Dyed my grey beard purple.
Considered dyeing the cat to match, but I’m not that bored. Yet.
Maybe next week…
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Evolution, development, and random biological ejaculations from a godless liberal
Dyed my grey beard purple.
Considered dyeing the cat to match, but I’m not that bored. Yet.
Maybe next week…
Hey, what is it you’re trying to signal?
My first thought on seeing the Twitter post was “who’s that in the picture? Doesn’t look like PZ”
I think the isolation itself is going fine, but I do think it’s complete bullshit that in one package of rice I had 8.954 grains and in the other I only had 8,871!
@3 What the hell are you doing with TWO bags of rice?! Hoarder!!!!!!!!!
Next time, use more purple. This time, it kind of came out brown.
Took two decades off. Lookin’ good.
Tegan says, and I quote, “It’s a good look. I don’t know why it’s so good, but it’s a good look for him. BRB, going to an M state to chat up PZ Myers.”
Your students are ignoring you and each other, aren’t they?
You should have some fun with that green screen behind you… put yourself someplace fun.
I think PZ may be close to needing an intervention.
Does Mary know?
Report: 27th Week of Isolation:
The PZ-Cat war continues apace. Cat took the bathroom after a shattering battle, now controls dwindling TP supply. Am rallying the spider army for a counterattack, but I fear the troops will be hard to roust from their encampments in the corners and dark places.
Cat has learned that feather on a stick is just a ruse, deigns to fall for that. Research continues apace on secret laser pointer weapons.
Dyed my ears fluorescent green in an effort to combat boredom…
Nice look-kind of Goth, but you need some guyliner to complete it. And black nail polish, of course.
Is this the first step in designing your infamous pirate alter-ego and thereby placating the ghosts of your viking ancestors?
The green screen is somewhat permanently set up in my home office — I’ve scheduled Zoom get-togethers with my students 4 days a week.
Oooh, guyliner. Maybe later. Also realized that I should have touched up the eyebrows, too.
If you make the beard slightly more pointy, you will be a dead ringer for Bond villain Hugo Drax.
He also was into using pandemics to achieve world domination.
Or you could just get a zeppelin. Any hairstyle or beard goes along with zeppelins. And you can stay airborne while 99% of everyone perishes.
Nice make-over, digging the pirate vibe. If you’re stuck for things to do, learning to play the hurdy-gurdy might be interesting.
And fwiw, here’s a little bit of pirate springtime to freshen up the shut-ins.
I’m anticipating the eventual reverse bleached blonde look.
At first I thought the beard will be useful for absorbing noise, protecting you from the critters of “Pitch Black”.
I have too much time in my hands so I have worked out how to handle the next apocalypse. If PZ starts training bats he will be in a position to track down and shoot the baddies from A Quiet Place.
Going for the book-appropriate Daario Naharis look, I see.
I know that during the various episodes of the plague here in Europe people did amazing things to try and ward it off…
Can someone explain to my why Americans are dying their hair sickly hues apparently with Kool-Aide juice packets? I don’t understand this phenom which I suspect has a lot to do with being a reclusive 57 yo white male. Please help.
@22, The mildly deranged penguin points out dying feathers with packaged sugary drinks is known to attract walruses. (Exactly why isn’t clear, but then nothing is with walruses.)
She therefore suggests that doing the same with this hair stuff attracts… well, something. Probably not walruses, and besides the obvious flies, perhaps hurdy-gurdys? Or crumhorns?
Not bad, not bad. I’m sheltering-in-place with other people who would give me negative feedback, but I’m thinking of growing out a pandemic beard. Usually, I’m pretty grey, so I haven’t bearded in several years, but this could really be the inspiration…
Not about beard color specifically, but on the more general topic of what to do with oneself when stuck at home, I finally watched the Hullabaloo. It would have been nice if you had somehow identified the other participants. I recognized PZ, of course, and I recognized Lauren (did I get the name right?) from attending a bunch of Skepticons (and I would have recognized Dr. Singham and Mr. Avester if they had been in on it because of photos on their blogs), but I had no clue who the other folk were.
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This boomer has finally gotten his first ever cell phone. (I’m not a Luddite…I’m a computer programmer…but I agree with the quote above.) I need the cell phone because I’ll be starting the work-from-home business on Monday, and there’d be no way, using my Western Electric dial-up instrument, to “press 1 to join the [WebEx] meeting”. 8-(
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So you have gone from arachnology to cosmetology. Boredom will do that.
You realize that evolutionary psychology is next, right?
Reminds me of when I dyed my hair fuchsia about 20 years ago. All my white friends hated it and all my black friends loved it.
@PA, # 15: You would be the BALLS with guyliner!
@ 28: Oops- “PZ,” not “PA.”
@blf, # 23: You walrus hurt the one you love.
I like it, PZ. Makes you look younger. Has Mary seen a picture yet? Any reaction?
PZ, now that you’ve explored the color purple, might I suggest something in Dayglo? I imagine that would brighten your outlook…
PZ, you should try to dye your beard to match this spider: https://youtu.be/2Fi6 1RdvLTc
Sorry the link above does not work, try this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Fi61RdvLTc&feature=emb_logo
Dude, sweet beard.
Don’t try to dye the cat. There is a blood bank shortage.
I dye my own hair and beard purple. I find that it doesn’t stick to my beard unless I damage my beard with a light blonde permanent color first and then be-purple it with a semi-permanent color on top.
DO NOT DYE YOUR EYEBROWS!
Males tend not to RTFMS. This is not an aesthetic opinion, this is a “hair dye is bad to get in your eyes under any circumstances” opinion. Boxes of hair dye say in their instructions NOT do to this.
The thing to do is use makeup in your eyebrows or get specific dye for eyebrows. Nobody makes eyebrow dye in fashion colors. The company Colourpop makes eyebrow pencilly implements that will not match exactly but will look intermediate between your hair and beard. Be sure to ask your beautiful trophy wife before you use her makeup remover though, it might be wise to get your own.
@laurian #22
It’s fun.
@ seachange, # 38: And pretty, especially pastels!
Bathing or dyeing a cat is easy. All that’s needed is about an inch of warm water in the bathtub, mild (baby) shampoo, chain mail, and three pairs of full-grain leather welding gloves.
Still time to apply the finishing touches before the thaw.
https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/what-is-a-hair-freezing-contest
Social isolation, week 1: I will continue to uphold standards and dress appropriately for work.
Social isolation, week 2: We’re not even running video. Who cares if I wear pants or not?
Social isolation week 4: I have cloth tubes that bifurcate at the bottom in my house. I no longer have any idea why.
@ prfesser, # 40: There’s an easier way to bath a cat. The only problem is the fur sticks to your tongue.
Why do you have purple hair dye in your house?
Wait a minute… you ain’t one of them crazy SJWs are ya?! I thought this was a science blog!
I actually like the purple
I don’t perceive the color as purple, but it looks good. Plus, it’s could be a poke in the eye to the likes of “Rev. Falwell” :-)