The Rock is having a better National Pancake Day than you are
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Today is National Pancake Day and if Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson's tweet is any indication, he appears to be enjoying it — even if he lives every day like it's National Pancake Day. Judging by the tractor-trailers he calls arms bulging out of his muscle tank, we're guessing that stack of pancakes is loaded with protein powder that would make the average person explode. --Jordan Valinsky
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Jordan Valinsky is the lead writer for Speed Reads. Before joining The Week, he wrote for New York Observer's tech blog, Betabeat, and tracked the intersection between popular culture and the internet for The Daily Dot. He graduated with a degree in online journalism from Ohio University.
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