December 2012
5 posts
3 tags
“I’m afraid I’d have to be a gatherer because I couldn’t see my...”
– John Brady’s self-determined role in a hunter/gatherer society
First-year: John Brady, what kind of dog do you have?
John Brady: The best kind.
6 tags
“Have you ever had welsh rarebit? Well, it’s like beer fondue.”
– John Brady’s Feldspar Lecture
On making hard apple cider
“14% alcohol is fine for a cold winter’s night… but how about 40%?”
November 2012
8 posts
Student: “So - on the graph, what does ‘26% Dead’ mean?”
John Brady: “Well… It refers to the previous mineralogy class…”
Ah, yes, critters...
Today I am speaking in my James Earl Jones...
John Brady is sick. :(
The Dropstone
No, Native Americans did not bring it here in their canoe.
Buckle Your Seat belts!
Student: “Professor Brady? The continents are all moving right now, right? A little bit every year?” J. Brady: “Yes! All the time. Hang on!”
4 tags
“Even my atoms are dusty.”
“There are no bonds between layers… like puppies on a cold night.” - John Brady
October 2012
10 posts
4 tags
John Brady knows about metamorphism, and how to quickly take off a wig.
"It requires us to use vectors. ... I know that's...
“It’s a good thing I play tennis, I’ve got a lot of balls”
- John Brady
“…Namely, our good friend again, alcohol.”
- John Brady
“You will not cross the Canadian border with these bottles of white powder in your suitcase…”
- John Brady
"It rolls...maybe if it shakes, we can shake,...
- John Brady
http://www.smithfaces.com/brady.html
September 2012
11 posts
"This robot is dumb. You may know some smart...
John Brady on the XRD
“(Happily, to first-years) geology rules all! (Quieter, under breath) geology rules all.” - John Brady, FYS
“Why aren’t there more rocks with wet brownies?”
- John Brady
“The M&M trail is actually not named–although I have done this–for leaving M&Ms along the trail as incentive for your children to keep hiking.” - John Brady, FYS
tumblrbot asked: WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE INANIMATE OBJECT?
“You can breed for that.”
– John Brady, speaking about the trait of left-handedness in humans.
“Person: “I think John has had quite a bit of wine”
John (holding...”
– John Brady
“So…. imagine I have a gun….”
– John Brady
“Polyphemus has these large hands….How does he milk the goats??”
– John Brady
May 2012
16 posts
“This cost $300,000. Thank you for your tax dollars.”
– John Brady
“Supposed to see a little sparking. What’s the deal???”
– John Brady
“I’m going to sacrifice another glove to science.”
– John Brady
“Beam of atoms are like a wild dog.”
– John Brady
“I forgot it gets hot”
– John Brady
John Brady and his friends used to be groupies for/stalk Yo-Yo Ma
“You’ve known this since you made rock candy in the 3rd grade”
– John Brady
“I use the term ‘granite’ loosely”
“Decompression melting is the way of the earth”
– John Brady
“There is not a single person who can look at this rock and not notice anything...”
– John Brady.
John Brady don’t assume
“This was taken from a thin section from that sample…which has disappeared....”
– John Brady
“There’s a reason we lock the display cabinets”
– John Brady
“… causing those earthquakes that happen in places like Japan. And soon...”
– John Brady
Is that a threat or a promise?
John Brady’s Intro to Geology class was taught by 4 professors, one of whom was Stephen J. Gould
John Brady used to brew his own beer, and still has a case left that he brewed over 30 years ago. Apparently it is delicious.
The one time John Brady tried to make his own rootbeer, and put the bottles on top of his cabinets. They got too warm and ended up exploding.
