OK, so it seems there are several readers of PZ Maggle who live in or around Brisbane. Some are even on or near the UQ St Lucia campus. So we should meet and pay homage to the Great Tentacled One. Leave suggested times and places in the comments. So far the best suggestion is Genie's Cafe in the IMB building.
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PZombie meetup at University of Queensland
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Posted on: May 21, 2008 12:36 AM, by John S. Wilkins
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Of course EvoThunkers are also welcome. We can debate whether a Great Ape could take out a Squid, and whether we can get financing from a Japanese film company to test this.
Posted by: KiwiInOz | May 21, 2008 12:48 AM
How about an evening at the staff club or Red Room, so us dark-siders and other non-UQ people can make it easily?
Posted by: Tristan | May 21, 2008 12:53 AM
Yep, I actually have UQ Staff Club membership (and hence feel a duty to increase patronage plus they have Coopers on tap). I vote for the Staff Club (but am flexible).
Posted by: KenG | May 21, 2008 1:14 AM
Staff Club sounds good. I've never been there before, I'm a detested undergrad. What day/time is good for everyone? I'm free whenever, though exams are soon so I'd prefer sooner rather than later.
Posted by: Bartlettman | May 21, 2008 2:12 AM
The UQ campus is the UQ campus (I'm in Holland Park), so the specifics of place aren't a problem for me.
I'm more concerned by time. Or even time of week. My weekends are shot to hell by my partner (and she's getting to the roll-her-eyes stage when I talk about the latest-by-PZ).
I'm also... erm... between research projects at the moment. So I'm kind-of-flexible at the moment, but I really do need to plan ahead. When-ish were people thinking? Fer how long?
Posted by: Troff | May 21, 2008 2:20 AM
I live within walking distance of campus, so any time outside of business hours is easy for me (with a little warning).
Posted by: Tristan | May 21, 2008 2:24 AM
Anywhere is fine by me as long as you can produce some sort of mud map to where on campus it is. It's been years since I've been at UQ and I really wouldn't have the foggiest. Nights are best as I could land the kids on the hubby and drive in from Ipswich.
PS For all you bemoaning the fact you went to QUT- it could me worse, I'm a ,da da da dum....JCU graduate! What can I say? Back in my day you had to have a TE score of about a million to get into the "intelligent uni" and, quite frankly, I just screwed around in high school and never did enough work.
Posted by: Bride of Shrek | May 21, 2008 2:26 AM
Try here:
http://www.uq.edu.au/maps/index.html?menu=1&x=j.95&y=6.9&z=2&xc[]=&yc[]=&id=&facilityType=&backURL=
The Staff Club is building 41 (bottom left, if it comes up properly), while the Red Room is under 21, I believe.
Posted by: Tristan | May 21, 2008 2:39 AM
Hell, the band I live with are playing the Red Room next Friday. Only the bassist reads Pharyngula; the lead guitarist and drummer never learnt to read anything more than favourable reviews and drink menus, unfortunately.
Since I live on the north side, no time and place are convenient for me. Teaches me to move to a city I've never visited.
Posted by: The Amazing Kim | May 21, 2008 4:45 AM
Usually on a Friday there's a philosophy seminar series I have to attend, as I organise them. However, for the next two weeks there are none, so I can attend. Why don't we meet around 5.30 at the Staff Club next Friday? There's an outdoor section we usually sit at where we can talk without shouting.
Posted by: John S. Wilkins | May 21, 2008 4:57 AM
If that's Friday the 29th, I'm in- as long as you don't mind the fact I'll have to come straight from court and'll look all formal and lawyerly ( I'll leave the wig in the car).
Posted by: Bride of Shrek | May 21, 2008 5:19 AM
Well if we're doing fancy dress, I guess I can come dressed as an extremely unimaginative person or something...
Posted by: The Amazing Kim | May 21, 2008 5:41 AM
Aaah, I meant Friday the 30th. Ok I'm a dick when it comes to dates.
I'd wear my newly purchased Richard Dawkins.net T-shirt with the big red A on the front but alas, it hasn't arrived yet. I'm sure we'll be able to all recognise each other though. The godlessness positively radiates off us.
Posted by: Bride of Shrek | May 21, 2008 5:52 AM
Ha. Friday, 30 May, 5:30, UQ Staff Club.
Righto, my partner who's sick of me repeating Pharyngula stories at her will be at her other job that evening, so it should be pretty good.
... erm, don't we have to show a staff or student card to get in?
The closest to any Atheist clothing I might have is the bright red bandana given to me with my membership in QUT's Pastafarian Society. Bit odd, walking into the Staff Club with a bandana on, but...
Bride: can we get a squid to dance on the tables for photo goodness? That'd show them Bostonians. :-)
Posted by: Troff | May 21, 2008 6:22 AM
Works for me!
Posted by: Tristan | May 21, 2008 8:18 PM
Where are all the Melburnian readers of Pharyngula or the RD.net? Russell, I think you should organize something. We can't stand for banana benders out doing us. I would organize it, but I'm an ideas kind of person. I'll leave the details to underlings.....
Posted by: Brian English | May 21, 2008 9:47 PM
Of course, you have to use geohashing to determine where you will meet :-)
http://xkcd.com/geohashing
Any Adelaideian PZ/Evolving Thoughts readers who want to do a meet up?
Posted by: Ian Musgrave | May 22, 2008 2:32 AM
And who is thinking of the Melbournian pharyngulites? And bummer,would have loved to say Hi to lawyerwoman and to John of course ! Brian and Russell,we should come up with something as well !
Cheers,
Martin
Posted by: clinteas | May 22, 2008 2:40 AM
Brian and I did manage to meet up once, though that was more a Dawkins.net get-together - as Brian alluded to - than a scienceblogs or pharyngula one.
I'm always prepared to have a drink with almost anyone, though I'm usually too lazy to organise it.
Posted by: Russell Blackford | May 22, 2008 6:28 AM
OK, so it looks like next Friday, the 30th at 5.30 pm at the UQ Staff Club. I'll be the tired looking fat guy.
Posted by: John S. Wilkins | May 24, 2008 12:15 AM
I'll only be able to make a flying visit - Friday nights are busy for me.
Posted by: KiwiInOz | May 27, 2008 7:31 PM