http://www.thinkingchimp.com/site Doing my part to move the species forward Sun, 01 Mar 2009 04:16:13 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Many of you may have heard of The Greatest Job in the World - a brilliant tourism/PR move by Tourism Australia that has thousands of people submitting video applications for a chance to be the caretaker of Hamilton Island in the Great Barrier Reef for six months. Count me in. ... http://www.thinkingchimp.com/site/?p=816 Just wanted to drop a quick note about the site - we upgraded the blog to the most recent version of WordPress over the weekend, and while the majority of things seem to be in place, there are some minor bugs here and there that I'll stomp on over the ... http://www.thinkingchimp.com/site/?p=811 The McCain campaign has spent a lot of time and money baiting the American public with the question, “Who is Barack Obama?” as if the answer is so horrific and unthinkable they‘ll run screaming to the polls on November 4th to elect Senator McCain.  Not only do these ads blatantly ... http://www.thinkingchimp.com/site/?p=810 Link: Amid the Chaos of War, Gifts of Music (Washington Post) Lunchtime news reading brought me to a Washington Post article about Steve Baker, owner of a music store in rural Minnesota, who has taken it upon himself to supply our soldiers in Iraq with guitars and other musical instruments through ... http://www.thinkingchimp.com/site/?p=802 Link: Why Was I Not Informed About Bruce Lee? (The Onion) The Onion is - thankfully, regretfully - one of the few remaining sources for a healthy dose of satire. While the Saturday Night Lives of the entertainment world trip over their own poorly-written jokes and ham-fisted attempts at wit, ... http://www.thinkingchimp.com/site/?p=788 Link: Armless driver eludes police chase (St. Petersburg Times) This is one of those rare articles that, as great as the headline is, it just gets better the further down you read. For instance: According to court records, Wiley has stolen a car, kicked a state trooper and attacked his wife ... http://www.thinkingchimp.com/site/?p=784 Much has been made recently about Heroes creator Tim Kring's claims that built the show knowing absolutely nothing about comic books. A recent Wired article went so far as to claim that he "doesn't know Magneto from Wolverine", and from the start of the show most of the press ... http://www.thinkingchimp.com/site/?p=778 Link: 1969 Dodge Charger - The General Lee (eBay) With only 2 days left, an auction for a bona fide General Lee is up over $2.3 million. Maybe the syndication royalties for Smallville just aren't cutting it for Bo Duke, who says he's looking forward to selling this car so ... http://www.thinkingchimp.com/site/?p=775 Link: Somalia's Total Nightmare (BBC News) Apparently, we think the war in Iraq is going so well, we persuaded Ethiopia to jump into its own little fracas! Forces representing the Islamic Courts took control of the bulk of war-torn Somalia over the course of last year, bringing a long-lost stability despite the ... http://www.thinkingchimp.com/site/?p=774 Or maybe just an arm? Link: Crocodile Chomps Off Zoo Worker's Arm (ABC News) Zookeepers shoot croc with a tranquilizer dart. Zookeeper reaches in to remove dart from crocodile's side. Crocodile, unfazed, rips zookeeper's arm off at the elbow. I don't care where you come from - that's one hell ... http://www.thinkingchimp.com/site/?p=767