The Bad Dog Theatre is producing a parody of Heroes – “Weirdos” – for your viewing enjoyment. I just saw the poster, and it looks super good, so I thought I would post it.

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That’s me in the suit. I’ll be playing the “Nathan” role. And yes, I know the real Nathan has hair.

The show opens May 29th, and runs Friday nights at 8PM. Mark your calendars now.

Must be something about the warm weather. Once the sun comes out, so do the cryptids. Or at least the people who claim to see them.

A new report (of somewhat dubious providence, but credible enough to make it on Cryptomundo) indicates that rural Mexico experienced a spate of Mothman sightings right before the outbreak of the H1N1 flu virus. For the uninitiated, the Mothman is the name for a mysterious creature spotted around Charleston and Point Pleasant, West Virginia between November 12, 1966 and December 1967. It was also the subject of the not-terrible film The Mothman Prophecies.

The last sighting of the Mothman in West Virginia occurred just days before the collapse of the Silver Bridge, which killed 46 people. Thus, the Mothman is popularly believed to be a harbinger of disaster. Or a compulsive bridge-collapser. The legend is not completely clear on that point.

So, it makes a certain sense that the Mothman would appear shortly before the outbreak of a pandemic that will no doubt kill us all.  Here’s what the article says:

The last sighting occurred on March 9, 2009, about a month before the virus hit and killed dozens.

The creature was sketched by witnesses in rural Mexico – the same place where the swine flu originated – and was dubbed “Man Bat.”

Though he believes there have been about 30 [sic] Mothman sightings in Mexico over the last few months, Coleman says it’s not necessarily a case of “cause and effect,” but rather something worth noting.

No doubt, many will claim there is a rational explanation for all of this. Indeed there is: I humbly submit that those who claim to have seen the “Man Bat” have acutally spotted Batman. I mean, it’s right there in the name. Also, here’s a sketch of the Man Bat:

And here’s a picture of Batman:

The similarities are immediately apparent.

I’m not sure why the Dark Knight was nosing around Mexico prior to the Swine Flu outbreak, but I won’t question his motives. Mostly because he’s freakin’ Batman.

So there you go. Mystery solved, courtesy of Nunc Scio. And Batman. We must never forget to thank Batman for all he does, every day.

Last summer, the beaches of New Jersey were terrorized by the arrival of the Montauk Monster:

What was this creature? A government experiment? Some unknown species? The result of decomposition in water for some hapless raccoon or dog? The Internets were aflame in speculation.

And now, the beast hath returned!

Another mystery carcass washed up in Long Island this weekend. And there are pictures!

And video! With entertaining New York-ish accents belonging to people with no discernible scientific training!

Ah, the unspeakable joys of rotting animals. Let the meme-ification commence.

If you’re like me, you’re constantly faced with the difficult choise between celebrating your Scottish heritage and the need for an everyday garment that stands up to the rigours of an active lifestyle.

Agonize no longer.

Some garment genius has come up with a perfect solution- the Practikilt.  All the calf-bearing fashion of a kilt, combined with the functionality of a good pair of work trousers. Witness the majesty:

Practikilts cost between $70 – $80. Unless you want the deluxe, all-leather version known as “The Warlord”:

Awwwww, yeah! It’s $379, but what price awesomeness? I mean, this thing works for everything from gala events to cleaving the skulls of your enemies. My declaration: brilliant!

Thanks to The Truth Theorem for the link.

I know, I know. The answer is usually “a bigass meteor”. But Princeton geoscientist Gerta Keller has a new theory that is pretty darn convincing.

Keller found that the meteor we think killed the dinosaurs really didn’t cause the mass extinction event attributed to it Analysis of the fossil record show that a significant number of late-Cretaceous species persisted for 300,000 years after the impact. Proponents of the asteroid theory usually explain this away by suggesting the fossil record was jumbled by the meteor itself. Except Keller found zero evidence of any geological trauma, even in Mexico where the meteor impact occurred.  So what killed the dinosaurs?

Keller believes that massive – and sustained – volcanic eruptions in India did the job. The massive ash clouds would have blocked out the sun, created a deluge of acid rain, and generally made life pretty impossible for giant lizards.

So here’s the good news: massive meeor impacts may not wipe us all out (only the people under or near the death rock). On the other hand, if enough volcanoes start erupting, we’re screwed.

Augusto Boal, director, theorist, and politician, died this past Saturday. He was 78.

Boal developed a family of techniques known as Theatre of the Oppressed, designed to help marginalized communities empower themselves through performance. He also became a city councillor in Rio De Janeiro, combining his theories with politics to create what he called “legislative theatre”.

By all accounts, Boal was an incredibly passionate, committed man. His death is a loss for theatre, for the people of Brazil, and the thousands of people around the world who used and benefitted from his work. He will be missed.

Photo Courtesy of Jonathan McIntosh.

When you win the Tour de France a record-breaking seven times, you get all kinds of nifty perks. Like a helmet custom designed by Shepard Fairey.

Lance Armstrong just tweeted a bunch of photos of his Fairey-ized Giro Ionos that he will be sporting in the Giro D’Italia. And it is, as they say, teh hotness:

I want one. Not just because of the cool factor, but because it totally matches my roadie. Also, it’s the same colours as my beloved Pittsburgh Steelers.