Here is a ancedote from a class I was in last week. I feel that it properly explains why Dr. S is such a very cool professor and also why it is so much fun to have classes with B.

Dr. S: [speaking on Galileo's contributions to physics] He concretized theories. . .

[entire class pauses for a moment]

Dr. S: [turning to survey the mass confusion] made concrete, solid, removed from the realm of the abstract.

B: Is that even a real word?

Dr. S: [a definite smirk on his face] You can turn any noun into a verb by adding "ize" to the end.

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In a different class, this week, the balance of power is turning, thank the powers that be, but that did not prevent Dr. T from reading excerps of papers aloud in class and mocking them, [trust me, it was histerical], he told me he would rather I drink beer than not proof read for his class. I think we may have a deal. ;)