Now THIS is impact! or, Check out what Tantillo's students are learning

check it out: the birth of beer. An excerpt:

The real reason to blame for the Neolithic age...

The Birth of Beer: location: a really fertile part of the fertile crescent, 10,000 B.C.E... it must have gone something like this:

"Senacharib, you lazy son of a scarab!"

"Ive had it up to my shooskas with this louzy nomadic life. We never have anything nice. No coffe table, no comfy chair, not even a teevee! Camel hair tents, camel hair rugs, camel hair shorts! My life is an itchy hell, husband of mine, and youre to blame. Cant we just settle down, maybe quit the Ur's Angels, get one of those new mud brick split levels, like Joh'Nzanh's?"

"Awwww, Angie, you know i just got new chrome mud flaps for Harl'eh and Dav'd-Zon. Look how shiny! This desert dude was born to ride!"

"Come sit, eat. I got some of that new barley grain down at Honest Ur's Bargain Hut. Very trendy. A deal too. I think it got wet in last years rainstorm. Looks like it sprouted. Made you some nice gruel from a recipe in good tentkeeping. Mmmmm, steaming hot!"

Click the link--there's more. An unsolicited student contribution to the blog dedicated to the greatness that is People, Values, and Natural Resources. And you thought all this blogging was goofing off. Shame on you, whoever suggested such a thing. :-)