Top Gear Car Chase

Do people secretly want to be involved in a car chase, or is that just me? I mean, am I the only one that constantly scouts out places as I drive as potential places to lose a cadre of police vehicles chasing me, should the situation arise? (quick tip: look for driveways and parking lots that connect parallel streets).

Regardless - the boys from Top Gear have taken my fantasy and made it a reality...

Links of Interest 10/7

A real life Fantasy Island?

Everyone likes the winners on Dancing With the Stars, but who were the worst contestants?

At least one level of our educational system is having fun with their mascots (take a hint, Lehigh!)

Worst CGI? I’d suggest it’s the best CGI. I know I will now never fall asleep while driving, lest my van spins out of control and rolls over 900 times at an inhumane speed.

Two glaring things wrong with this list. Sega ’94 hockey was not better than ’93, because they took the fighting out, which means the Devils’ Troy Crowder has no reason to be in the game. And there’s no love for Sega NBA Showdown ’94 – the greatest NBA video game of all time.

Boy, geek movies sure leave a lot of unanswered questions.

20 greatest Monty Python sketches.

Interview with the Mythbuster guys.

The case of the Top Gear crew and the Alabama Rednecks (via mentalfloss).

Blowing up landmarks for the sake of entertainment.