There was a request for a Millionth Comment party here in Champaign-Urbana Illinois... I would totally be up for getting together with a bunch of like minded folk and throwing a few down.... say at the Blind Pig?
Anyone else up for meeting up for some beers? (Or Soda... or I guess even water)
Any date preferences?
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Speaking of bug horror movies:
Alice Pawley of
The more avid readers (that's you, mom!) may have noticed a lack of activity on the blog of late. Life has intruded. Next week I will be leaving my job at the University of Arizona and taking a new one in Illinois. This means tying up loose ends on the beetle project, saying
It's another long travel day for me, I'm afraid, and this after a long night of trying to keep up with a lively mob of 20 and 30 year olds at a bar in Champaign-Urbana (and giving a talk yesterday that I think went over fairly well — I even had protesters outside!
Saturday the 27th might be good, as there's no home football game that weekend. Any idea how many of us ScienceBlogs readers there are lurking around this area?
Funny that, since I grew up in Lafayette and took a few classes at Purdue. (I was born in South Bend, home of the Fighting Irish. I guess I just like college towns.)
I guess we need to do something down here to drum up more readers for ScienceBlogs in general.
Purdue... WTF?! Come on down buddy :)