I apparently surprised the girlfriend yesterday by playing her nerdy music. Now, I teach human evolution and prehistory and have been reading books about evolution in particular all year, so you'd think she wouldn't have been surprised, but there you go. I guess I hide the nerdiness well? To be fair, I make fun of her and her friends when they get together to drink wine and talk about...Bourdieu. Or Foucault. Or what grade they got on papers in their theory class last semester. So I guess she thought that meant I was not nerdy. Joke's on her! So here, for your enjoyment, are...
1. The Real Pliocene Hominin:
Reminds us that we don't know which Pliocene hominid is the actual ancestor of modern humans. With singing skeletons. I'm just saying. Watch out, though, the song will literally stay with you for days, particularly if you know the song it's parodying already...
2. A Biologist's Mother's Day Song
Because, of course, there can never be enough nerdy tributes to mom's DNA. I know it's too late for Mother's Day, but still awesome. There's enough nerdiness in this one that the girlfriend wanted me to turn it off. She does like the tune, though...
3. The Rap Guide to Evolution (you'll have to click on "The Rap Guide to Evolution" under discography)--I suggest "Sexual Selection," but they're all good. Good and nerdy. Plus, he quotes Darwin a bunch. Highly nerdy. In addition, Baba Brinkman (the rapper) also did the "Rap Canterbury Tales" if his nerd quotient wasn't high enough for you.
http://www.babasword.com/
And now Guliko has noticed I'm on the computer, so her next step is probably stepping on it. I'd better sign off. Revel in the nerdiness!
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