May I recommend www.boingboing.net.? They take on "real" issues; the bloggers and most especially the commentors take the issues, themselves and each other with much humorless, righteous, pendantic, and ineffectual gravity. Let's leave Neatorama to the fun lovers, fluff snugglers, and gigglers in need of escape from our culture's relentless cynicism.
As happy as I am with the discoveries that have been reported in Nat Geo, regarding medicines based on venom and alligator blood, I'm a little worried for the future of those species. Humans are the ultimate predators on the planet and can go nuts when they smell a buck to be made.
When I was a kid and was presented with my first pet, I named her Boo-Boo after Yogi's sidekick, and told my father that he was 'smarter than the average bear'. Dad passed away a few years ago, or I'd send him one of these. He'd totally get it.
The speculation at the time that Ratzinger was elected is that he was an interim pope, while the Vatican further considered what other candidates could best represent the church's political needs. Latin America and Africa have the fastest growing populations of Catholics, so it was assumed then that the next pope would be from one of those continents. My money is on a Latin American cardinal.
I equate this kind of littering with those who go through the motions of picking up after their dog, but then tie a knot in the poop bag and leave it on the curb or on the sidewalk in front of someone else's house. A half-assed minimalist attempt at taking responsibility as a member of a 'throw-away' society.
Taking my cue from the position Dave is in, I'm wondering if Dave still has his scrotum, and if he hadn't just been giving it a good cleaning prior to filming?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEt5dEOcW0I