If you're feeling bored on a sunny afternoon and don't have enough people for kickball, croquet can be a viable alternative. Lace a sweater around your shoulders, grab your mallets and start knocking around some balls.

Frustrated by increasing global debt and a fundamental misunderstanding of Robin Hood, Glenn Beck sets out to explain why Robin Hood is great and not a metaphor for socialists pillaging good Americans.

Not sure how or why a human being is allowed to own an animal this adorable.

The diversity-embracing New York Post posted a story this morning about the arrest of a suspect in connection with a Central Park sex attack last week. Already, the Post's peerless commenters have unearthed three separate deplorable angles.

[A severely skinny Hayden Christensen (what's going on there?) arrives at last night's CFDA awards in New York; image via Splash]

She's trying to bed directors to score parts, but no one is biting. This actress confessed to sleeping with a female pop star, and this reality star has her mom pimping her out. Some professions are older than others.

Jersey Shore falls for the Hilton sisters, and horror ensues. Coolio's new tattoo has a typo. Naomi Campbell cancelled an appearance because they tried to make her walk up stairs. Tuesday gossip is nightmarish in a good way.

New York lawmakers are considering a proposal to change the name of the state's Office of Mental Retardation and Developmental Disabilities to something without the word "Retardation" in it. Unintended consequence alert: Could New York lose its reputation for surliness?

Can you guess what movie this image comes from? Check back for the answer at 4pm today.

There's nothing like a good old roadtrip. And Pennsylvania is a roadtripping kind of state. Case in point: the new Fantastic Roadtrip-a-Matic. It's 20 prepackaged roadtrips, steeped in everything from hiking and biking to backroads and underground railroads to foodies and photogenic elk.

For every kid there finally comes a time to take off the training wheels. For this kid, it wasn't the right time.

Marvin Isley, bass player for The Isley Brothers, died last weekend at the age of 56 after suffering years of diabetes-related poor health. He once won millions of dollars from Michael Bolton in a plagiarism lawsuit, which is great. R.I.P.

This oil spill thing has people heated! And BP CEO Tony Hayward… what a dickhead. Oh, but remember Goldman Sachs? That filthy rich, monolithic investment banking monster that basically destroyed the global economy? Yeah. Who do you hate more?

Have you ever wanted to control your very own private army, and make a killing by killing people? Now you can, because the company formerly known as Blackwater USA, Xe, is up for sale, with a proshop included! [AP]

Nearly 400 medical marijuana dispensaries in LA were ordered shut yesterday. Bummer.

Going to San Francisco for vacation this summer? Make sure you check out this handy elevation map first. You can consult your guidebook for restaurants and bars, but this map shows you where to find all of the hookers! [FlowingData]

The President, speaking at Kalamazoo Central High's graduation yesterday, tried for a JFK "ask not" speech about civic duty and being a good American and all that. It was pretty good. But one kid could barely stay awake. Video!

Looks like coke queen and Real Housewife of New Jersey Danielle Staub could not prevent her sex tape from coming out for long. TMZ reports it is being released June 14th by Hustler. New Jersey ruins everything again.

Apartment 3E at 142 West 109th St. is like the opposite of haunted: Barack Obama lived here in 1981. Now it's on the market, and you can rent it for $1,900 a month. Let's take a look.

Joran van der Sloot was a prime suspect in Natalee Holloway's 2005 disappearance in Aruba. Now he's confessed to murdering 21 year-old Stephany Flores Ramirez in Peru. Probably a good sign he was also involved in the Holloway case. [CNN]