One of the best of the godless skeptic conventions is Skepticon (also one of the cheapest, at a registration price of $0), and it turns out that a huge number of FtB bloggers will be there: me, Aron, Jen, Stephanie, Brianne, Matt, Richard, traitorous ex-FtBer JT, etc. So Ed Brayton has announced that there will be an official FreethoughtBlogs party on Saturday, 10 November, in the Farmers Gastropub, a most excellent venue.
Everyone is invited, even JT (although he will be expected to grovel and beg admission). I should warn you, though, that Skepticon has a sensibility to it: it’s marvelously synthetic, bringing together hard-nosed skepticism, fiercely open atheism, and humanist optimism in one great celebratory mish-mash. Assholes don’t fit in very well, so if you’re one of those, you might have to miss our big party.
Minus me, huh?
Taslima, will you be at Skepticon?? Wonderful!
Does that make it safe, dull, ridiculous, or(/and?) an orgy?
We would love it if you would come to Skepticon, Taslima!
I’ll be there (again). :)
Hopefully they have my drink this time.
I highly recommend Skepticon. I was able to attend the 3rd and had an amazing time. I even poured out some of my scotch for PZ. I was amazed at how approachable everyone was. I would love to be able to go this year, alas it is not in the cards.
It was especially cool for me because a great deal of my family have been very involved with the Assemblies of God church. My grandmother was even a professor at one of their local colleges (CBC). It felt redeeming.
Man, I wish I could go, but I’m in class.
Some day.
I should be able to get to this, being all of 30 or so miles away.
Hopefully I can arrange a ride. No public transportation comes out this way(not even cable TV does), and I’d like to be able to drink without waiting so long after that I have to drive tired.
Oh wow, that sounds awesome! Hey, and it’s the weekend right after my birthday. And registration is free. Maybe I’ll go as a birthday present to myself.
*looks up location*
Springfield, Missouri? Damn, that’s a lot of gas money. And I’d have to pay for a place to stay, and food while I’m there…
*sigh*
Drink one for me, everyone. I’ll get myself to one of these things someday. I hope all of you who can make it will report back to the rest of us.
:) :) :) :) :)