Brook Lopez with his back to the basket

Merry Christmas boys and girls!

I have for you this year, a compilation from the November 30 Nets/Knicks game of what happened every time Brook Lopez got a touch with his back to the basket. 

More lies from my youth

If you used a fundamentalist Christian textbook in your high school science class, chances are it will have pointed out how stupid scientists are by the fact that a fish they though was extinct and was in the fossil record was still found alive today. That fish of course is the coelacanth.

Upon reading this, I could immediately relate to this chunk of text:

 I've mentioned before that I went to fundamentalist Baptist high school. My first introduction to the Coelacanth was through a heavily biased (and flawed) biology texbook from Bob Jones University, which (to the best of my memory) described the Coelacanth as a "living fossil" and took that description literally. Evolution couldn't possibly be real, I was told, because here was this Coelacanth, utterly unchanged 65 million years (air quotes implied) after it was supposed to be extinct. If evolution were real, why would it ignore the Coelacanth?

The truth: It didn't. What Courtenay-Latimer found wasn't a fleshed-out, swimming fossil at all. Coelacanth isn't a single species. It's an order—comprising multiple extinct species, and two living ones. The living Coelacanths aren't the same as the fossil Coelacanths, and there's nothing that looks exactly like a living Coelacanth in the fossil record. The order survived. But it didn't survive untouched by evolution.

Kids, I don't care what anyone says to you; be informed and find things out for yourselves.

The Daily Links

• The Kung Fu Panda 2 teaser
• There is so much prejudice against wearing a stocking on your head
• Simon Pegg and Nick Frost reunite once again for Paul
• Logo redesigns of 2010
• Demi Lovato following in the footsteps of Lindsay Lohan
• Tron meets Ron Jeremy
• In China, barrier hurdle you!

Why we should increase the price of the MRT/LRT

A lot of hubbub has been made about proposed increases of the fares of the MRT and LRT. I never understood it. Does no one realize how criminally low our current fares are?

What My Christmas Wishlist Looks Like

Now that Thanksgiving is over and we are definitely in the Christmas season, here's a peek into the things I want this holiday season. I understand this is quite vain, but whatever, this is how I get my thoughts organized.

In no particular order:

A Microplane zester

Quite possibly the best zester and fine grater your money will buy. It's no replacement for a standard box grater, but for quick grating jobs, taking this out will be much more convenient than hauling out the box.

The KFC Double Down

I couldn't believe it, but the KFC double down has actually made it to Manila!

I have just finished eating it and I have to say, it is definitely the single saltiest thing I have ever eaten in my entire life. I seriously could not eat that entire thing alone. It's fried chicken, bacon, and cheese. But lost in all of the shock from the double down is that it actually tastes good. It'll kill you, but it tastes good. The thing here is to not treat it as a sandwich, but treat it as an ulam. In our case, get an order of rice to eat with it; as well as a buddy to eat it with, because you'll be needing it.

At the end of the day, the KFC double down is what it is, a horrifying yet tasty publicity move. It gets 2 stars out of 5 in my book.

A Beka Books and Pensacola Christian College: The Truth

If you studied in Grace Christian High School (now Grace Christian College), your textbooks would have undoubtedly been by A Beka Books. And if you ever looked at your books in detail, you would remember the name Pensacola Christian College (PCC), in Pensacola, Florida. But what do we really know about A Beka Books and PCC?

Well today you're going to find out.