Fasolamatt passes along a story about Purdue graduate students being paid $30 per session to take whiffs of various barnyard smells. Lest you think it’s some elaborate fraternity prank — nonsense, that would in some way involve the buttocks — the story notes that Purdue professor Albert Heber’s work “has led to a Web site in which people can input variables, such as the type of animal on the farm, the number of animals or how manure is processed, to determine how far the odors will travel. The information can be used to decide how close a residence can be to a livestock operation and not be affected by the smells.” As long as nobody has to sniff a Glenn Robinson unwashed gameworn, this sounds good to us. If only this research had been conducted before all those awful smells started coming out of 600 First Avenue.

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*Strange e-mail (and e-mail list that we’re somehow on): METROPOLITAN DOG CLUB invites you to a lecture on
Investing in Dog Painting and Canine Collectibes at Auction by Alan Fausel, Vice President and Director of Fine Art at Bonhams With Wine and Cheese Reception
Wednesday, January 16th
6:30 - 8:30 PM
$25 Admission Fee
Business Attire Required.
[Unfortunately, our furry friends are not invited.]

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Wow.

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COW votes. By 4:30.

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