of the players.

The teams are named "Mack" and "Jack" after coaches Mack Guest and Jack Davis (not the artist), according to Mike Mobley in the communications department. Both are letter winners who live in Athens, Mobley said.

Awesome.

Sanford Stadium opens at 10:30 a.m. Bring canned goods.

TEAM LAST FIRST POS YEARS JER #

JACK Arnold Amp WR 1977-80 82
JACK Bailey Derrick DL 1991 98
JACK Bailey Kenneth RB 2000-2003 15
JACK Bailey Ron
JACK Beall Jeremiah DB/ WR 1997 49
JACK Beasley Rusty DB 1985-88 20
JACK Callaway Tim DG, DT, DE 1967-68-69 69
JACK Camp Drew WR/DB 1998 95
JACK Clemens Foots LB 1952-54 45
JACK Cushenberry Tony OL/ LB 1954-56 61
JACK Davis Jack OL 1965-66 53
JACK Gilbert Freddie
JACK Goodman Adrian LB 1995-98 37
JACK Horton Dwight DE 1957 84
JACK Huggins Ronnie LB 1967-69 43
JACK Jackson Al CB 1989-92 2
JACK Jones Burt WR, FS 1999-2002 29
JACK Junior Charles WR/TE 1980-82 80
JACK Krauth Charles WR, DB 2006 48
JACK Lady Chris OL 2004 65
JACK Lokey Tom TRAINER 1967-68 13
JACK Lyles Justin DL 2007 71
JACK McCormick Matt LB 1988-89 49
JACK McCullough Jim HEART SURGERY 1967-69 36
JACK McGill Curt OL/TE 1998-2001 54
JACK McKnight David LB 1972-74 96
JACK Milam Ed Safety
JACK Miller Brandon DL 1995-99 51
JACK Montgomery Bill RB, WR, QB 1991-94 13
JACK Mosteller Pud OL 1953-56 70
JACK Mull Curt OL 1987-89 50
JACK Roberson Terry DL 1987 73
JACK Sam David MANAGER 1977-79 39
JACK Saye Bill OL 1953-55 59
JACK Schnetzer Ryan 2003-05 52
JACK Sills Bruce 1997-98 56
JACK Smith Vernon OL 1972-74 59
JACK Tanner Russ 2002-05
JACK Towns Kirby WR 2000-02 38
JACK Veal Ken DE, TE 2000-03 96
JACK Watt Josh TE 1975 85
JACK Wilson Christopher WR/DB 1989-92 88
MACK Adams Scott OL 1985-88 75
MACK Anderson Shelly WR 1987-88 61
MACK Brown Larry DL 1984-87 72
MACK Brown Michael DB 1985-87 49
MACK Burroughs Mack OL 1984-87 69
MACK Christianson David WR 1972, 74 81
MACK Cole Virgil DL 1988-89 98
MACK Colley Will 1987-89
MACK Comfort Joe QB, DB 1955-57 18
MACK Conn Dick WR/QB/DB 1971-73 22
MACK Curry Kentrell DB 2000-03 4
MACK Dooley Daniel
MACK Frix Mitch WR 1981-82 54
MACK Goodwin Robert DE, TE 1977-79 99
MACK Guest Jud MANAGER 1980-81-82-83
MACK Guest Mack OL 1976-78 75
MACK Harris Keith LB 1971-74 45
MACK Harris Derrick QB 1988 2
MACK Helms Ken OL 1974-76 53
MACK Hester Joey QB/P 1986-89 1
MACK Hickey Jim TE, DE 1986-87 90
MACK Honeycutt Robert FB 1970-72 44
MACK Hooten Jake OL/DL/TE 2004 63
MACK Johnson Andy
MACK Jones Spike
MACK Koehler Bill OL/DL 2004 68
MACK Leusenring Dan OL 1980 53
MACK McCullough Bill K 1962-63 85
MACK O'Leary Bill 1984-85 33
MACK Osbolt Terry DL 1966-68 94
MACK Pascale D.J. OL 1977 79
MACK Reider Ric QB, DL 1973-74 58
MACK Ridlehuber Preston QB 1963-65 12
MACK Rivas Sean DB/ WR 2003 27
MACK Smaha Jiggy LB 1967 50
MACK Smith John WR 1972 8
MACK Snellings Paul 1994-98 96
MACK Stephens Kim 1984-87
MACK Story Al QB, WR, DB 1991 17
MACK Tanner Jody MANAGER 1980, 81,82,83
MACK Tarrer Harold LB 1965-69 55
MACK Vollrath Tyger WR 1992 83
MACK Waters Gregory DE 1983-84-85 59
MACK Weeks David OL 1992-95 55
MACK Wilson Buck DE, DB 1957 16
Poss Bobby ANNOUNCER 1969-71

Due to blog policy on defensive linemen, Lucid Idiocy is most excited about seeing Freddie Gilbert in action.

Awesome: Spiderman saves autistic child

This may be the greatest spot news story of all time. From the French Press:

A Thai fireman turned superhero when he dressed up as comic-book character Spider-Man to coax a frightened eight-year-old from a balcony. ...

"I told him Spider-Man is here to rescue you, no monsters are going to attack you and I told him to walk slowly towards me as running could be dangerous," Mr Somchai told local television.