I was sorting out my calendar. It always helps to occasionally figure out where I’m going and where I am, and it’s also helpful for my wife, in case she’s wondering where I got to. These are my travel plans for the next several months, in case anyone wants to hunt me down.
12 February, Fargo, North Dakota: The legendary PZ Meyers debates Fuz Rana. I have to be there to meet this Meyers fella, I’ve heard so much about him.
15 February, LA: CFI LA.
2-5 April, Seattle, Washington: Norwescon.
13-15 May, Durango, Spain: talking about science communication in Basque country.
16 May, Denver, Colorado: ☆ ☆ SKATJE’S WEDDING.☆ ☆
8 June, Traverse City, Michigan: Grand Traverse Humanists.
19 June, Eugene, Oregon: Chuck Kimmel Symposium.
2-5 July, Bloomington, Minnesota: CONvergence.
31 July, St. Louis, Missouri: Gateway to Reason.
I have this nagging feeling that I also had something scheduled for March, but it seems to have disappeared. If you’re the organizer for something I agreed to do, and you’re not listed here, let me know and I’ll fix it.
If it doesn’t have a link, then sorry, you don’t get to go, unless you’re very special.
Also, you’re free to track down the people responsible and yell at them repetitively to ban me. It’s not nice to do to them, but if you think that way, you’ll probably do it anyway. And you never know, Skatje might retract her invitation.
Aside: I was scrolling down the debate link (don’t know how you face these people, PZ), and I came to this interesting symposium.
I wouldn’t put that one anywhere close to the top of Christianity’s biggest contributions — gods were rising from the dead all over the place back then. What caused the fledgling religion to push aside all its competitors and sweep across the Roman world was surely the notion that a poor person had equal value to a monarch (up until that idea got squashed by Constantine). The same idea kept on undermining the nobility in Europe for the next two thousand years. Would the rest of you agree?
When will you next be in the UK … ? The science communication one sounds great; Basque country is too far away, though :-(((
I got to hear you speak twice so far, and of course that’s self-evidently Not Enough; I want to hear you speak again more and for longerer. Therefore, clearly, hence ergo accordingly, it must be made to be so (do I have to go back to the Complaints thread? Eh???)
No current plans for the UK…early summer is going to be all about a teacher workshop, and late summer is all about undergrad research, and all of it is going to be here in Morris.
Maybe next year?
What, the Horde isn’t invited to Skatje’s wedding? Boy, that’s some gratitude for us giving you our opinions for free all these years, PZ!
Spain! In May! That just might end up on my calendar, too.
No promises; something closer to the former Soviet bloc would be nice, but I’ll take what I can get.
Unfortunately, that conference is scrunched up tight against my daughter’s wedding date, so I’m not going to have a leisurely stay among the Basques — I actually have to give my talk and leave early.
*grumble grumble*
That complaints thread is still active, right? I’d like to complain about how PZ never schedules anything around my schedule / travel opportunities.
Yeah! It’s outrageous!
On the other hand, I shall cross some fingers for the maybe UK next year bit :-)
Skatje can’t retract her wedding invite! Everyone knows that a marriage is invalid if it doesn’t include a transfer of ownership of a woman from the appropriate male relative! /s
For real though, congrats to Skatje! I hope everyone will have a great time and that she won’t be as stressed out as I was for my wedding (just because I hate being the center of attention. Oi.).
I was gonna say…that’s cutting it close. You might even have to start praying to Mercury that your travel plans run smoothly.
Once again, there is no NYC on your calendar—an egregious slight up with which I shall not put.
I am sorry PZ, but you have been warned about this. You leave me no choice but to report you to the Cephalopod Overlords. May Vampyroteuthis infernalis have mercy on your…your…er, beard! Beard.
But everybody in New York hates me!
Actually, I guess everyone everywhere hates me. I don’t know why I go anywhere.
Many wishes for a long and happy marriage for Skatje and her spouse!
Iris:
I believe there is a link to the complaints department around here somewhere…
PZ:
I bet if you start handing out ponies, fewer people will hate you.
One of those stops is a mere 90 minute from my homestead, but I can find nothing yet online about the Chuck Kimmel Symposium on June 19th. Are people not named Chuck Kimmel allowed?
Whoops, just noticed the “If it doesn’t have a link, then sorry, you don’t get to go, unless you’re very special.” Was to excited to read all the way to the end of the post. Guess you *do* have to be named Chuck Kimmel, or at least possess the level of experience and involvement to comprehend and contribute to the goings on. Feeling very unspecial now.
Ugh, why do I never see my typos until after I post? I type, I preview, I re-read, and then I post, But I always seem to read what I thought I typed instead of what I actually typed, at least until after I post. #prepostblindness
PZ, you might be thinking of CFI-LA. Remember, you were originally scheduled for March, then we had to reschedule because the stupid Los Angeles Marathon will be closing all the stupid streets on March 15th.
Lady Mondegreen #20
Send PZ an email. He may not catch it in a comment.
Dear PZ, I recommend you use the same solution as the protagonist in “Kiln People”. Surely a cheaper-model golem will be enough for giving the odd speech?