Where in the world am I going to be?


I was sorting out my calendar. It always helps to occasionally figure out where I’m going and where I am, and it’s also helpful for my wife, in case she’s wondering where I got to. These are my travel plans for the next several months, in case anyone wants to hunt me down.

12 February, Fargo, North Dakota: The legendary PZ Meyers debates Fuz Rana. I have to be there to meet this Meyers fella, I’ve heard so much about him.

15 February, LA: CFI LA.

2-5 April, Seattle, Washington: Norwescon.

13-15 May, Durango, Spain: talking about science communication in Basque country.

16 May, Denver, Colorado: ☆ ☆ SKATJE’S WEDDING.☆ ☆

8 June, Traverse City, Michigan: Grand Traverse Humanists.

19 June, Eugene, Oregon: Chuck Kimmel Symposium.

2-5 July, Bloomington, Minnesota: CONvergence.

31 July, St. Louis, Missouri: Gateway to Reason.

I have this nagging feeling that I also had something scheduled for March, but it seems to have disappeared. If you’re the organizer for something I agreed to do, and you’re not listed here, let me know and I’ll fix it.

If it doesn’t have a link, then sorry, you don’t get to go, unless you’re very special.

Also, you’re free to track down the people responsible and yell at them repetitively to ban me. It’s not nice to do to them, but if you think that way, you’ll probably do it anyway. And you never know, Skatje might retract her invitation.

Comments

  1. brucegee1962 says

    Aside: I was scrolling down the debate link (don’t know how you face these people, PZ), and I came to this interesting symposium.

    Christianity’s Most Dangerous Idea: The Christian faith contains many volatile truths that challenged—and continue to challenge—the world’s cultural and religious status quo. But none have been as world-changing as the assertion that Christ was raised from the dead. Listen in to The Janet Mefferd Show as Reasons to Believe’s senior research scholar, Kenneth Samples, uncovers the mystery and importance of Christianity’s most dangerous idea.

    I wouldn’t put that one anywhere close to the top of Christianity’s biggest contributions — gods were rising from the dead all over the place back then. What caused the fledgling religion to push aside all its competitors and sweep across the Roman world was surely the notion that a poor person had equal value to a monarch (up until that idea got squashed by Constantine). The same idea kept on undermining the nobility in Europe for the next two thousand years. Would the rest of you agree?

  2. opposablethumbs says

    When will you next be in the UK … ? The science communication one sounds great; Basque country is too far away, though :-(((

    I got to hear you speak twice so far, and of course that’s self-evidently Not Enough; I want to hear you speak again more and for longerer. Therefore, clearly, hence ergo accordingly, it must be made to be so (do I have to go back to the Complaints thread? Eh???)

  3. says

    No current plans for the UK…early summer is going to be all about a teacher workshop, and late summer is all about undergrad research, and all of it is going to be here in Morris.

    Maybe next year?

  4. moarscienceplz says

    What, the Horde isn’t invited to Skatje’s wedding? Boy, that’s some gratitude for us giving you our opinions for free all these years, PZ!

  5. rq says

    Spain! In May! That just might end up on my calendar, too.
    No promises; something closer to the former Soviet bloc would be nice, but I’ll take what I can get.

  6. says

    Unfortunately, that conference is scrunched up tight against my daughter’s wedding date, so I’m not going to have a leisurely stay among the Basques — I actually have to give my talk and leave early.

  7. rq says

    *grumble grumble*
    That complaints thread is still active, right? I’d like to complain about how PZ never schedules anything around my schedule / travel opportunities.

  8. opposablethumbs says

    *grumble grumble*
    That complaints thread is still active, right? I’d like to complain about how PZ never schedules anything around my schedule / travel opportunities.

    Yeah! It’s outrageous!

    On the other hand, I shall cross some fingers for the maybe UK next year bit :-)

  9. toska says

    Skatje can’t retract her wedding invite! Everyone knows that a marriage is invalid if it doesn’t include a transfer of ownership of a woman from the appropriate male relative! /s

    For real though, congrats to Skatje! I hope everyone will have a great time and that she won’t be as stressed out as I was for my wedding (just because I hate being the center of attention. Oi.).

  10. says

    Once again, there is no NYC on your calendar—an egregious slight up with which I shall not put.

    I am sorry PZ, but you have been warned about this. You leave me no choice but to report you to the Cephalopod Overlords. May Vampyroteuthis infernalis have mercy on your…your…er, beard! Beard.

  11. says

    Iris:

    Once again, there is no NYC on your calendar—an egregious slight up with which I shall not put.

    I believe there is a link to the complaints department around here somewhere…

  12. PDX_Greg says

    One of those stops is a mere 90 minute from my homestead, but I can find nothing yet online about the Chuck Kimmel Symposium on June 19th. Are people not named Chuck Kimmel allowed?

  13. PDX_Greg says

    Whoops, just noticed the “If it doesn’t have a link, then sorry, you don’t get to go, unless you’re very special.” Was to excited to read all the way to the end of the post. Guess you *do* have to be named Chuck Kimmel, or at least possess the level of experience and involvement to comprehend and contribute to the goings on. Feeling very unspecial now.

  14. PDX_Greg says

    Ugh, why do I never see my typos until after I post? I type, I preview, I re-read, and then I post, But I always seem to read what I thought I typed instead of what I actually typed, at least until after I post. #prepostblindness

  15. Owlmirror says

    PZ:
    I bet if you start handing out ponies, fewer people will hate you.

    OMG, I thought I hated PZ before, but then I was there when he started handing out ponies!! Have you ever tried to fit a bad-tempered pony and all of their feed into a tiny Manhattan apartment?? PZ must have known that this would be terrible; he’s read the debunking of Noah’s Ark!! Let me tell you, pony shit smells exactly as bad as horse shit, and that’s not even going into what hooves do to parquet flooring!! And did you know that angry or excited ponies kick wildly?? An excited big dog might knock someone down, but a pony can break bones !! Curse you, PZ . . . !!

  16. Lady Mondegreen (aka Stacy) says

    I have this nagging feeling that I also had something scheduled for March, but it seems to have disappeared.

    PZ, you might be thinking of CFI-LA. Remember, you were originally scheduled for March, then we had to reschedule because the stupid Los Angeles Marathon will be closing all the stupid streets on March 15th.

  17. birgerjohansson says

    Dear PZ, I recommend you use the same solution as the protagonist in “Kiln People”. Surely a cheaper-model golem will be enough for giving the odd speech?