Intersting science bit noted over at Slashdot:
Fear of Snakes May Have Driven Pre-Human Evolution
Krishna Dagli writes “An evolutionary arms race between early snakes and mammals triggered the development of improved vision and large brains in primates, a radical new theory suggests. The idea, proposed by Lynne Isbell, an anthropologist at the University of California, Davis, suggests that snakes and primates share a long and intimate history, one that forced both groups to evolve new strategies as each attempted to gain the upper hand. Early primates developed a better eye for color, detail and movement and the ability to see in three dimensions — traits that are important for detecting threats at close range. Humans are descended from those same primates. “
Oh, and
there are motherfucking snakes on the motherfucking plane!
Yeah, I posted this pretty much just to have the “Snakes on a Plane” reference.
Hugh Jackman.
Rachel Weisz. (Well on her way to becoming MFWRW…)
This looks like it’s gonna be good.
From, of course, The Onion.
There’s No Way I’m Saving That Guy
By Jesus Christ
All right. I realize I am supposed to be all-merciful, universally loving, the Light and the Way and everything, but even a divine avatar of the Supreme Being’s loving grace has His limits. I know I’ve said many times that there is always room for one more — even the lowliest — at the table of the Lord, but even so, there is just no freaking way I’m redeeming this S.O.B.
But wait! There’s more!
This is not a good time for my extracurricular events.
- I was offered a chance to make it into Club 33 this weekend (thanks, Sara!), but had to decline ’cause it would’ve cost a bundle to jam down to Anaheim.
- That’s okay, as it happens, because I got violently ill late Thursday night. Whatever it was, it kicked my ass six ways to Sunday; I only started to feel somewhat human yesterday.
- Comic-Con starts Thursday. For the first time in seven years, I’m not going.
For those of you going to SDCC, or for those who are merely curious about the impact of the con on downtown San Diego, here’s an article on locals’ reactions to the invasion of “Nerd Prom.”
“It’s huge business for us,” said Dan Flores, marketing manager for the Gaslamp Quarter Association.
He hesitated, then broached the sensitive part: “The attendees are … ”
Different?
“Different. But they don’t all come in costume.”
Take a tour of the just-renovated Pirates of the Carribean ride along with Jack Sparrow himself, Johnny Depp.
Do not press this button.
