Beware The Ides of August, indeed. An Alabama news station did an entire feature segment on someone's broom that refuses to let gravity defeat it. Is it magic? Ooh! Actually, no, it's August, and I should be having a drink.

Well, it wasn't really a sex tape, per se, but it was sexy. People seemed to be interested in it! Let's look back at the stories everyone was talking about during the week that Kari Ann Peniche's career began and ended.

It's August 20th: our RSS feeds have slowed to a crawl and everyone else is at the beach. But the political-media outrage machine carries on. ABC's Jake Tapper, MSNBC's Dylan Ratigan, Touré and Malcom X all need a vacation.

There's nothing better to do on a stifling day in August with absolutely no news than to watch inspirational Super Squat videos. Here's Tom Platz with 23 reps of 500 pounds! Super Squats are my bear videos. [Start the journey!]