Making Geophysical Science Exciting
Hehe. Don't get me wrong. I think that the subject is awesome and exciting just as it is (which is why I'll recieve my BS in geosci just a few short weeks), but for those of you who have doubts read on & take a look at what I got emailed today from the Paleo people (sidenote: each week there is a "Noon-Baboon" talk/lunch, but this week the name has been changed slightly). I thought it was quite amusing:

"IchthyoBaboon: Systematics and morphological diversification of headstanding fishes and their relatives"

A description is included below for your enticement.
Hope to see you there.

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COME BE AMONG THE FIRST to view a strange, undescribed species of Venezuelan fish with a mouth where no mouth should be! MARVEL at B--'s preparedness as he gives a practice talk a full month before the meeting. HECKLE his inability to determine the critter's proper phylogenetic placement!

STAY and WONDER at the extreme morphological diversity of the Anostomimorpha, whose mouths face forwards, downwards, upwards and even backwards! BE SHOCKED by the lack of diversity in their similarly speciose slime-sucking sisters! DECRY the complete absence of fossils from this study! Handwaving explanations for profound macroevolutionary trends provided at no additional charge.