August 15, 2014

Link-O-Rama

• From the same doofuses who brought you Twins Daily comes a new Minnesota sports website on which you can kill countless hours while at work: Vikings Journal.

• Shocked and appalled that Gleeman-Bonnes didn't make the New York Times' extensive "Twitter power couples" list.

• Twins fans know all too well that there's no such thing as "just a concussion," but based on how ugly his outfield collision looked Wednesday things could've been much worse for Byron Buxton.

• I like to imagine Idris Elba staying awake all night agonizing over whether to correct this story.

Adam Dunn vs. Dee Gordon vs. Koji Uehara vs. Bartolo Colon in the silliest league ever.

Kate Upton is the new Elaine Benes, apparently.

• On this week's "Gleeman and The Geek" episode we broke down Kevin Correia's departure and Trevor May's arrival, plus how to properly buy a car and why everyone should own a penthouse.

• Actually, forget the silly penthouse apartment. I want to buy this insane house in St. Cloud:

There was a shorter, more polished version of that video, but it's been taken off YouTube and, honestly, the world should see the full 12 minutes of pure magic.

Hard-hitting journalism: "We asked Gassen the question Lindsay Guentzel was afraid to know the answer to."

Joe Nathan got booed at home in Detroit by Tigers fans and made a chin-flick gesture at them, so he apologized.

• Did the Twins accomplish anything by purging a bunch of veterans from the roster around the trade deadline?

Yoenis Cespedes: Badass.

• I move from Hopkins to Uptown and now Hopkins is a "hipster haven"? Puh-leeze.

• My uncle and cousin were again the subjects of a lengthy article in the Minnetonka Sun Sailor, which may have simply decided to cover stuff that's sure to be linked here at this point.

• I don't really have any interest in seeing the new "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" movie, but I did enjoy this pug-starring remake:

Great special effects.

• Next month Target Field is hosting a "Light the Night Walk" charity event to raise money for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. If you're interested in making a donation, consider sponsoring my friends on Team Minnie Mouse.

Phil Hanley was a good guest on what remains my favorite podcast, "Stop Podcasting Yourself" with Graham Clark and Dave Shumka.

Adam Carolla and Dr. Drew are both basically the worst now, but lately I've been going to sleep listening to old "Loveline" episodes and it makes me happy.

• One of my favorite stand-up comedians, Jen Kirkman, is coming to Acme Comedy Company in Minneapolis next month and everyone should get tickets.

• Some of this week's weird and random search engine queries that brought people here:

- "Todd Milone trade"
- "Tom Milone trade"
- "Jon Taffer hair transplant"
- "Terrible comedy podcasts"
- "Guide to podcasts"
- "Matthew LeCroy salary"
- "Lean Cuisine success"
- "Lew Ford married?"

• Finally, this week's AG.com-approved music video is "Collide" by Howie Day:


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