BEST OF THE WEEK

Interesting headline from the BBC above. So they do, so they do… Yeah, like the writer didn’t know what he was doing. Now we know that the BBC has temp workers. Although, I hear the writer’s uncle is a plastic surgeon. The scientists in the article say they’ve been studying great tits since 1947. I’ve only been studying them since about 1985. True story, this reminds me of when I was a writer for Marubeni Corp. in Japan, and they wanted an article about starting a trading house for Dubai’s Department of Petroleum and Energy. I wanted to title it: “Marubeni enters Middle East DOPE trade”.

Barack Obama has won the presidential caucus in Guam by just seven votes. And he won unanimously.

The movie “Iron Man” is coming out on Friday. It’s about a guy covered in protective armor, impervious to outside forces, who just keeps going and going, no matter how low the odds or how much damage he has to do. It’s based on a comic book about Hillary Clinton.

The video game Grand Theft Auto IV brought in $500 million in its first week. So now we know where all those stimulus checks went.

At San Diego State University, a student majoring in criminal justice was arrested for drugs and guns. He explained that by “criminal justice”, he meant settling scores.

Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama are both using movies to symbolize their campaigns in Indiana. Clinton, for example, is showing “Hoosiers”, about an Indiana small town basketball team that wins the state championship. Obama, on the other hand, is showing “Children of the Corn”, which is about a cult of teenagers running amok through farmlands.

In Ecuador, a female lawmaker wants a woman’s right to sexual happiness in the constitution. But male lawmakers say if they do pass the amendment, they want to do it very quickly, with no debate before or after. They might also want to pass the amendment a few more times that day.

The Chicago White Sox baseball team has been using blow-up sex dolls to break their six-game losing streak. And the dolls are now batting better than most of the team. It’s so easy for them to get to third base.

After yesterday’s primaries, Hillary Clinton vowed to stay in the race “until the nominee is chosen”. She later clarified that by “chosen”, she meant Jewish. Basically, she’s waiting for the return of the Messiah, which is about what would have to happen for her to get the nomination.

A new study says that having short arms and legs may make people more likely to lose their memory when they get older. That’s why you can’t trust an Ewok after 40.