[WEEKEND OPEN BAR: The one-stop ramble-about-anything weekend post at OL. Comment on the topic at hand. Tell us how drunk you are. Describe a comic you bought. This is your chance to bring the party.]

Hi kids, the Dude here beaming sunshine and happy thoughts to you this fine weekend direct from OL Prime.  A planet populated by busty leather clad lasses and the odd, yet delicious buffalo chickens.

I just want us all to take a moment and reflect on how awesome it is to be human.  We can talk, we can write, hell we can masturbate.  I’m pretty sure those are the three required elements of building a civilization.  Think about it.  If you’re raging about something with a person you’re writing with or talking too, you can step back, rub one out (or flick it if you’re a lady) to let off the steam and get back to work.

Now that you’ve appreciated the finer things to humanity, we’re ready to move on.  I count myself lucky to be human.  The thing I wonder is are there any other species out there that count themselves luck to be what they are?  I guess the core question is this.

What other species would you want to be if you could no longer be human?

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