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Fame and power!
Category: Humor
Posted on: February 14, 2008 2:14 PM, by PZ Myers
If I am to succeed in my goal of overthrowing all of Western Civilization, I must continue to gather notoriety and credibility. To that end, I'll mention my latest victory: I am mentioned in a webcomic. Look closely at the pile of magazines drawn in the lower left panel...there I am! Soon I shall dominate all media!
Ginny has also acknowledged my ubiquity and puissance by mentioning this cartoon to me, which apparently portrays life at my house.
Wait...you don't think she was being sarcastic, do you?
Comments
"12 Months of Hot Squid"?
Are you writing a recipe book?
Posted by: Graculus | February 14, 2008 2:25 PM
Dear PZ,
Would you autograph my copy of "12 Months of Hot Squid" for me? ;-)
Posted by: The other Dan from Milwaukee | February 14, 2008 2:30 PM
Somehow I had this conflated with the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition -- maybe it's a calendar where the supermodels are wearing squid instead of body-paint. (Body-paintings of squid instead of bikinis, maybe? Hmmmm. Could work.)
Posted by: Hairy Doctor Professor | February 14, 2008 2:35 PM
/me chuckles at "Li'l Lyra" and the Daniel Dennett book Breaking the Spell and then Casting an Evil One.
Posted by: Blake Stacey | February 14, 2008 2:35 PM
It is time to show who has got tenure in da hood.
Posted by: danley | February 14, 2008 3:04 PM
okay, what's the joke (presuming there is one) that i'm missing in the comic? is "naked cake" really the punchline? is it some kind of jab at Precious Moments? is it the "innocent" nudity being taken out of context? (that's the only way i can make it jibe with the "hot squid" reference, but it's quite a stretch)
seriously, i'm lost
Posted by: skyotter | February 14, 2008 3:42 PM
Oooh, congrats! Would you please sign my "12 Months of Hot Squid" too, please?
Posted by: Seamyst | February 14, 2008 3:45 PM
skyotter (6): Check out the previous comic. Fattening foods are against God: 'dessert makes Baby Jesus - even if you offer him the biggest piece.'
The evil school teacher (who is interested in such evil things as Harry Potter and P.Z.) is obviously trying to turn the school girl away from God, by the use of naked cake.
... or ... something.
Posted by: Engima | February 14, 2008 3:51 PM
@skyotter: I would imagine it's part of an ongoing thing. Apparently, in fact, it's a video about how evil and godless dessert is. ...This comic intrigues me.
Posted by: Morgan | February 14, 2008 3:55 PM
In that single-panel cartoon, the dude could be you, but that is NOT your Trophy Wife.
Posted by: Greg Peterson | February 14, 2008 5:28 PM
Of course he's referring to more than the pooch looking
over his shoulder!
Posted by: Holbach | February 14, 2008 8:26 PM
That's awesome! Hoe flattering for you.
Posted by: LisaJ | February 14, 2008 8:33 PM
Reminds me of a quote/joke;
"What I lack in personality, I more than make up for in internet presence."
(No offence intended, PZ.)
Posted by: James | February 14, 2008 8:38 PM
If you're being lumped in, as an author, with J. K. Rowling, let's hope that streams of royalties are on their way to you.
I read that as "12 Months of NOT Squid."
Posted by: Monado, FCD | February 14, 2008 9:14 PM
You and your damned squid....
;)
Posted by: Reynold | February 14, 2008 10:34 PM
Wow, I was surprised to see this here - we have mutual readers apparently! For the confused, this particular sequence is a Chick-tract-inspired skit put on by a youth group about how dessert is evil because it's deviant to eat empty calories, since that's not the biological function of your digestive system...
Yeah, I know my printing is hard to read. :) I have the bad habit of making background details way too small, so I'm glad at least some people found it legible.
Posted by: Steph | February 15, 2008 12:00 AM
"about how dessert is evil because it's deviant to eat empty calories, since that's not the biological function of your digestive system... "
Wha????
Posted by: RT | February 15, 2008 9:50 AM
"Wha???" was pretty much my response when I heard the biology argument applied to sexuality (as in, "gay people can't have babies, therefore, being gay is unnatural and deviant!) -- so I'm doing a story about what it would be like if morality crusaders applied the same 'direct-survival-benefit-or-it's-evil' logic to food.
Posted by: Steph | February 15, 2008 12:45 PM
@steph:
Richard von Kraft-Ebing said that any sexual act that could not possibly result in precreation was a sexually deviant act. This was in like 1899-1903ish (the copy i have is from 1903ish i believe) of psychopathia sexualis.
Psychology from 100 years ago is being used to fuel the christian machine today. How utterly lame.
Posted by: genewitch | February 15, 2008 5:48 PM