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  1. Zeroeye says

    Wait! Don’t spend your money just yet. Just wait next year for the release of the glowing octupi!

  2. LisaJ says

    Ooooh, I was going to ask for a fluorescent mouse for Xmas, but a glow-fish sounds much more exotic. Plus, I’ve already got a tank.

  5. John says

    This may have already been noted on another post. Whenever I access the front page of your blog, I get this notice from my antivirus –

    The Actns/Swif.T was detected in C:DOCUMENTS AND SETTINGS******LOCAL SETTINGSTEMPORARY INTERNET FILESCONTENT.IE5YZG0TLNICAEB0R1Q.SWF.
    Machine: *******, User: ***********.
    Status: File was cured; system cure performed.

  6. says

    John @5,

    Googling for it suggests that it may be some kind of virus infecting some YouTube content that attempts to install malware called “Antivirus 2009” and/or redirect to some kind of phishing site via Flash. Seems to be quite new. Details are, as yet, hazy.

  7. John says

    Thanks for the heads up! Since this popup only happens to me at PZ’s front page, I figured people here oughta know

  8. recovering catholic says

    Whoa! First time I’ve heard PZ’s voice, and he sounds like a calm, thoughtful, rational, kind human being! How is this possible when he’s also an atheist???

  9. E.V. says

    (PZ) sounds like a calm, thoughtful, rational, kind human being! How is this possible when he’s also an atheist???

    He only sounds this way after he’s gorged himself on puppies and kittens. When he’s hungry, he sounds like Mercedes McCambridge.

  10. says

    At the end of all these, do they all get together for an anti-christmas meal? As E.V. suggests, perhaps a nice turpuppen and brainberry sauce.

  11. Lana says

    For many years, my brother-in-law (the minister) would send our son an advent calendar. He loved it! Each day, he would open a little window to count down to Christmas. Some had candy. He turned out to be a fine young atheist and never cared about the baby Jesus.

  12. gazza says

    Newton as your Xmas guest! Wow, I’m sure he wouldn’t be easy. A genuis for sure, but he was also barking mad! Watch out if he tries to do any alchemy with your cooking ingredients. And get familiar with his brand of heretical unitarian religion.

  13. Patricia says

    recovering catholic – I know, I have the same reaction! PZ sounds like the great Magog or the mighty kraken in some of his blog pieces, but on YouTube or the radio (and Expelled) he looks and sounds like a lovable fuzz ball. Cracks me up!

  16. Tom says

    Al #15: Alexei Sayle isn’t Santa. He’s God! I’m a huge fan. Our american friends will know him as Belovski in the ‘Young Ones’ if they watch 80s british comedy.

  17. Graculus says

    Our american friends will know him as Belovski in the ‘Young Ones’ if they watch 80s british comedy.

    or, if they are old enough, as the villan in Solarbabies

    That is, if you haven’t drunk enough to have forgotten the horror that was Solarbabies