ERIC CHILTON HAS STOLEN MY GOOD NAME! Ever wonder how the weatherperson gets the qualifications for the job? I did too, until a little egosurfing sent me here where I read about my perfectly coiffed (and therefore perfectly evil) twin. In perusing his bio I noted that Mississippi State University has numerous degree programs with which I was not previously familiar. My favorite among these? Poultry Science. What student with an eye on the future would enroll in PO 3323? Not enough? There is also PO 3333 for when you havn't been satiated by PO 3323. The Poultry Careers page blew my mind a little bit. Nowhere on the page does it mention human health or nutrition. It doesn't mention the ethics of factory farming, the genetic modification of animals to their detriment and our gain. Nope. None of that. Just the promise of a job upon graduation. Doesn't matter what you do to the planet, as long as you can buy enough presents at Christmas time to keep your kids from crying.

But I digress. MSU also offers a Certificate in Broadcast Meterology through their Department of Geosciences. It can be done! Journalist to "Scientist" in just a few short semesters. Why do we let my evil twin tell us what to wear in the morning? He doesn't know. He's a journalist with fancy computer graphics! Just ask me about how I found out.

Also interesting and enlightening to note the sheer volume of "Broadcast Meterologists" with Mississippi State credentials. Pages and pages of them...