Eat My Sports: The colors of fall
Posted on November 3, 2009
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Welcome to another edition of Eat My Sports sans Schools. I, Bryan McBournie will be your host this evening. Bryan Schools is where he has been for a week now, curled up in his room, shaking, with the television turned to FOX waiting for the World Series to come back on, mumbling something about Joe Buck.
Sounding off about sports is not typically my thing, but watching the NFL this season has brought something very important to my attention: teams don’t like wearing their regular jerseys anymore. When it comes to retro jerseys, the former AFL teams are guilty.
I get the 50-year anniversary celebration, but that’s one game. Sweet Troy Aikman, it’s only one game. Sure, we all like to be reminded of what your team used to look like before you moved it to another venue, but if you keep wearing them, it’s not really throwback, is it? Read more
Written by Bryan McBournieHis jeans will live on
Posted on November 3, 2009
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French anthropologist Claude Levi-Strauss died. In honor of his memory, all pants will be worn at half-mast for the rest of the day.
Everything you know is wrong
Posted on November 3, 2009
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You like the legendary Nanotyrannus? What about ol’ Torosaurus, the three horned champion of plant eaters? Well guess what? Science says these and others may not have actually existed.
Your childhood has officially been raped.
Many dinosaur species are experiencing a second extermination—death by reclassification. Thanks to new technologies (and essentially Occam’s Razor in some cases) that allow paleontologists to analyze the tissues in dinosaur fossils, many paleontologists are discovering that dinosaurs we once thought of as separate species are actually part of the same species, simply at different stages of their development. The Nanotyrannus, supposedly a diminutive cousin of the Tyrannosaurus Rex is probably just a juvenile version of the latter species. Similarly, the Torosaurus and the Dracorex hogwartsia (seriously, that’s the name) have been stricken from the books, as they are likely members of previously discovered species.
A paleontologist estimates that a third of dinosaur species currently listed are actually members of other speicies. So how were these creatures mislabeled for so long? As science becomes better able to determine the growth stage of dinosaur fossils, they are finding that many species retain their juvenile characteristics longer than previously believed, and as dinosaurs age, their characteristics undergo drastic changes.
In other words, some species of dinosaurs may have simply been late bloomers.
Written by Chris "Chugs" TaylorBeer loosens up men for prostate exams
Posted on November 3, 2009
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When it comes to early detection of cancer, the greatest weapon we have is communication. The same goes for relationships.
And both are sped along by beer.
So, if you are a man between 40 and death, Pints for Prostates would like to buy you a beer, and then talk about what’s going on in that butt of yours. Who knows, maybe you’ll get an exam by the end of the night.
Written by Rick SneeVegemighty big problem
Posted on November 3, 2009
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Vegemite is a hugely popular Australian food … spread … type thing. It’s like Nutella, only they don’t sell it here in the U.S. Well, Kraft Foods has gone and messed with a perfectly good thing.
They took Vegemite, added cream cheese to it, and held a naming contest for the new product. What did they come up with? Vegemite iSnack 2.0.
Cue sad muted trumpet.
Australians wouldn’t stand for it. So now they are trying another round of votes for a more acceptable name for the new product. This just shows you that Australia isn’t all fun and games, they have real issues to address.
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