glowing monkeys

[Gadi Evron <ge () linuxbox org>]

When I read news like this, I day dream science fiction for at least 20 
minutes. Sometimes I even write it down.

Scientists create glowing Monkeys!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8070252.stm
"Genetically modified primates that glow green and pass the trait on to 
their offspring could aid the fight against human disease."

This follows the news of the now famous, cloned, glowing cats:
http://cosmiclog.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/12/13/514602.aspx

I think my next project will involve glowing spiders so I can smite more 
of them, or maybe glowing mosquitoes. Maybe glowing terrorists?

More importantly, how do we name a glowing beverage?

My first thought was "glowing coke", my second was "stick light", after 
the the glowing sticks of light. Then I said both out loud. That was 
fun! That now X-rated idea was dropped. :)

All this just so I can come up with the idea of a GLOWING BEER, because 
beer is good and inventing catch phrases is so easy. An advertiser's dream.
Example: Light up your life!

Side-tracked a bit, yes, but I can't help but wonder about GLOWING 
HUMANS. If we all glowed at night at some point (say, because of them 
monkeys or mosquitoes), I feel sorry for the leper who is born with the 
genetic error, who won't glow. Poor kid, will probably get thrown into 
trash-cans in school.

Brining it down a notch, developing a drink for clubs, which makes you 
glow for a few hours, would be an interesting marketing concept. :)

Bringing the whole email down to a more current subject of discussion 
(while staying in the realm of science fiction), it would be an 
interesting and scary way of causing mass extinction in animals, whether 
predator or the eaten.

Happy Shavuot,

        Gadi.
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