now THIS is a break

What do you get when you take exhilarating images of the beautiful playground we call planet Earth, add an adrenaline-laced soundtrack, and mix it all up with expert film editing? You get the Hump Day Hiatus. This is posted with the wish that it will jump-start the second half of your week, and inspire you to get out there and …

5-Hour Energy (minus about 4 hours and 55 minutes)

Hey, who wants to get sued, right? But in the interests of continuing to celebrate summer and encouraging every person we can possibly reach to be more physically active, we offer this week’s Hump Day Hiatus. There’s plenty of stuff you’re about to see that you shouldn’t try at home – surfing and mountain climbing, for instance – and other …

Ah, perfection.

Merely attempting something noteworthy is, well, noteworthy. But when perfection is achieved, that is a shining moment indeed, for the attemptee, yes, but in a larger sense for all of humanity. We all owe a debt of gratitude to the people shown below for elevating the scope of human endeavor in such exceptional ways.

Just the way we drew it up.

Every time a Friday rolls around that isn’t a Medical Examiner Friday (in other words, twice a month), we attempt to remember that non-Examiner Fridays are reserved for “That’s exactly how I meant to do it” video clips. Like this one:

Have a hiatus on us!

On this Hump Day #26 of the year – that’s right, this week is the mid-point of 2014 – you deserve a twin break. You’ve not only made it halfway through the week, you have navigated exactly one half of the aforementioned year of our Lord 2014. As a special reward, we are herewith supplying you not one but TWO …

Hump Day? Hiatus??

I know, I know: it doesn’t feel like a Wednesday, but it is. And it’s the perfect Wednesday to explore exciting things to do with shiny new bicycles, thousands of which were no doubt unwrapped just yesterday. At least, that’s what we’d like to believe. And that kids are fed up with video games and tablets and everything electronic and …