The McBournie Minute: Sit down, comic book fanboys

2015. The cinematic world is in constant peril. There is always a super villain is bent on destroying the world, and mankind looks to the skies, hoping for someone with the courage and power to fight back. Those wishes are always heeded, usually by some grim-faced dude with a penchant for one-liners. It’s the age of the superhero movie.

For the past 15 years, we’ve had a barrage of blockbuster superhero movies aimed at us. Some of the characters are already well known, some have been obscure. Geek culture has been on a steady rise, thanks in part to these movies. If you’re a fan of comic books, there has never been a better time to be alive.

So why do fanboys keep bitching? Continue reading The McBournie Minute: Sit down, comic book fanboys

Intoxicating curves

This probably explains why we drink so much champagne out of glasses (allegedly) molded from Marie Antoinette's funbags.
This probably explains why we drink so much champagne out of glasses (allegedly) molded from Marie Antoinette’s funbags.

We all know that curves can be dangerous, especially when you’re drinking. But, apparently that even applies to your pint glass.

Researchers from the University of Bristol and Tobacco and Alcohol Research Group of Bristol found that people drank more beer faster if served in a curved glass as opposed to a straight-sided glass. They believe it’s because the curved glass distorts our perception of how full the glass is, impairing our ability to measure and pace ourselves.

However, this remained true even after adding measurement markers to the curved glasses, which possibly indicates that we can’t keep our hands and lips off of curves, no matter what they’re made out of.

Manny Ramirez: Purveyor of shots with Viagra pills in them

In the mid 2000’s, Manny Ramirez was a lot of fun to watch. It wasn’t just for his home runs, his antics were entertaining, too.

Manny said in an interview recently that he once spiked teammate Ellis Burks’ drink with Viagra. During the 2004 playoffs, the Boston Red Sox did shots before games. Manny made mamajuana, which contains gin, honey, wine and some sort of medicine root. Then to make things interesting, he added in three Viagra pills and had Burks try it out, with positive results.

Pretty soon, the whole team was doing shots of it. Play hard.