NaturalBlog News Roundup

Best man, yes. Smartest, no. A teacher from Toronto flew to Wales for a friend's wedding July 6, only to realize that he was there exactly one year early. Dave Barclay blamed his girlfriend, saying she usually takes care of the details.

Whither Shelbyville. Springfield, Vermont bested the rest of the nation's Springfields for the honor of hosting the premier of the new Simpsons movie. The competing cities were supposed show how much they were like the fictional home of the Simpson family, but I'm at a loss why any community would invite a comparison to a city best known for its corrupt municipal government, bumbling police department, long-burning tire fire, and Blinky, the fish with three eyes who lives near the nuclear power plant.