As any scienceblog reader now knows, we all met up in NYC this weekend. I met many of my sciblings for the first time, including Orac, Tara, PZ, Chris Mooney and the lovely Sheril, Grrl, Zuska (we hatched an evil plot muahaha), Mo, Kemibe, Bora, Janet, Shelley, Rob Knop, RPM, Jake and Kara, Jason, Mike Dunford (his goatee is bigger in real life), our seed overlords and many many more. I learned I don't know how to pronounce allochthonous, not even close. Also, Steve Higgins is identifiable from a picture of half his head, and Razib is kind of evil. I wish we had a few more days since I still didn't manage to meet everybody. Maybe next time we should go to a nice inexpensive island paradise. Beer in NYC isn't cheap.
We also had a fun round table discussion on Saturday morning on science and society. It has inspired me to start a revolution, you'll here about it soon. Once the video is up we'll be sure to let you know. I might even have some pictures to post as well.
In the meantime, I have to actually get some work done, and I'll probably resume covering the usual denialism and psuedoscientific claptrap tomorrow.
^^^^^ Wow, I think you just got your first automated spambot comment. Grats. You've just hit the bigtime. :P
BTW -- it's "Rob Knop", only one p. I'm sensitized to this because I just had a wee bit of trouble checking into a plane flight as the reservations were in the name "Rob Knopp" :)
It has inspired me to start a revolution, you'll here about it soon. Once the video is up...
If I understand correctly, you're saying that the revolution will be televised?
I just want to know who will be the mindless jerks who will be the first with their backs to the wall...
-Rob
The revolution will not be televised. It will be YouTubed, blogged, emailed, Dugg, Slashdotted, recycled as fire-lighters and finally swift-boated into oblivion by the half crazed Visigoths of the wingnut blogosphere-slash-echo-chamber who wouldn't recognise a revolution if it was wrapped around a large gold brick.
So many names, so many chances for error...
People whose names contain p? ;-)
Great to meet you Mark (and the lovely Jessica).