Who Ever Is Celebrating This Is A Moron

Floyd Mayweather Jr. stripped of WBO welterweight title

Some discussion points:

• He didn't care to pay the $200,000 paying sanctioning fee (even though this is probably irrelevant)
• He would have to vacate the two junior middleweight titles he also holds. (2 beats 1 every time)
• It is against sanctioning organization rules for boxers to hold world titles in multiple weight classes. The WBC and WBA had been breaking their own rules by allowing Mayweather to hold their titles, but the WBO upheld its rules.

(ESPN.com) 

What bandwagon boxing fans & Pacman die hards & wanna be's should be upset over is that Timothy Bradley inherits the title now, without having to fight for it. I hate that a boxer can inherit a title sometimes without actually having to fight for it if the title is vacated by the previous champion.

Been There

(BroBible.com)

I'd Rock These

The Nike Flight Squad Gets a “Cork” Update

(NiceKicks.com)

Did You Know - Sushi Edition

14 Things You Didn't Know About Sushi

6. Uni isn't exactly what you think

• You probably know that uni is sea urchin, but you may not realize the delicacy is, specifically, that creature's genitals. And now that you know, perhaps you wish you could forget.

8. Japanese knives are sharpened differently

• Unlike the sharp objects that cut food in the West, most Japanese knives are sharpened only on one side. They cut on the pull stroke rather than the push stroke, allowing chefs to keep their elbows close to their side.

13. Plastic grass in takeout sushi had a historical purpose

• Actual leaves were once used instead of the now-ubiquitous plastic grass. The leaves were used for decoration and dividing food, but also offered antibacterial properties to help fish stay fresh longer.

Complete list (Thrillist.com)

The Other Nike 'Air' Program

Nike Has Their Own Air Force And Futuristic Air Base

Built in 2002, Nike’s corporate hangar is aptly named Air Hangar 1 (a reference to their iconic Air Force 1 shoe) and can sustain flight operations to any of the six continents where the company’s employees and subcontractors work. The facility is capable of sheltering three full-size business jets, while also offering amenities like a gourmet kitchen, a fitness center, a lounge and lavish meeting spaces.

At 40,000 square feet, Air Hangar 1 is an alcazar for aircraft and a palace for passengers. The facade is reminiscent of a Tetris game, with blocky, angular surfaces joining to create a strong, purposeful presence. Inside, Air Hangar 1 is quintessentially modern, with soaring glass and crisp interior treatments.

As fantastic as it is, Air Hangar 1 only constitutes part of Nike’s footprint at Hillsboro Airport. Roughly a decade after opening their first hangar, Nike’s fleet of aircraft outgrew their original fortress of flight. In 2014, a new structure rose adjacent to Air Hangar 1 for the private use of Nike’s billionaire co-founder, Phil Knight.

Officially named Ochoco Private Hangar and occupying nearly 30,000 square feet, Knight’s personal hangar is large enough to house two massive private jets. Ochoco is also the name of a National Forest in Central Oregon. Maybe money is growing on those trees?

(Jalopnik.com)

Another Way Our Gov't Is Wasting Time & Money

Backing into your driveway may soon be illegal in one US city

Proposed Ordinance Is Latest Squabble Over Parking

The latest example of overzealousness in the parking-enforcement realm comes from Jacksonville, Florida, where city council members are mulling an ordinance that would make it illegal for residents to back into their driveways and park facing the street, unless their license-plate information was visible.

The proposal is intended to help city inspectors enforce rules that prohibit residents from storing cars that don't work on their property, reports The Florida Times-Union. Right now, the city's efforts to prevent such blight have hit a snag – with cars parked backward, they can't read the license plates and issue the citation.

So the current proposal would mandate that car owners either park their cars with their rears showing toward the street or, for cars backed into a driveway, the license-plate information must be displayed in two-inch-tall letters that can be seen from the street.

(AutoBlog.com)