Alton Brown is my hero

Any man who uses the words "rhizome" and "cotyledons " in a discussion of fruitcakes, and knows that a pecan is not actually a nut (it's a drupe), gets my love.


And that's all I have to say about that.
Do you know how much genetically modified food you eat? No. You don't. Because there is no law in the United States requiring genetically modified foods to be labelled.

And that should terrify all of you. There's no way to control genetic modifications in plants from spreading. And no one really knows for sure what eating these foods might do to us in generations to come. Research that refutes research done by the big business that are modifing the stuff gets shut down or goes unpublished.

It's hard to explain to a general audience who doesn't know about recombinant DNA that putting genes into food means they're going to end up in people, and I don't have the strength to type it all out. But it's terrifying, and I don't want to be eating anything thats been messed with without knowing that I'm eating it.

We watched this movie about all this today, and all I could think of was the line in Jurassic Park where Jeff Goldblum says "Your scientists were so busy worrying about whether or not they could, they never stopped to think if they should." And we all know how well genetic engineering worked out in that case. How they could totally totally control everything. NOT.

From Botany:

Professor Lubkowitz on Teaching Kindergarteners: I asked "How many eyes do spiders have?" and this kid goes "Spiders have- My fish has two eyes!" Then he talked about his fish for five minutes. And I was like 'I understand you.' (Cause Lubkowitz's mind is chaotic like that. He interrupts himself all the time.)


From Christian Ethics:

The class: *is proposing ways we can be graded on our last unit*
Kevin and Jeff: *propose different ways*
Father Mac: Ok, let's vote. Who wants to go the Kevin way? 
Three People: *raise their hands*
Father Mac: And who wants to go the Jeff way?
The Rest of the Class, Including Kevin: *raise their hands*

 I love classes, because they provide me with funny quotes to share.

Professor Lubkowitz's wisdom: You have to swing the bat to hit the ball. (That's along the same lines as "only those who dare to fail greatly can achieve greatly," which I've always found to be true.)

More Professor L stuff: My son woke me up crying at 3:00 this morning, so I went in and held him. Then the little bastard went right back to sleep and I didn't.

Last night in Wind Ensemble Doc told us we were playing like a symphonic accompaniment to an appendectomy without novacaine. I'm not sure quite what that means, but I don't think it's good.

My chem lab teacher: When you build up pressure in a closed system, what's that called?
Class: Ummm... *tries to remember the scientific term for such a thing*
My chem lab teacher: There's a simple layman's term for it. It begins with a B.
Some Guy: A bomb!
My chem lab teacher: Right. A bomb. So don't leave the cork on the test tube, or it'll explode.

She ends up with two Stars of David. With mayo. - Abby, describing her friend Al's way of eating sandwiches.

Professor Lubkowitz: *spills his water on the keyboard of the classroom computer* Do you think that's bad?
Class: YES!
Professor Lubkowitz: *holding keyboard upside down, letting water run out* I'm having water issues. My well ran dry last night. I had to shower at work.

Father Mac: Do you know Zach Pratt? *points at Zach Pratt*
Girl: I do now.
Father Mac: That's too bad.

The set up: Then the boys in Christian Ethics today had to justify lying in a crisis. They did this by describing a situation involving Randy holding Tom's wife hostage until Tom wired him $1,000,000, at which point Randy pistol whipped Tom and his wife, leaving them unconscious but alive. The class's objective was to show how lying was not justified in that situation.
Someone: What if he doesn't love his wife?
Jeff Mack: *muttering* You can take her and the million dollars...


None of these really convey the hilarity of their situations, but they're the best I can do.

Prepare for random randomness from my day!



Professor Lubkowitz on his son: Jax came home last night and said "I learned how to count to three in Spanish today. Wanna hear?" Then he said "Buenos noches." It's the kind of thing you're not sure if you should correct or not.

Me on me: I really need to stop being interested in straight girls. And occasionally gay men. Clearly, I need to be a bisexual man. That will solve all my problems.

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