"Beard Team USA competes for the United States at the bi-annual World Beard and Moustache Championships. Our primary goal is to promote the worldwide appreciation of beards and moustaches."

And they're actively recruiting new members.

http://www.worldbeardchampionships.com/

If you're itching for a road trip this weekend, there's still time to see the changing colors of fall here in the U.S. Gorp.com has a helpful guide of where to go to see the best colors. Right now, it looks like the Pacific Northwest and the Mid-South.

http://gorp.away.com/gorp/features/fall/fall.htm

This week in Albuquerque, they're celebating the International Balloon Fiesta. About 1,000 balloons decorate the skies over the city on mass ascension days. If you're driving through the area, look for the balloons in the early morning hours. You can also visit the launching site and talk up an old pilot or two. (Photo by Scott Williams.)

http://www.balloonfiesta.com/

The phobia list chronicles it all. And if you're afraid to visit the site, you may have tobophobia. http://phobialist.com/

Worldprosurfers.com, a site created by the world's top surfers, went live on September 26, 2006. It has some great shots, vids and updates on rankings. A very in-depth website. Be sure to check out the surfing critique section under "rewind" for some awesome tutorials.

http://www.worldprosurfers.com/

Pandora is a service that helps you find music you might like. You just enter a song or artist of your choosing and Pandora tries to find similar music on the Internet. It's fueled by the Music Genome Project.

Find out more at http://www.pandora.com

Every year, AICE (the association of independent creative editors) sponsors a contest among its members to re-edit trailers of existing movies. The results are often hilarious, if not entirely bizarre.

See a collection of them at http://www.thetrailermash.com/shining-romantic-comedy/

Congrats to Bob Dylan, whose new album debuted at number one on the U.S. Billboard chart. It's Bob's first number one album in 30 years.

You know we have to say it. Old Guys Rule.

http://billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003117383

Via Engadget.com -- The makers of the original Swiss Army Knife have just introduced a 9-inch long version of the product. The knife includes virtually every tool that has ever been featured on a Swiss Army Knife. This may be the only thing you'll need to get through life.

http://gadgets.engadget.com/2006/08/24/giant-swiss-army-knife-offers-85-tools/

The new Bond is here. We like the new guy. But couldn't Sean Connery take a break from Bond retirement every now and then?

http://www.apple.com/trailers/sony_pictures/casinoroyale/large.html