For a guy who’s never quite hit the big time, Rob Lowe has an impressive track record of evil deeds. Bad enough that he started out as a member of the Brat Pack, the mostly widely loathed coterie of actors Hollywood has ever produced. Then in 1988 a couple of videos of Rob engaging in three-way sex gave rise to the entire phenomenon of the celebrity sex tape, which makes Rob partly responsible for Paris Hilton’s career. Finally, he’s played the good-looking guy you love to hate in everything from Wayne’s World to the Austin Powers movies.

And this stuff keeps happening. Yesterday Rob was golfing (another sign of his essentially evil nature) at the Principal Charity Classic Pro-Am tournament in Des Moines, when he killed a bird in mid-flight on his way to the fourth hole. “That’s my birdie,” the actor bragged as both his ball and the bird dropped to the ground. Even more impressive, the bird was a goldfinch, which means Rob killed Iowa’s official state bird. “This is unbelievable,” he said afterward. “Who comes here and kills the state bird? Only me.” I’m pretty sure there are laws about that sort of thing, although under the circumstances Lowe could hardly be charged with anything more serious than invountary birdslaughter. But be warned, Rob Lowe: do anything else that gives rise to more Paris Hiltons, and you’re looking at some hard time.