I just got back from a busy evening at the Glasgow Skeptics meeting; big crowd, lots of fun, a certain creationist will probably be whining about his savage mistreatment soon, I got to meet Charlie Stross, I had Glenlivet delivered to me for the Q&A, I also drank a bottle of Irn Bru (mmmm, mediciney liquid bubble gum), and Cthulhu ate my brains.

Tomorrow, bright and early, I fly off to Gatwick, take a detour to London, and speak in Brighton. This is my life.

Sadly, today I leave Ireland…but happily, I land in Scotland. I’ll be speaking at the Crystal Palace in Glasgow tonight at 7ish. Remember, this is the event that creationists have put out a call to take me to task, so I’m hoping we’ll have a diverse crowd of science-minded people to provide thoughtful discussion, and creationist loonies to provide entertainment.

Just a reminder…

At 8pm GMT (convert to your local time; it’s 2pm to those of you in the band from Minnesota to Texas) here at the O’Callaghan Alexander Hotel, Dublin, in a room yet to be determined (check the YouTube info page for location updates), we’ll be putting on a little talk show. We’ll have an audience; locals can stop by. You can also appear by request via Skype.

It should be fun, tune in to the Magic Sandwich Show!

Hey, I’ve got a few days free at the tag end of my trip to Ireland and the UK. Would it be a good idea to pop in to visit the Cheltenham Science Festival? Is it easy to get to, and once I get there, will it be easy and reasonable to get lodging for a night? I’d love to see Robin Ince’s Infinite Monkey Cage in particular, but I’d be unhappy to make the trip and then discover I need to book a month in advance and that my only choice is to sleep on a parkbench.

I’m beginning to feel like I’m a bit organized for my visit to the Ireland and the UK next week. Here’s when and where.

3-5 June: DUBLIN. I’ll be attending the World Atheist Convention, and speaking at noon on 4 June.

6 June: GLASGOW. I’ll be speaking to the Glasgow Skeptics at 7:00 in the Crystal Palace, 36 Jamaica Street.

7 June: BRIGHTON. I’ll fly from Glasgow to Gatwick in the morning, I might be saying hello to Johann Hari in the early afternoon, and then I hitchhike or something to get to the
Brighton Skeptics in the Pub by 8:00, to speak at The Caroline of Brunswick, 39 Ditchling Road.

8 June: LONDON. I zip back up to the big city to speak to
Atheism UK at 7:00, in Conway Hall, Red Lion Square.

9 June: LONDON. It’ll be me and Richard Dawkins sharing the stage for the British Humanist Association at 7:00, in Logan Hall, Institute of Education, 20 Bedford Way.

10-12 June: LONDON. Hey, what do you know…I have a few days free. I’m sure there must be something to do in London, besides sitting in a pub for 3 days and drinking good beer. If you have suggestions, let me know.

13 June: I get on a plane at Heathrow around 6 in the morning, fall unconscious, and wake up somewhere in the American midwest that evening.

I guess Josh couldn’t get that post-Rapture interview with Harold Camping, so he settled for the next best thing: me.

GRADES ARE DONE AND TURNED IN!

I’ve got a nice bottle of wine and a wild woman on the way. Or I might just pass out and sleep.

I’ve added another engagement in London on 9 June: An evening with Richard Dawkins and PZ Myers. There will be a steel cage. Two enter, one leaves. We’ll settle who will be Emperor of the Atheists, finally.

Well, actually, it will just be a pleasant conversation, hosted by the British Humanist Association. If you’re interested in listening to chit-chat between two godless biologists who mostly agree on everything, get your tickets soon — they’ll probably sell out fast.

JackC has posted images from the Friggatriskaidekaphobia event this past weekend…and also from our tour of the Penn Museum. Guess who the people in this photo are: