This time on Monday, we’re going to be so bereft, because the Olympics will be over. Where will we get our fill of athletic abs and heart-warming victory over adversity, I ask you. Comfort youself with the following:
– Are Brad and Angie going to steal focus from the Olympics by getting married this weekend? Is it weird that I forgot they even got officially engaged? (Lainey)
– When the gift of a book turns into the gift of a book that’s worth, like, a LOT of money. (The Hairpin)
– Examining The Curse of Fergie. The Duchess. Not the Pea. (Daily Beast)
– Here’s a Google Maps tour of famous authors’ homes. Groovy. (Flavorwire)
– Look at all these cool space-focused covers of Time. (Time)
– Wait. HAVE Jen and Justin Theroux broken up? Because I CAN NOT go through another Poor Jen Aniston cycle. Won’t someone think OF ME? (Celebitchy)
– You DEFINITELY want to read this interview with a Sweet Valley High ghostwriter. (The Hairpin)
– I love that the Mars Landing also spawned a Twitter celeb in the form of so-called Mohawk Guy. All I know is, I had a bunch of those scientists paired up in my brain and destined for true love. (Refinery29)
– Why do Olympic Swimmers drink pool water? (New York Times)
– Also from the NYT: this AWESOME infographic about Usain Bolt. (New York Times)
– Jezebel investigates MY one true love: How Diet Coke Became the World’s Liquid Crack of Choice. (Jezebel)
– Fashionista kindly takes a look at gymnastics style from 1976 to now. I can’t wait until all the sparkly pink goes out of fashion. (Fashionista)
Comments (18):
Can’t believe you missed the rumors about Mulder and Scully together for realz!
I heard that’s been totally debunked. Sadly.
And here’s the companion piece to “Why do swimmers drink the pool?”: “Do Olympians pee in the pool?”
Oops. Link didn’t work:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/01/do-olympic-swimmers-pee-in-the-pool_n_1729019.html?utm_hp_ref=daily-brief?utm_source=DailyBrief&utm_campaign=080212&utm_medium=email&utm_content=NewsEntry&utm_term=Daily
I wonder if Jennifer Aniston is one of those women who doesn’t understand the difference between flattery and a true compliment. This guy seems to have “flattery only” written all over him. She falls easily, then doesn’t understand why it doesn’t grow and isn’t mutual.
Brange have been together for so long that a wedding seems anticlimatic to me. If they’d been together for, like, six months and had a total whirlwind relationship, then I can see getting worked up. But this? Wake me up when it’s Monday.
I thought for sure you ladies would have included this today: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYQ0yxwYqG4&feature=related
The US girls have totally rocked the red, white, blue, and red/white/blue leos. But I flinched when I saw the pink ones (someone somewhere is calling it “magenta”). And this from a girly girl who likes pink. Whoever packs their equipment needs to “lose” those.
“The Duchess. Not the Pea.” — one of my favorite recurring phrases on this site! So hilarious.
You totally called it in slide 12 of this post http://gofugyourself.com/olympically-well-played-royals-08-2012 … the hugging shot of Kate & Wills is indeed in this week’s People!
This is totally off-topic but I wanted to comment on Sigourney Weaver’s wardrobe for “Political Animals” where she plays the secretary of state. She wears strange business suits that are very high-waisted, and then the front of the skirts will extend from the waist band upward. It looks like a breastplate that stops just short of the rib cage. I know SW is tall, and she carries the look off, but that high waist just looks uncomfortable. Also, I don’t know what happens to all that fabric when she sits down. It seems like it would bunch up and be bulky. Of course, I’m long-waisted and anything that falls above my natural waist just feels wrong. Certainly SW wears it much better than I could. I would enclose a link, but I am technologically inept and would probably screw it up.
Re: Mohawk Guy. The Mars rover event has an another hilarious Twitter spawn: @SarcasticRover. I know the Fug Girls will enjoy … I have.
Mohwak Guy : wonderful. Love it when things like this happen.
Diet Coke : carcinogenic. But a big corporation is not going to be challenged on that, is it?
Aw, you linked to Lyette’s Hairpin post. Such a great story!
I’d like to be the first to mention with just how much anticipation I’m waiting for Hot Harry: Closing Ceremony Edition tomorrow morning. SWOON!!
have you seen Miley Cyrus’ new shaved haircut!? Please do a fug/fab the hair post!!
I’m reading Aniston engagement rumours! http://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/celebrity/jennifer-aniston-to-marry-justin-theroux-20120813-243sf.html
well the Jen/Justin story was sure ill-timed; theyre engaged!