Bart King's Blog, page 248

This is why soccer players NEVER fake injuries

After all, you can be injured more severely getting carted off the field than you were in the first place!

A fun book review! (That is, the BOOK is about fun, not the review... oh, never mind!)

Writer Thomas Duffbert is one of Amazon's "Top 100 Reviewers" ... and he's just reviewed Bart's King-Sized Book of Fun. Here's a selection from it! [cue music]

Bart King is out with his latest book that appeals to kids (or the kid in all of us)... Bart's King-Sized Book of Fun. With his tongue-in-cheek style of writing, readers will either laugh at his joke, his ideas, or just his off-beat view of fun and games. If you have kids (or are really brave with other adults), there's a lot of material here to keep everyone entertained. 

While many of the ideas are meant to be used around kids, King puts in plenty of actual factoids and informative bits to appeal to adults along the way … 

I don't like golf.

But for miniature golf, I'll make an exception!

The Human-Hamster Spacesuit!

From a NOVA feature on historic spacesuit design!

(And no, the man is not flipping you off.)

A Page-Turner's job is not glamorous!

This is a huge Koran called the Koran of Kansuh al-Ghuri. Each page is the size of a plasma screen TV. (From the University of Manchester's John Rylands Library.)

Portland, Oregon: Where reading is a competitive sport!

Shooting fireworks at a building was never more enjoyable.

Wait... they're shooting BACK?



This takes place on the Greek island of Chios. The tradition is explained in the video's subtitles... enjoy!

Fashion is fun!

I've always found turtlenecks funny. I have also amused myself over the years by mocking mock-turtlenecks. But I'm not sure what to do with NO-neck clothing!

As seen on  Robert Basler's Oddly Enough blog .

Did I ever tell you about the time someone stole my bike?

It was locked and everything!

From here; top bike from here.


So I went out and got another bicycle.



But now it's gone missing too!

Agnieszka Radwanska is a born comic

Polish tennis pro Agnieszka Radwanska was returning serve at the Australian Open when this happened...



Great reaction shot, Agnieszka!