PZ Myers Will Meet You at Village Inn
It’s true, ladies. Last night, Jennifer, Ed, Bryan, and I went to see PZ Myers speak at the Pacific Science Center, where I quickly outbearded him.
Here’s the thing: It was a lot of fun. The talk was really entertaining. Anyone should know that. He warmed up the crowd by showing the argument from peanut butter video, which was even more hilarious when watched in a group setting. He talked about the general inanity of the correspondence he gets from Creationists, and what science writers can do to communicate science to as wide an audience as possible.
And then a bunch of attendees went to a noisy pub. Ed and I drank beer and talked about woo and realized that we couldn’t hear anything that anyone else was saying, so we left. On my way out I had the following exchange with PZ, reproduced here as a memorial to the ages:
Jason: This was not a very good Bible study.
PZ: Actually it was the best kind!
Jason: OK, but you ruined my joke.
And that’s what kind of people they are.
Stumble it!
June 3rd, 2008 at 9:06 am
Ha, great picture! Thanks for the invite, good times!
June 3rd, 2008 at 9:36 am
I am envious of you that you got to hear him speak!
Sometimes I have fantasies of a face to face debate between he and Comfort.
June 3rd, 2008 at 9:41 am
OMG I have those fantasies too!!! If I could have thought of a relevant way to bring up Ray Comfort during the Q&A I would have.
OK, since you brought it up, here is the rest of my convo w/ PZ:
Jason: This was not a very good Bible study.
PZ: Actually it was the best kind!
Jason: OK, but you ruined my joke.
PZ: *chuckles*. Are you going to my talk on Friday?
Jason: No, I’m sorry. I’d like to, but I have a rule about paying $30 to see someone speak.
PZ: Because I’ll be opening with a Bible verse.
Jason: Oh, that’s fine. I get all my Bible study needs met by Ray Comfort.
PZ: Oh…well…go have a banana.
At this point PZ was about three beers deep.
Man it was fun.
Are you in Seattle, FD? I’d like to organize a Skeptics in the Pub sometime.
June 3rd, 2008 at 9:44 am
PZ’s bling! That’s hilarious. I hope Mike Edmondson knows.
June 3rd, 2008 at 12:23 pm
Jason, you are my hero. And I don’t mean sandwich.
Jason, you are my hero. That time I was THINKING of a sandwich, but still didn’t mean it in application to your hero-ness.
I mean it Jason. I am so proud of you.
June 3rd, 2008 at 12:25 pm
What an encouragement, Taisha!
June 3rd, 2008 at 12:31 pm
LOL…..’go have a banana’ !!
I wish I did live in Seattle, but no, I’m in a ‘burb of Vegas where it is skin searingly hot in the summer and it rarely rains.
I know it would be beneath PZ to sit down with Comfort because it wouldn’t be worth his time but I’d really love for Comfort to try to explain to PZ his ideas about how the big bang caused evolution….ohhhhh the money I’d pay….
June 3rd, 2008 at 12:34 pm
Oh, I’m loving the PZ bling too!
June 3rd, 2008 at 2:18 pm
Pardon my ignorance. What is represented by the hand signs? Great pic, by the way!
June 3rd, 2008 at 2:33 pm
Welcome trog! The hands signs are the letters “V” and “I”, which stands for “Village Inn”, a chain of diners.
Why do I always make that hand sign? Because Mathias showed it to me and I thought it looked cool.
June 3rd, 2008 at 6:58 pm
OH MY GOB, JASON!!!!! He linked to YOUR WEBSITE from HIS WEBSITE!!!!!
I am double-proud now…
June 3rd, 2008 at 7:54 pm
HE HAS A WEBSITE??!?!???
June 3rd, 2008 at 10:27 pm
Why must you make fun of me….?
June 3rd, 2008 at 10:57 pm
It should not be left un-noted that that’s the Shocker handsign.
June 3rd, 2008 at 11:01 pm
Taisha: that’s the only way I know of expressing love.
Skatje: As was noted in the comments on the Pharyngula thread, it’s simply convergent evolution! Seriously, I didn’t even know that the Shocker was until after I started using that sign.
June 4th, 2008 at 5:04 am
That’s not the Shocker.
The Shocker should start from the classic Auto; ie first two fingers together and the “hammer” (thumb) cocked back and ready to rock.
That’s when you add the Shocker.