Everybody has been asking me lately about dinosaur sex. And by “everybody” I mean nobody. So I’ll share with you what I know. First, an answer from the straight dope. But wait, it gets better. I stumbled onto a forum of a site called askabiologist.com, where I suspect most of the questions are like, “Why do turtles have shells?” But on this forum, things got a little wild, and the next thing you know, biologists are debating each other about dinosaur sex. Why are there no TV shows where scientists debate each other about dinosar sex? Who wouldn’t watch that?
RELATED: Cosmos magazine teaches us more in an article titled Tyrannosaurus Sex.
Month: October 2007
The latest Metro column
This week it’s about TV show mashups. I want to hear yours. Got a tv show mashup? Post it below.
Johnny Learns A Valuable Lesson
This is what happens when you bet on Philadelphia sports teams. The thrift store didn’t have any bathing suits, so I had to go with lingerie in Colorado Rockie purple. I had a few people drive by and tell me to do unholy things to myself, and received a number of middle fingers, but for the most part people just assumed that I had lost a bet. (In case you can’t read it, the sign says “Los Rockies son muy bueno!” To see the larger version, click on the photo). For the Pat’s photo (taken with a different hat) click below.
Around the Horn, Food edition
-Tried out with Cafe Lift on Sunday with Trivia Art (and a couple of beautiful women who only like us as friends). It was a terrific brunch (Get the french toast!) and Art gave ’em some love in his Bite column in the Metro.
–Michael Klein has a quiz in which he asks if you know what the spots containing popular restaurants used to be. Here’s the answers.
-The Philly foie gras debate just went big time. TIME Magazine weighs in on it. .
Heading to South Philly soon
Still looking for a photog, but if worse comes to worse, I might just have to ask a stranger. Been working on posters all morning. Crafts are harder than I remembered. Anyways, I’ll keep ya updates, and humiliating photos will hopefully be up by this afternoon. If not, then certainly tomorrow morning.
He’s baaaack.
Thoughts? Concerns? Did you really think for a second that they might go after Joe Torre or Joe Girardi? I think they signed him ASAP so they wouldn’t get hounded by Phillies fans if Torre became available and they didn’t go after him. I’ll also repost what I posted on beerleaguer yesterday:
Here’s what concerns me: I kind of think Manuel got bailed out with a truly terrible bullpen. In other words, since every pitcher other than Romero and Myers was downright awful, he really couldn’t make a bad choice when he went to his bullpen because they were all likely to fail. If the team does get bullpen help, I’m scared we’ll see more of what we saw in Game 2, moves that don’t really make much sense.
However, I like Charlie, and I really like how he’s handled the harsh environment in Philly. I don’t think he gets enough credit for his attack on Eskin. Suddenly, with the team 4-11, the focus was on him and not on the team sucking, and they seemed to right the ship after that. I really want him to succeed, but they have to have someone on that bench who is in charge of the bullpen. He’s a great hitting coach, but he’s clueless with pitching and they need someone better than Dubee telling him what to do.
Manana’s the Day
A bet’s a bet, so tomorrow, I will make my trek to Pat’s and Geno’s to be photographed in the woman’s bathing suit. Thanks Phillies. It will have to be during the day, so anyone who is free and wants to be the official photographer for this occasion should contact me. In return for your services, I will buy you a cheesesteak.
A couple of other things coming up that aren’t remarkably humiliating: A new quizzo on MyFoxPhilly coming in the next day or two, as well as a new rant from the Donspiracist. Also, have a contest we’ll be kicking off manana. Be sure to check back.
Question of the week
What destroyed the Michelle Knapp’s 1980 Chevy Malibu in Peekskill, NY on October 9, 1992?
JGT Heads to Toronto
I’m going international, homies. That’s right, I’m headed to Toronto this Friday. Why? To compete in the Rock Paper Scissors World Championship. As most of you know, I am both hated and feared in the local RPS community, having won the City League Championship in 2006 and finishing in the Final Four in 2007. I am quite confident I will win on Saturday, and have already spent the $7,000 awarded to the victor.
Ridiculous
Remember when you were at the Kimmel Center and you were watching the orchestra and you were like, “The flute player is alright, but he’d be better if he could beatbox.”? Then this jam is for you.