In honor of Geek Week, I traveled to East Tennessee State University in Johnson City, to talk with paleontology professor Jim Mead about his astonishingly geeky collection of dried animal poop. Thanks to Professor Mead, I now know way more about the, to use his terms, "south end of northbound creatures" than I ever thought possible.
I also got to see a nearby excavation site where a treasure trove of fossils has been uncovered. My take-away? Everything is related. Everything.
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Does a story on "fossilized poop" stir my grey cells?? NO WAY. I can now officially declare myself NOT A GEEK!
My impression is that this'll be a really crappy segment tonight. Can't wait!
(Sry).
omg!!
I love this. Can't wait for the segment. So....if a dino/bear poops in the woods it appears somebody actually will notice....sorry.
Hm; I wonder if we couldn't use 65M y/o poop to stop the leak in the Gulf...
At First Glance, I thought that Kent Jones was in a Bakery. I Will Take 6 Cookies with Nuts Please, 6 Without, and 6 with Chocolate Icing???
LOL
Diana
That is geek-tastic! Also can't wait to hear Kent's official Correspondent title for this gig. :)
Those of us who know the original meaning of 'geek' prefer being called 'nerd'. Having a predilection for knowledge generally, and science especially, means not having to bite the heads off chickens for live audiences; in fact, PETA won't allow that sort of thing anymore. I realize the need to have a catchy rhyming name supersedes any pretension of proper language usage, but my MSNBC-addicted daughter watches you every night, and the twentieth time I heard 'Geek Week' something finally snapped. Anyway, we really enjoy your show; keep up the good work. Don't let that Olberman dude show you up.
Not all of us. I'm aware of the etymology of "geek" and still prefer it over "nerd". Nerds excel in academics. Geeks excel at whatever they feel like excelling at.
Gotta agree with GrrrlRomeo on this one (depending on the interest; i.e. someone who loves comics or sci-fi could be a geek, but question the label for a sports fanatic), altho given the etymology, I was a little concerned that someone would come along and bite Kent Jones' head off while in that chicken costume. ^_^
http://www.theonion.com/articles/walking-sports-database-scorns-walking-scifi-datab,1442/
O, Excellency of Excrement, Pinnacle of Poopology, The Maddow Maven of Manure...loved the segment, Kent. You go!
A minor thread jack for Geek Weekish stuff. Key words: Chocolate, Beer, Prehistoric, Beer, Recreated, Beer, cocktail Moment and Beer.
Based on evidence of a cacao (fruit the cocoa bean is surrounded in) being drunk in wht is now Honduras circa 1400 bc a Maryland brewery has experimented on seeing what it tastes like.
http://www.ediblegeography.com/archaeo-alcohology/
After going through all the hoops to register in order to post the previous post, I'm astounded to learn that there are 1,851,794 Protostars registered ahead of me! :)