Boing-O

I discovered an AWESOME Beatles remake! Oingo Boingo does I am the Walrus extremely well. I know, I'm a critic! For any of you rubes not familiar with Oingo Boingo, it is the hyperkinetic band headed by Danny Elfman from 1979 to 1995, probably peaking in the late 80's or so. If you are not familiar with Danny Elfman, you live under a rock and I can't understand how you made it to my blog in the first place. If you watch t.v. at all you will have seen his name probably hundreds of times. He composes the music for tons of movies and t.v. shows. Most recognizeably, The Simpsons, and everything Tim Burton. Some others are the Spiderman movies, Army of Darkness, the Tales from the Crypt shows, Red Dragon, and over a hundred more. FYI I just learned there is going to be a Simpsons movie next year. I'm sure everyone feels extremely informed and satisfied now.

Twins

I read an interesting article on twins. Did you know that if twins have babies, their babies are genetically half siblings? If twin males marry twin females and reproduce, legally the offspring are cousins, but genetically, they are full siblings. Crazy! I read a book that involved a woman giving birth to twins that had two different fathers and it seemed pretty far fetched. Turns out, it happens occassionally. You can also have twins that are due a month apart! There are all kinds of variables involved of course, but it's not totally rare. There is absolutely no genetic rhyme or reason to identical twins either, it's all a fluke. The highest twinning population is Nigeria, possibly due to a diet high in yams, which produce a hormone that stimulates ovulation. The lowest is Asia. Surprising, they're so efficient, you'd think they'd get it all over with at once. Har de har.