The Buffalo Theory

A herd of buffalo can only move as fast as the slowest buffalo. And when the herd is hunted, it is the slowest and weakest ones at the back that are killed first. This natural selection is good for the herd as a whole, because the general speed and health of the whole group keeps improving by the regular killing of the weakest members.

In much the same way, the human brain can only operate as fast as the lowest brain cells. Excessive intake of alcohol, as we all know, kills brain cells, but naturally it attacks the slowest and weakest brain cells first.

In this way, regular consumption of beer elimates the weaker brain cells, making the brain a faster and more efficient machine. That’s why you always feel smarter after a few beers.

John David Riva On Star Trek: The Tour

John David Riva On Star Trek: The Tour

"Ratatouille" critics’ top pick in 2007

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) – Rotten Tomatoes, the online movie site that aggregates critics’ reviews, tossed out its ninth annual Golden Tomato Awards on Monday, hailing “Ratatouille” as its best-reviewed wide-release movie of 2007.The Disney/Pixar cartoon scored a 96% approval rating on the site’s “Tomatometer.” At the other end of the scale “Because I Said So,” starring Diane Keaton and Mandy Moore, earned the Moldy Tomato Award, with an approval rating of 5%.

Another Canadian Pirate Arrested

No, I’m not referring to the kind of pirate with an eye-patch and hook for a hand, but the situation does ironically involve Pirates of the Caribbean movie star Johnny Depp: a Canadian man was arrested and charged this week for trying to camcord the new Depp flick Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street at the Empire Studio 16 Country Hills movie theatre in Calgary, AB.

According to a press release, management at the theatre noticed the man discretely filming the movie on its opening day, and immediately contacted police. The man was arrested and charged under section 432 of the Criminal Code of Canada, which prohibits the recording of films in Canadian movie theatres. The suspect will make his first court appearance on February 1, 2008.