The Drop Kick: Still Legal?

During the annual absurdity of letting the Cowboys (and the Lions) own Thanksgiving, my brother and I wondered--and still wonder--why the Cowboys' punter's attempt to kick a ball he dropped was ruled an illegal kick.  Isn't the drop kick still on the books?  I insisted that it was, but my brother wasn't so sure.

After doing a little research, it appears that the drop kick is still a valid play in the NFL (and, I believe, in the NCAA).  Here's the last successful drop kick:

Monkey Tuesday: Blogging Monkeys

Monkey Tuesday: Chimp Terminator

See more videos at the Heavy's "20 Awesomest Monkeys."

***Bonus Video***

Monkeys. . .on. . .Ice!

Urkobold: Science Promotion Monday

SCIENCE!

Peyton Manning for the United Way

The Top Baby Names of 2010

From BabyCenter:

Top 10 Girls' Names of 2010

1. Sophia
2. Isabella
3. Olivia
4. Emma
5. Chloe
6. Ava
7. Lily
8. Madison
9. Addison
10. Abigail

Top 10 Boys' Names of 2010

1. Aiden
2. Jacob
3. Jackson
4. Ethan
5. Jayden
6. Noah
7. Logan
8. Caden
9. Lucas
10. Liam

Pretty lame lists, huh?  A couple of the boys' names are okay, like maybe Logan and Liam, but all the rest suck.  What's wrong with you people?  We think there are any number of superior names to choose from.

Urkobold's Recommended Baby Names for New Parents

Girls' Names:

1. Miesha Sue-Hornét
2. Oben Ohne
3. Womby
4. Fecunda
5. Oprah
6. Oki Opai
7. Medusa
8. Mammalia
9. Queen Elizabeth
10. Lamentatia

Boys' Names:

1. Raymond Luxury Yacht (pronounced 'Throatwobbler Mangrove')
2. The Shat
3. Große Einheit
4. First Name
5. KHAAAN!!! (optional middle name KHAAAN!!!)
6. Ουτις
7. Little Squirt
8. Dred/Dread
9. Gozer the Gozerian, Gozer the Destructor, Volguus Zildrohar, Gozer the Traveler, and Lord of the Sebouillia
10. Bumfodder

Economics Lesson of the Day from Hiwa Alaghebandian

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Via Izismile.

New Candidate for Anchoring The CBS Evening News

AND THAT'S THE WAY IT WAS, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2.

For Our Old Friend Linguist. . . .

Via Neatorama.  Here are the lyrics:

We are the world

There comes a time
When we heed a certain call,
When linguists must come together as one.
There are people speaking,
They bind and c-command;
It's grammar, the greatest gift of all.

We can't go on
Pretending day by day
That we know our language works in the brain.
We are all a part of
God's linguist family,
And the truth, you know, grammar's all we need.

We are the world,
We are the linguists,
We are the ones who make a brighter day
By making theories.
There's a choice we're making
By forming hypotheses
And we'll describe a language
Just you and me.

Send them a research group
So they'll know that someone cares
And their data will be thoroughly explored.
God has shown us
By turning stone to bread
That even a linguist must be fed.

We are the world,
We are the linguists,
We are the ones who make a brighter day
By making theories.
There's a choice we're making
By forming hypotheses
And we'll describe a language
Just you and me.

When you're criticized
There seems no hope at all,
But if you just believe
There's a usage-based approach.
Well, well, well, well, let us realize
That debates will always come
Even though we stand together as one.

We are the world,
We are the linguists,
We are the ones who make a brighter day
By making theories.
There's a choice we're making
By forming hypotheses
And we'll describe a language
Just you and me.