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me-fergus.jpg James Hrynyshyn is a freelance science journalist based in western North Carolina, where he tries to put degrees in marine biology and journalism to good use.

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Win a trip to NYC, just for having an opinion

Category: misc
Posted on: September 11, 2008 2:10 PM, by James Hrynyshyn

If you have never posted a comment on ScienceBlogs before, now would be the time. Every commenter who supplies an email these days gets entered to win one of the those all-expenses-paid things to New York City. The trip includes airfare, four nights in a four-star hotel, behind-the-scenes tours of top museums and labs, and dinner with your favorite ScienceBlogger. Which would mean the blogger with whom you choose to dine has to come to New York, too. So if you win, choose carefully. There are carbon footprints of air travel to consider, and whether the blogger can survive the pressures of the Big Apple, even for a day...

All this in honor of the pending posting of our millionth comment. Pretty cool.

And if you're not the big winner, you can still join one of several ScienceBlogs parties taking place around the world this month. I'll be in Asheboro, NC, on Sept. 20 for the NC party, which should be the biggest of all. Join us for a tour of NC Zoo and other celebratory goings-on.

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My opinion is that I would have picked somewhere else besides NYC, but what the heck.

Posted by: TomDunlap | September 11, 2008 2:27 PM

Ummm...sweet...and I love science...and technology...almost as much, as I love youuuuuuu....

Posted by: BobbyCuriel | September 11, 2008 3:29 PM

When I win do I get to pick the labs to visit?

Posted by: EricJuve | September 11, 2008 3:52 PM

[Montgomery Burns]Excellent.[/Montgomery Burns]

Posted by: Isherwood | September 11, 2008 3:58 PM

Palin the wolf killer - Watch out Obama. What�s the bounty on him?

Interesting to see what Google association searches give now. Try �
Scares the hell out of me

Posted by: paulm | September 12, 2008 1:40 PM

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