Fruit Flies to ISS
No, not fruit flies to ISS, fruit flies to ISS -- the insect! (Sorry about that, couldn't resist a pun.) NASA is planning to send some fruit flies to the International Space Station to study the effects of space travel and space on genes. Fruit flies share quite a bit of genetic material with humans and they go through generations like there is no tomorrow. NASA is doing this research cause they're a little worried that astronauts on a long voyage to Mars, would return to Earth to spawn monstrous offsprings that would kill us all as a lesson to the human race to not mess with science. I think they should be more worried about the monstrous offspring of fruit flies that were in space. After a few generations, you never know what they might spawn -- didn't anyone at NASA see the Fly?
Of Movies
South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut -- This is one hilarious movie -- but boy is it rude. It's rude beyond the point of being offensive. The movie takes the good taste filter off and amuses with humour that simulate the juvenile in us. Every now and again though, that little kid in us needs to be amused -- and this movie will certainly do that. If you're offended by the movie, it's because the adult in you is watching. The Brothers Grimm -- This was an OK fantasy movie, moving at a good pace, with the appropriate level of action and humour. The special effects were well done -- and so was the cinematography. If you missed it in the theatre, you didn't miss much however. You can catch it on DVD. The Aristocrats -- This is a movie about a joke. One joke. That's it. The delivery however -- now that was something else. The delivery was sick, sick, sick. This is an in-joke for comedians that have been numbed by jokes for us regular folk. The only thi...
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