Culture Buzz And now he's a bit of a celebrity as a result of Facebooking his bat-piss-rabies-shot ordeal. Andrew Elstner, guitarist for rock band Torche, shared his bat fluid misadventure in real time on Facebook. Here it is in chronological order, starting with his post on March 29th from the St. Louis area.
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Prepare to have your opinion about bats changed forever. Meet Lil' Drac, a short-tailed fruit bat taken in by Bat World Sanctuary after his mother abandoned him.
I don't know what's more frightening: Sharing a flight with that unwanted, winged passenger or witnessing a resurgence of Samuel L. Jackson references across the Web.
Culture Buzz Alliterative and adorable. People should start carrying these around in their purses.
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A jury on Wednesday found that the maker of Louisville Slugger baseball bats failed to adequately warn about the dangers the product can pose, awarding a family $850,000 for the 2003 death of their son in a baseball game.
A Halloween Spurs versus Kings game was (appropriately enough) being interrupted by a bat flying around the court. That is, until Spurs guard Manu Ginobili took matters into his own hands.
Science Buzz There was a bat with a broken wing stuck on the Space Shuttle when it blasted off into space! While scientists think he held on for as long as his little bat wings could hold until he died, the space bat likely set speed and altitude records for his species. They will forever call him the Batronaut. RIP you crazy bat.