What the Fock?

I'll now be contributing to a collaborative UCI science graduate student blog called Nice Shoes, Wanna Fock. The content of this blog will consist mainly of science, science news, and the occasional rant about the life of a grad student. Check it out, it should be fun and informative.

"Four Things" Meme

I got tagged with this Four Things Meme by Amicus over at The Prejudicial Effect. And considering I'm exhausted and hung over from the Super Bowl, doing this is way easier than a post that requires effort.

Four jobs I've had:
1. Balloon Artist (i.e. making balloon animals)
2. Private Lesson Instructor for Percussion
3. Mindless drone at Service Merchandise
4. Front Desk of the Physics, Math, and Astronomy library at UT-Austin

Four movies I can watch over & over:
1. Fight Club
2. American Psycho
3. Pulp Fiction
4. Boondock Saints

Four places I've lived:
1. Grand Junction, CO
2. The Woodlands, TX (yes, "The" is actually part of the name)
3. Austin, TX
4. Irvine, CA

Four tv shows I love:
1. The Simpsons
2. The Daily Show
3. Family Guy
4. Futurama

Four places I've vacationed:
1. London
2. Mexico
3. New York City
4. Las Vegas

Four of my favorite dishes:
1. Texas Barbeque
2. Sushi
3. Steak
4. Spaghetti Carbonara

Four sites I visit daily:
1. N.Y Times
2. CNN
3. GorillaMask.net
4. ESPN

Four places I would rather be right now:
1. My couch
2. My bed
3. Salt Lick Barbeque in Driftwood, TX
4. The magical land of no hangovers

Four books I love:
1. 1984
2. Coercion : Why We Listen to What "They" Say
3. Surely You're Joking Mr. Feynman
4. Freakonomics : A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything

By request, I'm tagging Allison with this meme.

Friday Quote of the Day

You can know the name of a bird in all the languages of the world, but when you're finished, you'll know absolutely nothing whatever about the bird... So let's look at the bird and see what it's doing -- that's what counts. I learned very early the difference between knowing the name of something and knowing something.

Richard Feynman

Meat

Mmmmmm... 72 ounce steak

After reading through this thread at Shakespeare's Sister, I have to decided to rant a little bit about vegetarians and their chosen lifestyle. I will attempt to stay civil. (highly unlikely)

1. Eating meat is unethical. Bullshit. Humans are omnivores. That sheep/pot belly pig/fill in the blank cute animal is not your child. Stop anthropomorphising everything.
2. Human digestive systems have not evolved to eat meat. Are you a fucking moron? Guess why people didn't just go out and graze on grass? Because we lack the enzymes to digest that shit. That is why ancient people let livestock, who possessed enzymes that can digest grass, graze on fields and then ate them. You learn that in an introductory microbiology class.
3. Vegetarian diets are healthier. Wrong. Balanced diets consisting of the proper amounts of fruit, vegetables, meat, bread, etc. are the healthiest diets. Vegetarians typically have to take suppliments of protein and certain nutrients to maintain their "healthy" diet. If you are taking supplements, that means your diet is NOT healthy.
4. Meat is disgusting. Liar. Have you had a steak? What about bacon? It's fucking delicious. Make your best vegetarian meal. The best meal in the HISTORY of vegetarian meals. Then we'll do the Pepsi challenge at some mall between your Cadillac of vegetarian meals and a juicy red steak. Guess which one wins 99 times out of 100? Steak, bitches.
5. Everyone who can afford to be a vegetarian, should be a vegetarian. You chose to be a vegetarian. I choose to eat meat. It's a free country, so quit your bitchin.
6. The meat industry mistreats animals. You're correct. Animals should be treated with respect, but they are still food.
7. Why are you so mean to vegetarians? I'm mean to everyone. I'm a bad person. But NOT because I eat meat.

State of the Union Replay

Just in case you missed the State of the Union, here it is on video... just slightly remixed.

Bros before proles

Dont worry guys, I'm just fucking with them

That's my proposal for a new title for the State of the Union address. According to this article in the N.Y. Times, some of W's best friends were not in on the joke. The Saudis were acting like they just dumped at the altar...

In Washington, Prince Turki, the Saudi ambassador, said he was puzzled by Mr. Bush's words in the speech. He said he wanted to know if reducing American dependence on foreign oil also applied to other suppliers to the United States. "Is that a declaration that the U.S. is going to work to be independent of Canadian oil, Mexican oil and Venezuelan oil?" he asked, adding, "I see no threat from America from receiving its oil from the Middle East."

Meanwhile, Republicans were acting like Dubya just cheated on them with their best friend...

Senator John Cornyn, Republican of Texas, said he was enthusiastic about nuclear power but questioned whether the government should be subsidizing alternative fuels like ethanol.

"It loses some of its shine when it becomes another government support program for an alternative fuel, which seems to be the pattern here in Washington," Mr. Cornyn said.

But George W. Bush always takes care of his buddies. They obviously had nothing to worry about...

The Energy Department will begin laying off researchers at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in the next week or two because of cuts to its budget.

A veteran researcher said the staff had been told that the cuts would be concentrated among researchers in wind and biomass, which includes ethanol. Those are two of the technologies that Mr. Bush cited on Tuesday night as holding the promise to replace part of the nation's oil imports.

It's 9:18am, the day after the State of the Union...

And I'm still fucking pissed off about the State of the Union. But the Democratic response, was absolutely fucking PATHETIC! If you want to perform fellatio on the entire Republican party, then join the Republican party. Fucktard.

By the way, go read The Disgruntled Chemist's live blogging of the State of the Union. It guest stars some of your favorite O.C. liberal bloggers such as: Rob the Dirty Liberal, AC Patriot, Commandante Agi