The threat continues to grow

Animals are out there, we all know that. But despite our best efforts to put the ones we know about into extinction, we seem to keep finding new ones. Zoologists announced they have discovered a new mammal in Tanzania, which this blog thinks is somewhere near Australia.

The mammal is something like a shrew and is unusually large. This is bad news for us. When we discover new species, they are supposed to either be a) tasty or b) smaller than similar types. Larger animals only present larger threats because it gets harder to exterminate them using conventional weapons. To properly deal with this threat, this blog thinks it’s time Tanzania got a good, old-fashioned carpet bombing.

Also, paleontologists announced recently they found the fossils of an ancestor of the crocodile. The dinosaur lived in Brazil, likely because it enjoyed the Carnivale festivals. It had a long snout but lived on land. Luckily, the creature died out long ago and no longer poses a threat to us. Also, it is good to learn as much as you can about your enemy, and that includes its history. Hopefully we will discover some kind of weakness of the crocodile, or at least some really embarrassing dirt.

A&F ads pulled, girls offended but not in the way you think

A manager at an Abercrombie & Fitch store was given a ticket for displaying “obscene materials in a business that is open to juveniles” thanks to a display ad that kinda almost shows a dude’s butt crack. Considering some of their previous ad campaigns, people should just be happy the guy is wearing pants. And is possibly of age. Fear not, denizens of the beach that is more fun than Nag’s Head (though that really doesn’t say a lot), but still not even close to being as fun as Myrtle: you can always go to the Internet to find the now removed ads. Or the library for those that haven’t moved out of their parents’ place.

Image courtesy of the New York Daily Press

Still no science curriculum for Florida

The debate to include “evolution” into Florida’s state science curriculum is still ongoing. The St. Petersburg Times reported that most teachers have been advised against teaching it, and some even omit it entirely to avoid any criticism.

In other news:

“A 1999 survey of biology teachers [emphasis ours] in Oklahoma, for example, found that 12 percent wanted to omit evolution and teach creationism instead. A similar survey in Louisiana found that 29 percent of biology teachers believed creationism should be taught, while in South Dakota, it was 39 percent.”

You gotta really hate your subject if you refuse to teach it.

The McBournie Minute: Super Bowl ads were just OK

As I write this, my head hurts and my stomach seems mad at me. Could be the three straight nights of drinking, could be the buffalo chicken dip I had for dinner last night. We’ll never know. In any case, some of you may have watched the game last night, or as I call it “Why I Don’t Like Unscripted Televisions Shows.” The good guys, the ones who deserved it, lost, and Eli Man-child and the Mediocres, despite never being on offense, won the game and for some reason most of the country likes New York. NEW YORK. The world no longer makes sense. Nevertheless, (I’ve always wanted to use that in a sentence) the 2007 New England Patriots are still the greatest team in NFL history. No one, not even the annoying fans of New York, can take that away from them. The good people of New England have that and the World Series to keep them warm at night.

Was it just me, or were all the good commercials in the first half? I seem to remember in past years the commercials were spread out. I guess not this time around. Tell you what I’ll do, I’ll list off the top five commercials according to me, then continue on with a rant. Sound good? OK.

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