I am perennially misquoted.

I can't believe that I'm on Joan W's facebook quote list. I said that over a year ago, and while I confess to the overuse of "like", I don't remember saying "I have permission to take all these measurements." Then again, I wasn't taking notes on it.



(For those whose curiosity is piqued, and who are not at the U of C, the line was, "Humboldt was like, 'I have all these cool instruments. I have permission to take all these measurements.' Darwin was like, 'I'm gonna poke this lizard with a stick and see what happens!' " The most witty part of the quote was probably me acting out Darwin poking lizards with a stick.)