dear lord, this is what i do for a living

I hardly ever read The Onion anymore, but one of this week's stories nailed it. This is going around several of my academic dork communities/mailing lists, so I of course need to share it:

"By drawing parallels between things and other, entirely different things, I not only further my own studies, but also encourage young minds to develop this comparative methodology in their own work," said Windham, holding his left hand up to represent one thing, then holding his right hand up to represent a separate thing, then bringing his hands together in simulation of a hypothetical synthesis of the two things.

I think from now on, whenever anyone asks me what I do, I'll point them toward this article.

Professor Sees Parallels Between Things, Other Things [The Onion]