Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Jerry Falwell & Fishing

1. On Wednesday the FDA announced that it would allow 17 year old women to buy the Plan B contraception (also known as the morning after pill) over the counter, as has been available to women 18 and over already. The decision is likely to stir debate on reproduction rights, but all parties agree some good can come from a readily available morning after pill. "Plan B, this is Octomom. Octomom, Plan B."

2. An Ivy League student from Brown University is writing a new book about one semester he spent infiltrating Jerry Falwell's Liberty University, a school with significantly more conservative views than his own. Kevin Roose attended lectures on the myth of evolution, the sin of homosexuality, and of course the obscure, Falwell-directed art film My Dinner With Tinky Winky.

3. A software upgrade to AT&T's network will nearly double current downloading speeds, Telephony Magazine reported. The upgrade is a quick boost to current 3G technologies before AT&T evolves to a 4G network. Also, on a sadder note, people subscribe to magazines about phones.

4. Keith Olbermann will join MLB.com and write regular baseball columns and blogs. Olbermann says his new MLBlog, Baseball Nerd, gives him a chance at some politics-free writing. The issues he's tackled so far include the new Yankee ballpark, the new Mets ballpark, and an expose on whether or not they contain deep bunkers where George W. Bush personally tortures people.

5. A new fishing game in the works for Xbox360 is being touted as the most realistic fishing game ever created. Aside from sporting a fishing rod controller, the game is said to contain "realistic lake bottom topography, advanced graphics, and life-like fish behavior." Though, game makers warn that technology is still limited and that they have yet to successfully decipher the drunk, asshole friend matrix.

High five.