…and this is a 
I was home the whole time, I swear.
Category: Personal
Posted on: February 3, 2006 10:20 PM, by PZ Myers
Although it is true that this fine group played the Edson auditorium tonight, and there was a rumor that they dragged the most uncoordinated old geezer in the house onto the stage, and there was a faint possibility that he made an embarrassing spectacle of himself with his wooden posturings and arrhythmic spasms, I must categorically deny that it could have been me.
If anyone took photographs of this…degrading hypothetical event, I will pay good money to see them erased. If there was a video recording made, I will report any blackmail attempts to the police.
We will not speak of this again. Ever.
Ever.
<moan>…I went for a walk to the coffee shop today, and everywhere I went people would grin and give me a thumbs up, or comment on last night's "performance." Oh, the perils of small town living—everyone was there.
I'm going to have to move far, far away. Are there any job openings for a developmental biologist in Tierra del Fuego or Tasmania? I suppose if I just lived in a cave with a bag over my head and foraged off of lichens and small invertebrates, I could get by without the job part, strictly speaking.
Oh, no…the witnesses are popping up. I think SubEvilBoy must be looking for a promotion to EvilBoy.
Comments
I really wish I had gone to see Break! after all.
Posted by: mac | February 3, 2006 10:33 PM
No, no...you missed nothing. Nothing at all.
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February 3, 2006 10:42 PM
If anyone took photographs of this... degrading hypothetical event, I will pay good money to see them erased.
Whatever PZ's offering, I'll double it if you post them.
Posted by: RavenT | February 3, 2006 10:48 PM
You though that Gloria Estefan was exaggerating when she sang that the "Rhythm Is Gonna Get Ya," didn't you?
You should have listened.
Posted by: Mnemosyne | February 3, 2006 11:15 PM
PZ, its time to pull a Dembski and erase this post. The opposition vill not be knowink dis, ja?
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February 3, 2006 11:27 PM
Funk? Awesome.
Posted by: Fatmop | February 4, 2006 1:14 AM
As a b-boy (breakdancer), and longtime Pharyngula addict, I can only hope that it may have actually been you on stage.
Posted by: jaush | February 4, 2006 4:46 AM
Dude, take it from someone who's been photographed doing 'embarrassing' things for many years, that ain't nothing. Post them pics everywhere. It's nice to see really smart guys do shit that I do. ;)
Posted by: Fixer | February 4, 2006 8:56 AM
Don't deny the inner brekdancer inside you Paul. Let him be free!!!
Posted by: Sub-Evil Boy | February 4, 2006 9:13 AM
I saw it all with my own eyes! The crowd was ecstatic and cheered themselves silly. His dancing style was very West Central Minnesotan so he did look a little out of place with the urban funk spectacular ethos. The glimpse of white calf was very brave.
Congrats to Pee Zed for handling the whole thing with such grace.
Go Paul, go Paul, go Paul ...
Posted by: WeatherGirl | February 4, 2006 9:19 AM
I believe I said we were not going to discuss this ever again.
Oy, and I have to face my students on Monday morning...
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February 4, 2006 9:30 AM
I'm definitly prepared to help Raven with that ransom... Publish, PZ, publish! You can always use it against Demski et al as just another thing them wusses wouldn't dare to do, after discussing their motives.
Posted by: Magnus Malmborn | February 4, 2006 9:35 AM
WeatherGirl - How did this dancer from the audience get selected?
Posted by: Anonymous | February 4, 2006 10:54 AM
I was once caught on camera and broadcast singing at a Irish pub on St. Patrick's Day, so I feel your pain. Not that my singing was bad--I'm classically trained--but nevertheless it was embarassing to walk into class the next morning and having the rest of my fellow students applaud ironically.
Posted by: Nullifidian | February 4, 2006 11:13 AM
He was invited on stage by one of the performers, along with about 10 others, though Pee Zed was the only one invited to stay on stage for a solo!
Posted by: WeatherGirl | February 4, 2006 1:13 PM
His dancing style was very West Central Minnesotan
Having spent time in that part of the state, I'd like to give my condolences to the audience.
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February 4, 2006 1:13 PM
His dancing style was very West Central Minnesotan
Read: wearing loose snowmobile boots and carrying hotdish.
Posted by: Chris Clarke | February 4, 2006 6:02 PM
I've been to Patagonia, its very nice. I suspect you would like it there. Very pretty country.
Posted by: John From Uconn | February 4, 2006 6:49 PM
They'd be heaps of work for you down here in Tasmania.I'm sure the university would love to have you. It's very pretty here. However, Hobart is a pretty small town too. Breakdance here and everybody knows about it.
Posted by: Benji | February 4, 2006 7:05 PM
Try for a job in Antarctica. I don't think Tasmania is far enough to get away from that humiliation. There are a lot of us hiding out down here from various misdemeanors. ;-) It's only a little cold. Really.
Posted by: G. | February 4, 2006 10:53 PM
Keep your eye open for an position at UC Berkeley. Around here people get paid good money for making fools of themselves.
Posted by: fyreflye | February 4, 2006 10:59 PM
The mental picture of someone dancing with "wooden posturings and arrhythmic spasms" makes me laugh every time I picture it. :-)
Posted by: Beth | February 5, 2006 1:38 AM