I heard about this like 2 days before the story appeared on Yahoo...

What this illustrates is the bubble some academics live in....this "shithead" professor, despite being an EXPERT in his chosen field (i.e. SHIT), has no clue that his hauling off a load of SHIT is actually a big deal to the people who depend on said SHIT for a living.....when I graduated The Real World hit me like a Mary Carey bellyflop in a kiddie pool.