Day: March 30, 2015

— Neal Brennan (@nealbrennan) September 2, 2014

Comedian, writer and TV host Neal Brennan once mocked crowdfunding with the above tweet. It’s sort of funny to think about all those campaigns out there begging for your money, like the guy with the handwritten sign you ignore on your way to work. I’ve always found it funnier to watch certain projects wildly beat their goals, only to get slogged down in development or some other bump in the road neither they, nor their investors, saw coming. Remember that Android-based game console from a couple years ago? Whoops.

It’s made much more sense to me to invest only in things made by people who have previously made something of value. If someone has done work that I truly enjoyed, and for some reason can’t get the funding for his or her next project through the traditional channels, I’ll consider making a meager donation. Except for Zach Braff. Screw that guy.

So when Broken Lizard came knocking at my laptop asking for a handout, why did I turn them away? Continue reading The McBournie Minute: Why ‘Super Troopers 2’ is a bad bet

Cyclists, much like criminals, are a superstitious and cowardly lot. They are well known for being terrified of dookie and when it’s found in their way, they must bike around it lest their souls be taken. At least, that’s how the superstition goes. So it makes sense that they’d be upset when a bike path in Hampton, Illinois, is littered with dog poop.

As such, the city of Hampton has now put up signs alongside the bike path stating “Stop pooping on bike path.” These signs are most unfortunate because no city should ever habe to put up signs that start with “stop pooping.”

The supervisor of Hampton’s Public Works, Scott McKay, says that the signs are for humans and not dogs, but as we found out last month, that may change.

Remember when the universe was the only thing that existed? Ah, those were simpler times.

In the coming days, researchers are going to conduct an experiment that could detect a parallel universe. Remember the Large Hadron Collider? You had a few friends post super geeky science news about how it collided hadrons and discovered something new–or something like that. Scientists are revving it up again soon, and this time they might end up creating a tiny black hole. This somehow relates to being able to detect parallel universes.

What if there is another universe out there? What if the other universe is one where the Nazis or the animals won the war and enslaved all of humanity? We’re looking at the possibility of opening the door for a bunch of bear-riding Nazis to invade our universe. And scientists don’t seem to care.