I love social networking on the internet. All the usual reasons apply here, but I also get an added bonus: I find a lot of interesting stories I can write about when I surf places like Fark, reddit, and so on. I also read the site BuzzFeed to get my daily nerd-meme info. At the bottom of the page they have a list of five interesting stories becoming popular. Today, I was a bit surprised to see this one:
[Click to emprimatenate.] Uhhhh, what? For those who don't know, that's Professor Brian Cox, an English physicist and TV science documentary host... and also a friend of mine. Over the years I've seen Brian in a varied number of states, and while he does look all too human, I can't think of any time I've been with him that would qualify him as a "naked chimp". I've heard he shares 98% ...