And what have I accomplished? Thanks to Steve and Dierdre Metzler, who gave me a tour of the local pubs and restaurants, I have learned something important. Guinness in Ireland is a completely different beast from Guinness anywhere else; here,...
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Posted by PZ Myers at 5:33 PM • 61 Comments •
Category: Personal
On top of previous summaries, Zeno now recounts the tale of my visit to Sierra College. One amusing feature of the Q&A at Sierra was that a notorious creationist showed up, and I caused him considerable distress by turning his...
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Posted by PZ Myers at 11:48 AM • 117 Comments •
Category: Open Thread
Hey! You took advantage of my prolonged absence trapped in a metal tube hurtling at 37,000 feet above the Atlantic to fill up the last endless thread. Sneaky. You're making it hard to keep up. Go ahead. Blah, blah, blah,...
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Posted by PZ Myers at 11:34 AM • 954 Comments •
Category: Godlessness
I have arrived in Dublin, and am having a lovely time. I had a taxi driver with the most wonderful accent get me to a nice hotel, and am contemplating a stroll around the area to find some Guinness....
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Posted by PZ Myers at 11:17 AM • 30 Comments •
Category: Organisms
(Note also: I think someone with a bird fetish has a birthday coming up…)...
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Posted by PZ Myers at 5:55 AM • 38 Comments •
Category: Pointless polls
It's like they're teasing me, begging me to squish their goofy little poll. Should the Bible be taught in public schools? Yes 70.2% No 29.8%...
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Posted by PZ Myers at 1:02 PM • 131 Comments •
Category: Equality
Dennis Engelhard was a trooper in the highway patrol who was killed in an accident, when a car lost control in the snow and hit him. That's tragedy enough, but what makes it worse is that the person he loved...
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Posted by PZ Myers at 12:10 PM • 62 Comments •
Category: Personal
I had a nice break for about 14 hours — I arrived in Minneapolis, and my wife showed up with her massage table (there's a reason she is the Trophy Wife™), but now I have to get on a series...
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Posted by PZ Myers at 11:32 AM • 47 Comments •
The crafty Taisha McFall, creator of the Ray Comfort Tampon Case, is having a birthday tomorrow. What she'd like for her birthday is that women everywhere be free of fear and able to live their lives in some security, but...
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Posted by PZ Myers at 8:55 AM • 58 Comments •
Category: Organisms
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Posted by PZ Myers at 8:45 AM • 28 Comments •