You know I am a fan of Florida. My love was first realized through Loveline:
And then it became a thing, like when you travel with a friend who has a peanut allergy and suddenly you notice peanuts EVERYWHERE. Similarly, I started noticing that all the weird stories seemed to come from Florida. Well, there is now a solution for Floridaphiles like me. Florida Man Twitter account is a collection of all the best Florida stories, updated every day.
No problem, PepsiCo is releasing a fruit-flavored Mountain Dew beverage called Kickstart. The drink combines Mountain Dew with fruit juice to make you an even more delightful person, you Mountain Dew-chugging SOB.
In his rookie season, Williams played against Jordan, who was then with the Washington Wizards. Jordan went at Williams on several consecutive possessions. Each time, Jordan told Williams how he would score — first over the left shoulder, then fake over the left shoulder and shoot over the right, and so forth — and each time, Jordan scored exactly as he said he would.
Russell Brand is a very intense, very articulate British comedian who is known for his crazy antics. You probably know him from Forgetting Sarah Marshall. Here he is on Jimmy Fallon, where he is trying to impress his crush, Katharine McPhee. And he doesn't know that she is married.
Modern English has given us two terms we need to explain this phenomenon: "geeking out" and "vegging out." To geek out on something means to immerse yourself in its details to an extent that is distinctly abnormal - and to have a good time doing it. To veg out, by contrast, means to enter a passive state and allow sounds and images to wash over you without troubling yourself too much about what it all means.
