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One time when I was in college chillin’ in the computer lab, a squirrel ran in. I mean, ran in, through the front door, down the hall into the computer lab. That kicked ass, it was freaked out almost as much as the denizens of the lab, running around, jumping off computers, jumping off people… I think someone chased it out eventually. That’s nothing compared to this NJ school that had not one, but two deer jump through a window into the room! That’s gotta kick ass. Then everyone ran the hell out of the room, except the deer and locked ‘em in. Unfortunately for the deer, they didn’t figure out how to jump back out the window and were eventually tranquilized and released. Although, given NJ’s stance on deer, perhaps they were lucky…

You know, I don’t think I have ever thought about zoo funding. Not once. I know, shocking right? But it turns out zoo’s need government funding, I guess ticket prices just don’t pay the bills. Unfortunately, it turns out that in this economic crisis, the government is slashing its funding of zoos. :( via ) Institutions like the Bronx Zoo are joining the endangered list. And while, as a vegan, I’m not generally down with a lot of zoos, the Bronx Zoo is one of the good ones doing a lot of conservation work. It’s pretty sucky.

Finally, if you haven’t already, you ought to check out the 2008 Darwin Awards. Top honors this year went to The Balloon Priest by a landslide! The reason? Yeah check it:

The kicker? It’s a Double Darwin. Catholic priests take vows of celibacy. Since they voluntarily remove themselves from the gene pool, the entire group earns a mass Darwin Award. Adelir Antonio wins twice over!

It’s hard to compete with that elusive Double Darwin, no?