Biology and a Girlcrush (oh, and Microsoft FTW)

My biology professor rocks the casbah. Really. Everyone should have teachers this awesome.

Some quotes of hers that I’ve collected so far:

We aren’t born as single cells. We don’t come out five foot seven. That would be frightening.

There are some things in science we don’t have to test. Gravity for example. We aren’t going to jump off the Carquinez Bridge yelling ‘I have a theory!’ That’s just stupid.

Darwin was afraid that Wallace would beat him to the evolutionary punch, so he published his book first and got all the credit even though Wallace came to the same conclusion. In other words, Darwin was a bit of a bastard.

Seriously, how could I not have a big geeky girlcrush on this woman? It makes me so happy to be taking bio this semester. There’s something so awesome about having a professor who knows her shit AND is funny. She’s originally from Boston, so that makes shit even better. Her pronunciations make me want to giggle and offer to do her hair and makeup while we watch Clueless and eat Haagen Dazs. It’s like a live interactive episode of This Old House.

Booyeah, Bitches

This one’s for all you Microsoft Haters out there. All I have to say is this…find a legitimate reason to hate Microsoft and you win the internet. Until then, deal with the fact that they are a software company that behaves just as nefariously as all the other software companies out there. You take potshots because Microsoft is the biggest and most proliferated in the computing world. Most of you can’t give good enough reasons to dislike Microsoft (FireFox users, I’m looking RIGHT AT YOU). And no, “Microsoft just sucks” is not a good enough reason. Give me examples. Documentation. A list of your experiences. Both good and bad. I need to see that you’ve given this some actual thought and you’re not just operating on a Sheeple Principle. I’m sorry to say that most of you do. The vast majority of you do. I may not like Apple, but I freely admit to their good points. I will sing the praises of Linux even though it occasionally will cause my anus to prolapse. I’m an equal-opportunity basher and lover. Try it on for size. You might find it a bit…freeing?