Ack! I've been caricatured!
Category: Weblogs • Weirdness
Posted on: December 16, 2006 3:13 PM, by PZ Myers
Somehow, I think I got a shave, too.
At least Wilkins looks exactly as he does in real life.
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Category: Weblogs • Weirdness
Posted on: December 16, 2006 3:13 PM, by PZ Myers
Somehow, I think I got a shave, too.
At least Wilkins looks exactly as he does in real life.
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Comments
On your shoulder, Chuck has a bit more hair, so perhaps he shaved the beard to make a toupee?
Posted by: Ray | December 16, 2006 3:38 PM
That can't be you: where are your tentacles?
And suckers?
Posted by: Stanton | December 16, 2006 4:29 PM
And your vast hordes of nightmarish thralls?
Posted by: Sophist | December 16, 2006 5:35 PM
I had trouble working out which one was meant to be you, PZ. Wilkins was easy, without even needing to double-check his blog. After going over all the faces in the picture several times and coming back here, I see my best guess matches someone else's comment - about having a Charles Darwin (probably!) on your shoulder. I have no idea what the figure on the other shoulder was meant to be though. A red devil?
Posted by: SEF | December 16, 2006 6:02 PM
The other thing is a cephalopod, or possibly a miniature version of one of the Great Old Ones.
Posted by: Dustin | December 16, 2006 6:09 PM
The mac should have been a tipoff.
Posted by: Mark | December 16, 2006 7:02 PM
I was wondering if the debut of the Pharyngula column in this month's issue explained all the 2-page spreads of jellyfish photos...
Posted by: Bill the Splut | December 16, 2006 10:00 PM
But where was Orac?
Posted by: Christian | December 16, 2006 10:23 PM
Orac's right up front, on the right.
Posted by: PZ Myers | December 16, 2006 11:13 PM
Orac is the glass box at the bottom right-hand corner (and GrrlScientist is the owl on Shelley's shoulder).
Posted by: Alon Levy | December 17, 2006 12:35 AM
I swear, I am not a Seed plant. But this whole issue was really well-done. I enjoyed the cavefish column as well.
And the squid/Darwin dichotomy was pretty much how I always figured your angel/devil dichotomy worked...
Posted by: Jeff Fecke | December 17, 2006 12:43 AM
Now I know why Wilkins always seems like that 1000lb Gorilla in the room.
Posted by: STuart Weinstein | December 17, 2006 11:29 AM
As someone who sees you on a regular basis, I had a devil (hoo-dee-hoo-dee-hoo) of a time finding you even though you were front and center. The change in facial hair completely threw me. Love the shoulder companions, though!
Posted by: Nic McPhee | December 19, 2006 2:13 AM