Friendly: FC Cologne vs Arsenal 0-4

By Richard Clarke at the RheinEnergieStadion

Lukas Podolski bagged a brace against his old side as Arsenal completed their pre-season schedule with a comfortable 4-0 win at Cologne on Sunday.

The German striker struck his side’s second and third goals in a dominant first half in which all the new signings made impressive debuts. Santi Cazorla looked an elegent, intelligent addition to the midfield and his corner allowed Thomas Vermaelen to head home the opener after just five minutes.

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Limited Edition Batman And Bane Diesel Watches

These are limited edition $325 Batman and Bane wristwatches from Diesel. I'm gonna be honest, for that price I kinda expected the Batman one to come with a mini-grappling hook and the Bane one to come with...I dunno, an explosives detonator or something.

Damn Rich People: $19,000 Solid Gold Shoelaces

Coming soon to a rap video near you, these $19,000 shoelaces by Mr. Kennedy are made from solid woven gold. They're limited to 10 sets, include hand-delivery and lacing anywhere in the world, are crafted in a Colombian sweatshop using "ancient, artisan jewelry techniques" and take over 120 hours to produce. $19,000 a little out of your shoelace budget? No worries, they're also selling 30 sets of silver ones for a paltry $3,000. Me? I'm on more of a bronze shoelace kind of budget. "Your shoes have holes in them." It's not polite to call a person poor you know. "Your shoelaces are twist-ties!" Okay now you're just being hateful.

Guesstimating: The (Alleged) Cost Of Being Iron Man

Hot on the heels of last week's cost of being Batman infographic comes this one for Iron Man. The total (entirely guesstimated) cost of being Iron Man? $1,612,717,000. Of course, just like in the Batman version, they failed to consider the REAL cost of being Iron Man: all the expensive booze and beautiful women and fancy dinners and tropical vacations and...man, f*** this guy.

Arsenal Away Kit Launch Party - 09.08.2012

Arsenal fans young and old turned up in their hundreds on Thursday evening, as The Armoury played host to the 2012/13 Away Kit Launch Party.

To celebrate the striking new purple design hitting the shelves, former Arsenal midfielder Ray Parlour welcomed supporters in store before chart-topping pop duo and Gunners fans Rizzle Kicks cranked up proceedings with an exclusive live performance.

The ‘Romford Pele’ received a rousing reception from the assembled crowd as he showed off his personal collection of old away jerseys and talked through some of his favourite moments in an Arsenal shirt.

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Babe Of The Month 08/012: Emma Stone

Emily Jean "Emma" Stone (born November 6, 1988)^[1] is an American actress.

Stone was a cast member of the TV series Drive, and made her feature film debut in the comedy Superbad (2007). She appeared in The House Bunny (2008) and Ghosts of Girlfriends Past (2009). She then starred in the horror-comedy Zombieland and the indie comedy Paper Man in 2009. In 2010, Stone voiced the character Mazie in Marmaduke, and starred in the high school comedy Easy A, which earned her a nomination for a Golden Globe for Best Actress in a Musical or Comedy. In 2011, she starred in the films Crazy, Stupid, Love. and The Help, both of which were well received by critics and commercial successes. Stone played Gwen Stacy in The Amazing Spider-Man, a reboot of the Spider-Man film franchise.

Source: WiKi