Now the real rankings emerge

September 7th, 2012 by PZ Myers

There’s a charity auction going on for Doctors Without Borders, and among the items being sold are autographed photos of various people. Aron Ra is dismayed that his photo is going for a quarter of the price of Matt Dillahunty’s.

So how should I feel?

Here’s the whole listing of the charity auction. At least my photo is selling for more than the price of the ballpoint pen. If you really hate me, I suggest you start bidding on that pen and get the price higher.

Heh. I notice that the bidding for the pen is already climbing. It really is a magnificent writing instrument, awesome in its elegance and beauty, and deserving of far more than $1.58 — in fact, I’m sure it’s worth ten times the price of that photo of a homely guy with a beard.

Behold! How can you bear to be without it?

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  1. guillaumemorin:

    September 7th, 2012 at 1:08 pm

    I think I’ve solved your low self esteem :)

  2. Setár, self-appointed Elf-Sheriff of the FreethoughtBlogs Star Chamber:

    September 7th, 2012 at 1:36 pm

    Careful. It could be the pen, which will microwave a target on contact.

  3. anteprepro:

    September 7th, 2012 at 2:03 pm

    The only things that are now more expensive than your photo are the copy of Selfish Gene and God Delusion with Dawkins’ autograph, the copy of God is Not Great with several autographs, and a weekend at a desert cattle ranch (or something like that). Not too shabby.

  4. bruceheerssen:

    September 7th, 2012 at 2:24 pm

    It really is a lovely pen.

  5. PZ Myers:

    September 7th, 2012 at 2:28 pm

    This is all wrong. I want the pen to go for more than my picture! Why must you people frustrate me so?

  6. wzl46:

    September 7th, 2012 at 3:09 pm

    I have the highest bid on the pen right now, but I am hoping some other people do some bidding to get some good cash to a good cause.

  7. Setár, self-appointed Elf-Sheriff of the FreethoughtBlogs Star Chamber:

    September 7th, 2012 at 3:37 pm

    I’m waiting for the key, myself.

  8. Ichthyic:

    September 7th, 2012 at 6:31 pm

    Is it just the one pen, or are the other two included?

  9. Nerd of Redhead, Dances OM Trolls:

    September 7th, 2012 at 6:37 pm

    Dang, the only I thing I see that the Redhead might be interested in is the Bavarian Teacups. And right now, she is feeling poor even if the checkbook says otherwise (sigh).

  10. Keith Peterson:

    September 7th, 2012 at 8:40 pm

    Does this mean we could finally understand the phylogenetic ordering of the atheist movement?

  11. lilandra:

    September 7th, 2012 at 10:11 pm

    The pen is mightier than the sword. It has that going for it.