Thank you to everyone who noticed that yesterday I was one day older than the day before! And a special thanks to Bora for collecting all the various links together in one place.
- Archaeoporn
- bathtubnz
- Rev. BigDumbChimp
- Blue Collar Scientist
- decorabilia
- Thoughts in a Haystack
- Archy
- Jyunri Kankei
- Maryannaville
- Sandwalk
- Aardvarchaeology
- Afarensis
- Dr. Joan Bushwell's Chimpanzee Refuge
- Dynamics of Cats
- Discovering Biology in a Digital World
- Effect Measure
- Adventures in Ethics and Science
- Evolving Thoughts
- Green Gabbro
- Greg Laden
- Living the Scientific Life
- Page 3.14
- Stranger Fruit
- Terra Sigillata
- Of Two Minds
- Mom of 2 Dancers
- Synapostasy
- Teacherninja
- The Beagle Project Blog:
- Thinking for Free
- Mythusmage Opines
- Science After Sunclipse
- Tangled Up in Blue Guy
Now I do have to remind you all, though, that we're all aging at exactly the same rate (unless you have access to a spaceship that travels at a significant fraction of the speed of light), and all I've got is a head start on many of you, and a bit of a delay relative to some of you. So don't go getting cocky, you young whippersnappers — you'll be here someday, too.










Comments
Posted by: MAJeff, OM | March 10, 2008 1:58 PM
Happy aging to all of us from They Might Be Giants
Posted by: Tom | March 10, 2008 1:59 PM
Not just spaceships. Anyone at a different gravitational potential is aging at a different rate, too.
Posted by: thadd | March 10, 2008 2:11 PM
Hypothetically we'll be there someday.
Posted by: skyotter | March 10, 2008 2:15 PM
you're a Pisces? that explains a lot*
happy birthday, PZ!
--otter (*also a Pisces)
Posted by: Bill Dauphin | March 10, 2008 2:29 PM
Damn! I see the God of Biscuits has beaten me to the obvious response! But my in-depth textual analysis indicates you must have already had "Older" in mind when you wrote:
Posted by: Hank Fox | March 10, 2008 2:29 PM
Belated Happy Birthday, youngster!
Posted by: Hephaestus | March 10, 2008 2:48 PM
Remember: Health is merely the slowest possible rate at which one can die.
Posted by: Gllopc | March 10, 2008 2:53 PM
Since none of us are completely still all of the time, aren't we all aging at slightly different rates than the rest?
I fully admit to being ignorant to the subject of relativity, and will concede to anyone who merely sounds confident on the matter.
Happy Birthday anyway, PZ - no matter how much faster you are aging than me. :)
Posted by: Brownian, OM | March 10, 2008 3:05 PM
Does time pass more slowly for us fidgeters? One would think my hands and fingers will outlive us all.
Posted by: aiabx | March 10, 2008 3:19 PM
I live closer to the equator (Toronto), so I'm moving faster, so I age slower. Thus, I am practically immortal compared to you and look forward to the day when you are too old and weak to bear the Cephalopod Crown. BWAHAHA!
Posted by: Robert Thille | March 10, 2008 3:20 PM
No way man, I've got a plan...I'm going to live fast and die young! (off camera mumble...) Wait, I'm already 40? Crap, how did that happen?
Posted by: Inoculated Mind | March 10, 2008 3:39 PM
My my, wait till the body is cold before you fight over the blog pickings! I didn't have time for a full post, I just left a comment the other day. Helps to have Skype remind me of B-days!
http://scienceblogs.com/pharyngula/2008/03/best_caption_ever.php#comment-781154
Posted by: Mary Ann | March 10, 2008 3:45 PM
You'll never catch up with me, youngun, although I must say that since you're a PhD, you're a bit sharper than I am although I won't hold that against you. At least you have a delightful sense of humor about you. I giggle most of the time while reading your updated posts.
Thanks for the giggles, PZ. You're ahight.
Hope your day was great sitting atop your birthday throne! Moreover, I hope that it isn't a white one. ~:o)
*Hugs!*
Posted by: Tom | March 10, 2008 5:51 PM
@aiabx Your latitude doesn't affect clock rate -- the effect of speed is offset by the effect of the oblateness of the earth. You have to compare elevations above sea level. (about 3 microseconds per year per km of elevation difference)
Posted by: termal12 | March 10, 2008 6:39 PM
Happy Birthday, Professor PZ Myers.
Posted by: Susan Silberstein | March 10, 2008 7:58 PM
A very merry Unbirthday to you, to you!
Posted by: Aero | March 10, 2008 8:13 PM
Happy birthday and remember that those young whippersnappers are aging faster than you, percentage wise.
Posted by: Stephanie Z | March 10, 2008 9:38 PM
Happy belated. And since I missed it yesterday, here's a present to make up for it, meant to help keep you young.
http://www.archive.org/details/SchafferTheDarklord-NightoftheLivingChrist
Posted by: BathTub | March 11, 2008 1:32 AM
Haha, I didn't expect to get linked, who on earth saw my LJ?
Posted by: Jeanette Garcia | March 11, 2008 3:37 AM
Happy belated Birthday, PZ. I not only thoroughly enjoy your daily entries, I am reassured that yes indeed, intelligence, whether by design or not, does exist, and it's right here on your blog.
Posted by: Stefan | March 11, 2008 5:48 AM
Happy Birthday PZ!
Thank you so much for running this wonderful blog :D
Posted by: aiabx | March 11, 2008 11:35 AM
Tom: curse you and your "science".
Posted by: Mark Gisleson | March 11, 2008 7:23 PM
Sorry I shut down the blog so I couldn't join in the fun, but mostly I don't care all that much when youngsters have birthdays.
Posted by: brightmoon | March 11, 2008 7:38 PM
anyway belated happy birthday
Posted by: Geoff | March 11, 2008 11:30 PM
Happy belated birthday oh wise one!
Posted by: Jeffrey Cornish | March 12, 2008 3:16 AM
PZ, a belated happy birthday.
I would like to offer you an... appropriate song that friend of mine up in BC wrote:
http://catfish.dhs.org/~happyfish/filk/giantsquids.html
You'd better get Kraken!
Jeffrey Cornish