OK a pet peeve of mine is how scientists are portrayed in the mass media (especially biologists aka those mad lab coat dressed, atheists who play god and create GMOs). Having said that, I just love Pinky and the Brain (although it's been about 5 years since I've seen an episode). But through the wonders of the internet (and random blog surfing) I present Brainie the Pooh via Youtube.
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[Scene: Dinner at Chateau SteelyPips. DADDY is starting to say something about his day at work, when STEELYKID interrupts.]
STEELYKID: If you eat too many hot dogs, you'll turn into a hot dog!
SteelyKid has been sick this week, which made it a perfect time for me to fly down to Maryland for a couple of days. Fortunately, she and Kate have both forgiven me. I did break out the new friend I purchased for SteelyKid a couple of weeks ago, and have been holding in reserve:
Miscellaneous pop-culture items from the last couple of weeks:
"You can't always sit in your corner of the forest and wait for people to come to you... you have to go to them sometimes."
-Winnie the Pooh
Gee, even the gasbag version of Al Gore in the cartoon would have made a better president than the one we have. Instead Pinky was sworn into office and thinks he took over the world.