Pharyngula

OOh! Get a top hat!

A monocle too, if you want to stand out.

Posted by: Sam B | June 27, 2008 11:05 AM

We should know! Why does PZ, (who has a trophy wife), have his right hand around Margaret Downey's waist? And why does he have manicured finger nails?

Posted by: Richard Harris | June 27, 2008 11:06 AM

Yeah, don't be a follower. They are likely envious of you being hatless.

Posted by: Colin Brady | June 27, 2008 11:06 AM

I know! One of those propeller beanies!

Posted by: Flamethorn | June 27, 2008 11:07 AM

Or a headcrab hat!

Posted by: Sir Jebbington | June 27, 2008 11:09 AM

PZ definitely needs a Bowler.

Posted by: Steve_C | June 27, 2008 11:10 AM

Also, check out Tyson from the Colbert Report a few days ago:

http://www.comedycentral.com/colbertreport/videos.jhtml?episodeId=174851

Posted by: Tosser | June 27, 2008 11:18 AM

While the women all adore a
Man who's sporting a fedora
There are men who look like idiots with something on their head
Not a porkpie, fez or turban
Whether rural wear or urban
Is the sort of thing I picture looking stylish on P-Zed
When he put on a souwester,
Why, his hair began to fester
And he had to reconsider why that's something that he did
But if I could write a sonnet
To suggest his sort of bonnet
I am thinking, on his head should perch some stylish sort of squid.

Posted by: Cuttlefish, OM | June 27, 2008 11:24 AM

...does he have a pink & chrome Eldorado with fuzzy upholstery and dice to match that hat?

pimpin' for science, I guess

Posted by: Bill Dauphin | June 27, 2008 11:32 AM

Re #16: Cuttlefish is back! Yay!

Bowler, definitely not. Top-hat and monocle, maybe, but whatever it is, it will have to accomodate PZ's horns.

Posted by: Emmet Caulfield | June 27, 2008 11:37 AM

They look like guitar nails PZ. Do you play?
Z

Posted by: Mr-Zero | June 27, 2008 11:52 AM

I eagerly await the next picture. Perhaps hip-hop Tyson will have a giant clock and PZ can be rocking the Mr. Peanut look so many think he'd look good in.

Posted by: Soybomb | June 27, 2008 12:01 PM

I actually think the guy on the right looks cool and sexy in his own style, if he were gay, he'd be very popular in the bear crowd.

(Not that I think PZ would have any interest in this, he's got the trophy wife (TM), but here's the north country bears website for those who are curious or might be looking for activities in the upper midwest :)
http://www.ncbears.com

Posted by: negentropyeater | June 27, 2008 12:07 PM

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3107/2616311160_753883a56a_o.jpg

I would have added a monocle, too, but you're already wearing glasses.

Posted by: Heidi Richter | June 27, 2008 12:10 PM

BTW, PZ, where was such an eminent group together at one time? No offense, but my man crush is for Neil, even if he looks unusually street in that pic.

Posted by: True Bob | June 27, 2008 12:13 PM

How about a t-shirt instead?
http://www.noisebot.com/tourism_t-shirt.htm

Posted by: Mena | June 27, 2008 12:15 PM

Hmm, a brilliant idea, methinks - a three-cornered top hat (think Cap'n Jack Sparrows hat with a top hat)

It also gives you the excuse to wear BOTH a monocle AND an eyepatch!

The upperclass pirate!

"I say, aaargh!"

Posted by: Sam B | June 27, 2008 12:28 PM

Great company! Neil's Nova program is off to a good start. His book, "Death By Black Hole and Other Cosmic Quandaries" is a good read. We should be lucky to have company like this instead of the morons that infest Pharyngula!

Posted by: Holbach | June 27, 2008 12:32 PM

Might I suggest a nice tricorn? They're appropriate for any occasion. Weddings, funerals, ball games, graduations... Emily Post says a tricorn is the one fashion accessory that can be worn at any time.

Posted by: Greta Christina | June 27, 2008 12:43 PM

Cuttlefish is why I read the interwebs.

Posted by: Roger, FCD | June 27, 2008 12:53 PM

Is Neil deGrasse Tyson a handshake or fistbump person?

Posted by: Aaron Boruff | June 27, 2008 1:02 PM

great pic

Posted by: Nick | June 27, 2008 1:09 PM

Cuttlefish, oh my heart and gizzard!

Very glad you are back.

Posted by: ThirtyFiveUp | June 27, 2008 1:27 PM

These are not cool hats.

Posted by: Moses | June 27, 2008 1:53 PM

Neil!!!

Posted by: clear as mud | June 27, 2008 1:59 PM

I have to say that this is my new favorite place to read the comments. I was an avid /.'er 10 years ago and this is the same good style. Now only if we get the numbers... never mind.

Posted by: Andy | June 27, 2008 2:46 PM

Are you kidding? Margaret looks like she's on break from Krispy Kreme.

Posted by: Rey Fox | June 27, 2008 3:16 PM

I see you're having an affair with Margaret Downey. If you were Christians, I think God would be mad at you for being hypocrites, but since you aren't Christians, he probably doesn't mind. Proceed.

Posted by: gary | June 27, 2008 4:09 PM

No, PZ doesn't need a hat, and if he were gay he would be a prime bear.

Posted by: gaypaganunitarianagnostic | June 27, 2008 4:58 PM

I need to get a cool hat like Neil deGrasse Tyson and Margaret Downey if I want to be one of the Cool Kids.

At least you're not wearing your standard blue shirt!

Posted by: St. Michael the Archangel | June 27, 2008 5:38 PM

Nah, you don't need a hat to be cool. You're *PZ!* The guy who got expelled from Expelled! Wearing a hat like other people just waters down the experience. Live the dream, buddy!*

On the other hand, I think you'd look cool in full Steampunk regalia...like this! You could use your Amaz!ng Pharyingulator Cannon (click the link) to turn creationists into your quiveringly obedient tentacled minions! BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAA!!!

Speaking of tentacles...YAY, CUTTLEFISH!!! BTW, Cuttlefish, do you agree with evolution? Eric Hovind wants to know.

*"Red vs. Blue" reference :)

Posted by: kcrady | June 27, 2008 5:45 PM

You met Neil deGrasse Tyson? Cool. I have such a heterosexual intellectual man-crush on NdT. I always enjoy a pop-cosmological PBS show a bit more when he is on it.

He is just lucky I am not a Republican pol....

Posted by: cory | June 27, 2008 6:55 PM

What about a Pith Helmet. Very pukka for a gentleman of your status.

Posted by: Bride of Shrek | June 27, 2008 8:08 PM

How soon we forget the fashion power that manifested itself as the "Beware the Believers" cephalopod hat.

Oh yeah, I want one.

Canadian pharangulites who are not bored sick of that movie yet: the Globe and Mail reviewed it and there is lively commentary. Have to watch one's language though - my post calling BS a hypocrite and a liar got mod-rejected even though I had lots of nice links to the evidence.

Posted by: JCE | June 27, 2008 9:01 PM

MadPanda, he'd better make sure his six-tiered hat isn't adorned with the scale of a demiurge!

Gotta love Jack Vance... I'm kicking myself for not ordering the Integral Edition series.

Posted by: Longtime Lurker | June 27, 2008 9:12 PM

THIS is why PZ is cool...

http://beautifulflowerandpenis.blogspot.com/2008/05/bonus-episode-richard-dawkins-pz-myers.html

Posted by: Lee | June 27, 2008 9:25 PM

Ahh--one degree of separation. I've met Margaret, so am one degree away from Neil (big old Sagan-sized crush on that man!) and PZ (who I really like, but not in that way!).

And, you know, jealous that I couldn't be there!

Posted by: Linda | June 28, 2008 1:44 AM

Downey*

Posted by: JM Inc. | June 28, 2008 2:26 AM

#75 etc:

(I took it.) This was the Thursday night reception at TAM6, in the Flamingo, Las Vegas. What a week, and what an evening.

- Richard

Posted by: Richard | June 28, 2008 9:52 AM

Sastra:

I have a real cute one of PZ, Blake Stacey, and me

Sigh. Neil is special, but PZ and Blake?

Cue green-eyed monster. :-)

Posted by: Kseniya | June 28, 2008 10:21 AM

Yay, welcome back Cuttlefish, you have been sorely missed.

Posted by: John Phillips, FCD | June 28, 2008 11:37 AM

One can never go wrong with a cool hat. I'd suggest a Kangol assuming you can't find a good deal on a pope hat.

Posted by: vjack | June 28, 2008 12:37 PM

Of course that's Margaret's hand and arm, not PZ's -- and she's wearing the sailor hat to advertise the upcoming Atheist Alliance Convention this September, which will be held on the Queen Mary, docked in Long Beach, CA.

PZ Myers will be there, along with Michael Shermer and a bunch of other luminaries. So if you missed TAM6 -- or really enjoyed TAM6 -- there's still this one.

OOOH! I can totally do Long Beach!! Please let us know if there's a meetup, 'kay?

Posted by: dwarf zebu | June 28, 2008 11:12 PM

PZ, in the Sunday Source section (Section N, p. 3) of today's Washington Post, the top article is titled "PAJAMA SQUID." It's about a children's boutique in Takoma Park, MD, whose owner describes the creature as a "tiny little blib, [sic] just playing on the ocean floor." Alas, the article doesn't make it clear whether the squid is sold as a stuffed animal. In the picture she's holding one that looks like a whale. You might be able to find it at www.washingtonpost.com. (Maybe I'll be able to forward such things after I get fast Internet service!)

Also, Neil deGrasse Tyson appears in today's Parade magazine, but I don't think his essay there is as entertaining as his talk at TAM6, maybe because he knew his (smaller) audience better at the latter venue.

Posted by: JHebblethwaite | June 29, 2008 3:04 PM