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Wikipedia not fit for attribution? Jane Goodall almost begs to differ…

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If you give a million monkeys a computer, eventually one of them will log on to Wikipedia, steal a bunch of information about plants, and use it in a book.  Perhaps that would be the best defense for noted primatologist Jane Goodall, who issued a semi-apology for her “well-researched book” that stole several unattributed passages straight from Wikipedia and other websites.  According to the Washington Post, her transgressions “range from phrases to an entire paragraph from Web sites such as Wikipedia and others that focus on astrology, tobacco, beer, nature and organic tea.”  Man, I hope there isn’t a passage about Coors Light being the World’s Most Refreshing Beer in there.  Here’s hoping she didn’t use their website in her research…

Don’t get me wrong, when it comes to primates, Goodall is one of the foremost experts in the field.  But by her own admission, she has never studied plants, which happen to be the topic of her new book Seeds of Hope: Wisdom and Wonder From the World of Plants.  Thus, as the Post remarks, “It is when the book moves away from Goodall’s own stories to deliver background information on plants and their history that the instances of borrowing creep in.”  In fact, when an expert botanist was invited to review the book by the D.C. based newspaper, he jumped all over the plagiarized passages and declined the assignment.

But this shocking revelation isn’t bad news for everybody.  In fact, if you contributed to the Wikipedia page on 18th-century botanist John Bartram, you could probably demand royalties from Goodall’s publisher, as she reportedly lifted a sentence from the site.  Said publisher, Grand Central, says it plans on “crediting the sources in subsequent releases,” but in the meantime, you could surely find a lawyer who would take your case—if you can prove you’re the one who wrote it in the first place. ;)

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26 traincars and he didn’t die? Blame it on the alcohol…

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Alcohol has been known to give people the illusion of super-human strength, but it seems it can also provide invulnerability as well—provided that you’re passed out.  The Calgary Herald is reporting that a man from Crowsnest Pass, Alberta passed out on the train tracks somewhere around Elko, B.C.  By the time he woke up, 26 rail cars had run over him—and yet he emerged without a scratch.

“Amazingly, I don’t know how you wouldn’t wake up even being that passed out drunk, how you wouldn’t wake up from that train rumbling over top of you with the brakes screeching,” RCMP Sgt. Dave Dubnyk told the Herald.  “Until this, I wouldn’t have known that a person could actually fit under (there) especially the engine of the train.”

Alas, the article doesn’t state what the man was drinking, but rumour has it that Coors Light already has their marketing department thinking up ways to exploit this.

It may taste like iced tea, but at the end of the day, it’s still Coors Light…

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Although I tend to stay away from coffee, Pepsi and the like, I must admit that I’m a pretty big iced tea drinker.  And when I say iced tea, I’m talking Lipston, Nestea, and the like.  Stuff that tastes like pop, in otherwise, not like it came out of a kettle.  It always throws me off when I get iced tea in the States, cuz theirs is much sweeter and more tea-like.  But I still drink it, nevertheless.

Now, there’s an ad in a bus shelter right in front of my office for this new product, Coors Light Iced T, and I walk by it every day.  I know that Coors Light normally tastes like dirty water (but at least it’s COLD, right?), but the idea of an iced tea flavoured beer has kinda tempted me to try it.  Plus, I’m pretty sure they’ve put some subliminal messaging on that poster or something.

Anyways, I just got back from an office party at some overpriced chain bar and grill (not naming any names here), where I figured that with their pedestrian beer selection, I might as well take the Iced T plunge.  Unfortunately, they didn’t have it.  When I asked for a “real man’s beer,” they gave me Stella Artois.  Clearly, Glen Benton has never been to this establishment…  And what’s more, they charge $10.75 per pint.  I think it’s even cheaper in Paris (France, that is)!

Alas, this Coors crap ain’t cheap, either.  The Beer Store lists it at $21.50 for a 12-pack–and they don’t sell sixers, either.  I’m not sure sure I’d buy 12 of these without trying it first–and it’s definitely not something I’d serve at a party.  Not unless I hid the bottles and spiked it with something…

Oh well, even if it tastes like iced tea, at the end of the day, it’s still Coors Light.  No biggie.

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Now this, on the other hand is pretty awesome.  I don’t think they sell Jeremiah Weed in Canada, but an iced-tea flavoured malt liquor with ZZ Top rockin’ out in the freezer?  They had me at beard!

TOP 10 SATANIC/OCCULT ROCK/METAL BANDS/ARTISTS – 6. Deicide

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After an aborted attempt at opening for Enslaved last fall, those mysterious Swedish miscreants Ghost are finally making their way to North American shores, hitting up the Mod Club here in Toronto next Sunday.  To mark this momentous occasion, I figure I’d count down my top 10 satanic/occult rock/metal bands/artists.  (What can I say?  Kordell Stewart was my favourite Steelers QB! ;) )

10. Blood Ceremony

9. The Devil’s Blood

8. Coven

7. Gorgoroth

6. Deicide

Although you generally strive for number one in most competitions, the most evil number on this list is perhaps the most coveted.  And who’s more evil than Glen Benton?  Even though he drinks Coors Light, there’s no denying that the inverted-cross-branded frontman of Deicide is badass.  I mean, the band’s name means the killing of a god, and they’ve put out such death metal disasterpieces as In Torment in Hell, Scars of the Crucifix, and their most recent effort, To Hell with God.  But who can forget the groove-metal crunch of their sixth album, 2000′s Insineratehymn, particularly its leadoff single, “Bible Basher”?  Blasphemy has never been so catchy, so accessible, so downright karate-choppable!  Check it out–with bonus Spanish subtitles!