Oct 07 2011
Those of you wondering about a Gathering of the Horde in Texas…yes. Saturday, after the free thought banquet, we’ll meet in the Hyatt hotel bar, from say, 7:30 or 8 until whenever. Stop on by. I’ll be all done with all my labors at the convention, so I’ll be ready for entertainment and relaxation.
I didn’t realize how late the banquet goes on. It’ll be more like 9pm, at the lobby bar of the Hyatt Regency Houston on Louisiana street — and of course, you don’t need convention admission to attend.
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Andy Groves
7 October 2011 at 8:02 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
If you are in need of sustenance any evening, I heartily recommend the restaurant Feast:
http://sites.google.com/site/feasthouston/
It’s about 1.5 miles away from your hotel. You can eat with relish the inner organs of beasts and fowls……. any restaurant that serves “warm fat on toast” is a must-visit……
Squidocto
7 October 2011 at 8:47 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Mmm, I’d love to see what the spread looks like at a ‘free thought banquet.’
A sampling of different species’ brains, perhaps?
A. V.
8 October 2011 at 5:53 am (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Dr. Myers,
I don’t post often, but I’ve been reading your blog for quite some time. It is quite exciting to have the freethought community drop by our neck of the woods. Though unfortunately I will be unable to attend, I would be honored to meet you afterwards at the Hyatt bar, time permitting. Which Hyatt will you guys be at?
Antiochus Epiphanes
8 October 2011 at 12:56 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
I’ll be there! Happy Monkey!
Met PZ yesterday. He is taller than I expected him to be. He gave a fun talk about how mutations contribute variation for natural selection to work on.
And I met Sastra. If you imagined that Sastra is awesome IRL, you imagined right.
Paul Havlak
8 October 2011 at 1:02 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
It’s the downtown Hyatt Regency, on Louisiana.
(Hooray!)
Paul Havlak
8 October 2011 at 1:42 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Hmm… meeting at 7:30 or 8 p.m. would involve skipping Dawkins’s keynote.
But I figure the party will still be going strong at 9.
LRA
8 October 2011 at 6:47 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
Aw! Wish I could be there. Alas, I’m stuck in Dallas grading papers for my TA position. Boo.
:(
hairy slimecock
8 October 2011 at 10:27 pm (UTC -5) Link to this comment
im going to show up and helicopter slap people with my 2 inch micropeen