Sep 26 2011

They must like me in Ohio

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I seem to be flying there a lot in coming weeks. I’m going to be at The 2011 Humanism Award Banquet, honoring Page Stephens for his work in skepticism, on 30 September (Friday! Soon!).

Then I’m flying down again on 15-16 October for the Free Inquiry Group 20th Anniversary Celebration in Cincinnati — although it looks like the actual event will be in Kentucky.

I don’t know what I’m going to say at either of these events yet. I better think of something quick.

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asmallcontempt

26 September 2011 at 3:02 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

Say hi to Ken Ham for me!

xoxo,

Someone Who Paid $30 to go through Your Cruddy Museum
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Glen Davidson

26 September 2011 at 3:11 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

Sun comes up, sun goes down, and you still can’t explain it, Dave Silverman (of 20th Anniversary Celebration).

Oh sure, that earth rotation nonsense sounds good, but really, why does the sun go up and go down? Aliens?

Glen Davidson
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nigelTheBold, Wagering against Pascal

26 September 2011 at 3:12 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

Yay! I shall be at the Friday event.
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niftyatheist

26 September 2011 at 3:16 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

Oh wow, I will be driving right past there on my way home to Illinois on October 16…wish I could drop in!
Mind you, after reading the post below, even WITH a cup of hot piping comfort coffee (with an extra shot of hazelnut for sustenance and strength), I am so depressed, I might just skip the whole trip! (lol just kidding – not a chance!)
PZ, your travel schedule is punishing…but keep it up! :D And thank you!
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niftyatheist

26 September 2011 at 3:18 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

#2 Glen Davidson LOL!!! You and Brownian never fail to make my day with your quickness!
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mrfright

26 September 2011 at 3:21 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

Heck yeah we like you in Ohio!

I’ve been in Cleveland for some time, and I never knew about the CFI here. Dang, this is the last day to register, better get on that.
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ChasCPeterson

26 September 2011 at 4:17 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

They must like me in Ohio

well they apparently love Jerry Lewis in France, so there’s precedent
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Mattir

26 September 2011 at 4:19 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

Enjoy Ohio, but remember, you could be enjoying sheepy wonderfulness and World War I era aircraft with the Rhinebeckers…

(How exactly do you put up with all the travel you do?)
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mahavastu

26 September 2011 at 4:24 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

I hope to be there on Friday! Yea!
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ManOutOfTime

26 September 2011 at 4:36 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

Something pithy in Norwegian, just to remind everyone who won the WORLD SERIES of humanism.
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Antiochus Epiphanes

26 September 2011 at 5:09 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

Just say “O-H!”

Say it real loud.
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DonDueed

26 September 2011 at 5:19 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

Round on the ends and high in the middle.

Say, are the bridges still functional? You may want to rethink trying to get across into KY.
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Epikt

26 September 2011 at 5:41 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

Given that the 9/30 venue is right on my way home from work, I guess I have to be there. Any plans for a post-talk meetup/shameless drunken irresponsibility?
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David

26 September 2011 at 6:09 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

Be sure to get some Cincinnati Chili while you’re there!
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blotzphoto

26 September 2011 at 6:24 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

I’ll do my darnedest to welcome you to the Queen City next month!
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F

26 September 2011 at 6:30 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

Aww. Makes me wish I were more social, or had money, or a car, or something.

Have a good time in Ohio. Maybe it will be slightly less dreary when you’re here.
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Sal Bro

26 September 2011 at 6:41 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

Woo, can’t wait! This made my month.
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matt

26 September 2011 at 6:50 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

if it gets realing boring we’ll take you and the others to the bar we meet in thats actually in Cincinnati and we’ll have a lot of beer!
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Gus Snarp

26 September 2011 at 7:17 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

I would advise you not to expect too much from the “chili” in Cincinnati. You may as well try it if you haven’t, just so you can say you have and make your own decision, but it is not actually chili, and it is not good. It may fill some people’s need for greasy, unhealthy comfort food, but it is definitely not good. And really, it’s not worth expending your cholesterol allowance on. If you can spare the cholesterol, you’re far better off having Graeter’s ice cream, Cincinnati’s single greatest contribution to global cuisine.

Beer, on the other hand, is a good idea. Where is this bar, Matt?
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matt

26 September 2011 at 7:46 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

graeters is higher in calories lol btw the bar is in downtown Cinci

check the cincinnati atheists meetup.com page for the bars we meet at
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~G~

26 September 2011 at 7:56 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

I will be there Friday as a member of CFINO, The Cleveland Skeptics and The Cleveland Freethinkers. I look forward to it, PZ. I also hope to meet new people in the area there. I see there are already two people above who will be there. I’m sure I’ll bump into you!
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Corkscrew

26 September 2011 at 8:05 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

Hey, in case the Atheist Hordes hadn’t come across this one yet:

A senior Roman Catholic leader has hit out at Italy’s political class, saying the country needs to “purify the air” of sex and corruption scandals.

source

My irony meter exploded on about the second paragraph.

Other gems:

It was enmeshed in scandal and preoccupied with self-preservation, while the rest of the country suffered from a deep economic crisis, he said.

Politicians had a responsibility to live a moral life and set a good example because their behaviour had “undeniable effects on culture and education” and influenced the young and impressionable, the cardinal added.

No kidding.
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matt

26 September 2011 at 8:19 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

http://www.meetup.com/cincinnatiatheists/
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Sili

26 September 2011 at 8:40 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

well they apparently love Jerry Lewis in France, so there’s precedent

They have nuclear power in Ohio?
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contentedreader

26 September 2011 at 11:12 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

Cincinnati chili is wonderful. But it’s something of an acquired taste, and while some visitors love it immediately, others… don’t. Bette Midler called it “Satan’s Baby Food,” and Dick Cheney gracefully refused to actually eat his.

Graeter’s ice cream is definitely a must-eat while you’re in Cincinnati. If it isn’t the best ice cream in the world… I’d really like to try the ice cream that’s better.

Greater Cincinnati sort of spreads out into Kentucky.
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crissakentavr

27 September 2011 at 4:36 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

Why would you fly to Ohio?

No really, why a plane?
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Scott

27 September 2011 at 12:00 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

We love you in Cleveland!
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nigelTheBold, Wagering against Pascal

27 September 2011 at 12:42 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment

Sili:

They have nuclear power in Ohio?

Yes. Yes we do.
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Sojo

28 September 2011 at 3:53 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment

…Right off the freeway where I drive home from work… how convenient!