Swimming superstar Michael Phelps has signed a book deal with an imprint of Simon & Schuster. The inside story behind his record eight gold medals is expected to hit bookstores in time for the holiday season.
The working title is "Built to Succeed." We hate to carp, but yawnnnnn.
At the 10 Spot, though, we do more than merely criticize. Here are some suggested titles for a Phelps book with a little more pizzazz:
10. "The Young Man and the Heavily Chlorinated Water"
9. "My Mom Went to Beijing and All I Got Were These Eight Lousy Gold Medals"
8. "The Seven World Records of Highly Effective People"
7. "The Sun Also Rises, Even If You Can't See It in Beijing"
6. "Lord of the Fly, Free, Breast and Back"
5. "Moby Dick Was Fat and Slow"
4. "A Portrait of the Athlete as a Young Man"
3. "Can Someone Please Peel This Suit Off Me!"
2. "The Guinness Book of My Records"
1. "Harry Potter Would've Drowned"
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Team USA all over Argentina in men's hoops semi. 30-12 at end of first quarter. At one point, US had 18-0 run to go up 21-4.
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Some that just missed the cut:
The Breakfast of the Locust
Great Expectations II: Amanda Beard's No Estella
Man, Did You See That Aussie I Snogged?
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Talking to yourself there, Boss?
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from previous
Carmelo Anthony is not the star he thinks he is.....plays very little defense....I don't watch much of the pro game but his game does not impress
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Skoot, do you know when you might figure out where you'll end up, or does it completely depend on getting a job. Speaking of which, what field are you in?
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"It's Not About the Suit"
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Do Swimmers Dream of Electric Gold Medals?
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10-D.....I will never, ever work again at a job that includes wearing a necktie
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Tuna, let us know there is a new post up and you won't be all by yourself for so long.
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Argies have climbed back into it, down eight points at 37-29 (I believe)
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Aussies have cut the lead to eight....
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10-D.....I will never, ever work again at a job that includes wearing a necktie
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So that excludes working at a suit store.
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Sardonic, Yet Tersley Cogent: The Life and Times of Michael Phelps
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So it's not lost on the previous thread:
For the record, as I've explained before, I'm not a fan of what some might call "gay" jokes. Their underlying premise is that gay people deserve to be mocked, almost by definition. Thus even hinting that someone like A-Rod might be gay is by definition an insult, and thus theoretically "edgy" or somehow funny. Not my thing, sorry.
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speaking of books.....Pete...are you going to ask one of us to do the forward?
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11) The real reason the pool needed to be a meter deeper
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Festooned With Medals: The Michael Phelps Story
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Not the Dream of My Father
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My Goggles Broke But I Still Won
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"No Impediments"
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So it's not lost on the previous thread:
For the record, as I've explained before, I'm not a fan of what some might call "gay" jokes. Their underlying premise is that gay people deserve to be mocked, almost by definition. Thus even hinting that someone like A-Rod might be gay is by definition an insult, and thus theoretically "edgy" or somehow funny. Not my thing, sorry.
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I think Pete is trying to tell us something, but I can't quite figure it out...
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