Today marks the highlight of the offseason for tackle football fans like myself, as the NFL draft kicks off tonight with a first round in prime time. The occasion is somewhat dampened by the current labor dispute, however a recent ruling upholding the injunction to lift the league's lockout seems to be a step towards resolving this, though it's difficult to clearly understand the legal machinations involved. I'm an optimist, so I remain hopeful the season will start as planned, and of course that the Giants will pick up a handful of future hall-of-famers in the draft. We shall see.

Drafted Links:	Thanks Ant and Mike Martinez and Acleacius.
Play:	Brave Kings. Thanks Daniel. Inflate Us.
Links:	The 13 Craziest Deaths Caused by Social Media. 6 Characters Who Got Super-Powerful for No Reason.
Stories:	Calif. gangster's tattoo of crime scene helps solve murder. Thanks Neutonbeam. Butlins bans bumping on the bumper cars. Thanks Neatorama. Are China’s high-speed trains heading off the rails? Thanks Slashdot.
Images:	Growing Up In Arcades: 1979-1989. Thanks Neatorama.
Media:	Mario Meets Portal 2. Half Life Snacks. Cookie the Little Penguin at the Cincinnati Zoo.
The Funnies:	Penny Arcade! - It Only Doesn't. Thanks j.c.f. Narcissist Comics Cartoon - Savage Chickens. Dilbert.