# One of my son's professors is... **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 26, 2018, 12:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-of-my-sons-professors-is/823522 "2018-10-26T00:35:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![TreacherousCretin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/treacherouscretin/32/476_2.png) [@TreacherousCretin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TreacherousCretin)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2018, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-of-my-sons-professors-is/823522/21 "2018-10-27T18:44:46Z")
> [@Tibby](#): > > I think we goofed up etching graphics of a nude man and woman on the Golden Record plaque, however. The thought of some slimy outer-space creature masturbating to our likenesses is disconcerting to say the least. 😃 Relax. A slimy outer-space creature would be more likely to recoil in horror or revulsion at our likenesses. “Yow! Monsters!” and so forth. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2018, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-of-my-sons-professors-is/823522/22 "2018-10-27T19:00:16Z")
I have a cousin who used to be married to Adrienne Barbeau’s half-brother. I met him once, 30 years ago, but not Adrienne. He and my cousin divorced long ago. That’s all I’ve got. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2018, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-of-my-sons-professors-is/823522/23 "2018-10-27T19:09:00Z")
> [@Tibby](#): > > I think we goofed up etching graphics of a nude man and woman on the Golden Record plaque, however. The thought of some slimy outer-space creature masturbating to our likenesses is disconcerting to say the least. 😃 At the time some people did object to sending “porn to the stars,” which Sagan found hilarious. He was more concerned that the aliens would think that one sex of humans was distinguished by having asymmetric arms, since only the male has his right arm raised on the plaque. ---
**Author:** ![Tibby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tibby/32/17030_2.png) [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2018, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-of-my-sons-professors-is/823522/24 "2018-10-27T20:54:02Z")
> [@TreacherousCretin](#): > > Relax. A slimy outer-space creature would be more likely to recoil in horror or revulsion at our likenesses. “Yow! Monsters!” and so forth. Hey, speak for yourself, pal! I think hideous space creatures will find me quite attractive. Earth-chicks don’t seem to, so aliens are my last hope. , I just hope they don’t try inserting their filthy appendages into my wrong orifices. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![harmonicamoon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/65b543/32.png) [@harmonicamoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/harmonicamoon)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2018, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-of-my-sons-professors-is/823522/25 "2018-10-27T21:01:45Z")
When I was an undergrad at University of Nevada, Reno, My creative writing professor was Walter Van Tilburg Clark. I wish I would have kept my assignments with his comments on them. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2018, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-of-my-sons-professors-is/823522/26 "2018-10-28T00:59:24Z")
> [@MonkeyCat](#): > > Your story is more akin to your kid being able to talk to someone who intimately knew Einstein… Neato. Maybe not intimately, but I used to babysit for the kids of a woman who’s mom painted Einstein’s portrait. It was weird when the kids pulled out a box of family snapshots, and there were all these pics of Einstein, like he was one of the family. Plus my younger sister worked with Einstein’s grandson. He had the exact same hair – must have been a strong genetic trait! ---
**Author:** ![P-man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/p-man/32/3606_2.png) [@P-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P-man)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2018, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-of-my-sons-professors-is/823522/27 "2018-10-28T02:00:47Z")
> [@davidm](#): > > Very cool. Do you have any idea what sort of screenwriting he teaches? Fiction? Documentaries? > > I can see where his father’s activities could have led him to pursue screenwriting. Of course children often pursue their own interests independently of their parents. Our son is taking the intro class. There was an article in the school paper last year that said he taught two classes; I forget what the other one is. It says a lot for the Ithaca film that someone with his experience is teaching an intro class. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2018, 2:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-of-my-sons-professors-is/823522/28 "2018-10-28T02:22:41Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > Nope. It was Nick’s voice, recorded when he was six. > > [Nick Sagan - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_Sagan) When you click on the wiki link, it says, _“Not to be confused with Nick Saban”_. Yeah, no kidding. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Licentious\_Ectomorph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/5e9695/32.png) [@Licentious\_Ectomorph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Licentious_Ectomorph)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2018, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-of-my-sons-professors-is/823522/29 "2018-10-29T17:41:45Z")
My seventh grade history teacher was the mother of Steven Van Zandt, “Little Steven” of the E Street Band. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/one-of-my-sons-professors-is/823522.md?page=1)