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Category: Art
Posted on: July 24, 2008 8:02 PM, by PZ Myers
Regular commenter Patricia sent me a present — isn't this pretty?
The octopus pendant is also very nice. You can get your own at the Emerson Glass Art Studio, if you're envious.
Thanks, Patricia! I will get it away from my cervical model someday, I'm sure.
YES! Send me a free issue of Seed.
If I like what I see, I'll receive 5 more issues (6 in all) for just $14.95. That's 50% off the cover price! If I'm not completely satisfied, I'll simply write "cancel" on the invoice and owe nothing. The free issue is mine to keep.
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Comments
that is indeed awesome =)
Posted by: skyotter | July 24, 2008 8:06 PM
Posted by: Dustin | July 24, 2008 8:09 PM
Hey PZ-
Offtopic, but could you do a post debunking/explaining the supposed errors in Richard Lenski's work from the loons at Conservapedia?
Link:
http://www.conservapedia.com/Flaws_in_Lenski_Study
Posted by: iwstat | July 24, 2008 8:11 PM
I don't think that is your neck, PZ.
Posted by: Greg Laden | July 24, 2008 8:16 PM
Very pretty indeed! I'm a sucker (heh!) for organic designs.
You might not have seen this: Glendon Mellow at The Flying Trilobite has painted a set of drink coasters that can be grouped in two ways: as trilobites or a rabbit.
Posted by: Monado | July 24, 2008 8:18 PM
How dare you, Greg! I have a lovely and graceful neck. Maybe I just shaved.
Posted by: PZ Myers | July 24, 2008 8:24 PM
Oh, that's so nice! It's very perty.
Posted by: LisaJ | July 24, 2008 8:26 PM
Allow me to make a prediction. I predict that one of these idiot catholic spamholes will purchase this pendant and shove a nail in it. Don't know what that will accomplish, but can't you just see their rabid frenzy when faced with rational ideas?
Posted by: Helioprogenus | July 24, 2008 8:29 PM
What! An atheist, mentally retarded by brainwashing, is offering some presents to the evil Priest from the sect of Atheism. You see what atheism does to people.
[Beautiful, but I'm not jealous, so many women from the internets send me presents too]
Posted by: HolyRusk | July 24, 2008 8:38 PM
That's awesome. I'm envious :(
Posted by: anthropic | July 24, 2008 8:38 PM
That's a lovely pendant!
Posted by: Eli | July 24, 2008 8:43 PM
@ 8
When will the lies stop? There are no girls on the internets. It's a myth, like mermaids.
Posted by: Stephen Couchman | July 24, 2008 8:51 PM
PZ and Patricia sitting in a tree...
Posted by: Capital Dan | July 24, 2008 9:04 PM
Awww, that's adorable!
Perfect gift for PZ...aside from maybe the real thing ;P
Posted by: Hessenroots | July 24, 2008 9:11 PM
"When will the lies stop? There are no girls on the internets."
Oh yes we are.
Posted by: Nicole | July 24, 2008 9:17 PM
That's beautiful. I want one of the FSM.
Posted by: Matt Gerber | July 24, 2008 9:18 PM
Very Nize!
The eyes remind me of Petey, the dog from The Little Rascals.
Posted by: Benjamin Franklin | July 24, 2008 9:19 PM
You should get a big one, Flavor Flav style. That'd be much more menacing.
Posted by: gdlchmst | July 24, 2008 9:20 PM
Posting anonymous because my wife is an elected official, but she's got a bong with a nice blue octopus on it.
Posted by: Anonymous | July 24, 2008 9:27 PM
OMG!!!! :O it's sooo adorable, I want one!!!!
Posted by: LVDLR | July 24, 2008 9:31 PM
What? And I thought Patricia had eyes for me.
Posted by: Brownian, OM | July 24, 2008 9:32 PM
Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn.
Posted by: Joseph | July 24, 2008 9:34 PM
Cthulhu cthaves.
Posted by: Phentari | July 24, 2008 9:38 PM
Awwwww.
That's a lot more practical (and decorative) than the squishipus. (I still think you should wear her as a hat when performing.)
Posted by: Sili | July 24, 2008 9:45 PM
I MUST have one of these!
Posted by: OctoberMermaid | July 24, 2008 9:54 PM
Yay! There hasn't been enough cephalart here lately.
Oh, and here's something that would go well with that.
Posted by: arensb | July 24, 2008 10:01 PM
@ 14
Fact is, the first person I heard that one from was female, and net-tastically awesome. In 2008, I think it's only still funny because of its absurdity, which is probably why it'll only stop being funny when gender becomes irrelevant both socially and biologically (one way or another). I guess I'm just trying to get all the mileage I can out of the joke before the Singularity hits. *shrug*
Posted by: Stephen Couchman | July 24, 2008 10:15 PM
Cthulhu cthaves (#22)
...for in case He gets hungry later.
Posted by: Paul Burnett | July 24, 2008 10:23 PM
you get free books, free jewelry and all the hate mail. I'm so fucking envious.
Posted by: Brian W. | July 24, 2008 10:24 PM
sexy.
Posted by: Remy-Grace | July 24, 2008 10:25 PM
INNERSIDE Radio Program
Bill Donahue pwn3d, and New Atheists for Dummies Continued w/ Sam Harris critiqued.
http://acksisofevil.org/audio/inner189.mp3
or download from:
http://acksisofevil.org/innerside.html
Posted by: scooter | July 24, 2008 10:56 PM
Hey PZ you might wanna see to this.
The retard doesn't seem to know the blog tracks IPs for comments.
Posted by: zer0 | July 24, 2008 11:23 PM
That is a fantastic piece of art glass. (if some idiot drove a nail into it it would shatter...)
In March i went to a bead blast at Moon Marble in Bonner Springs and one of the marble artists did "Octopus' gardens' that were really kewl too, but I couldn't begin to afford one so I do not have an image. They were fist-sized marbles with undersea gardens in glass, with an octopus gracing the top of the marble/paperweight.
Posted by: Paula Helm Murray | July 24, 2008 11:28 PM
Give up Brownian #20
I'm in line for Patricia playtoy, the eyes for you went out with Fred Astaire.
Take a number
Posted by: scooter | July 24, 2008 11:52 PM
That post bothered me for a while, and I think I just figured out why. PZ, perhaps you meant "clavicle model"?
Posted by: ShadowWalkyr | July 24, 2008 11:56 PM
This will make PZ forget that he was denied tenure at a major research university (Temple U)! Soldier on, man!
Posted by: paul lurquin | July 24, 2008 11:59 PM
Yeah!
Because PZ's academic reputation is so relevant to the major issues we discuss here!
Wanker.
Posted by: The Adamant Atheist | July 25, 2008 12:12 AM
#34 "perhaps you meant "clavicle model"?"
Nice catch, it seemed off to me too, I wondered if there was something I'm just not getting. Apparently I know my anatomy...sort of.
Posted by: aaron | July 25, 2008 12:14 AM
No, "cervical" is the right word: of or relating to a neck.
Posted by: gdlchmst | July 25, 2008 12:18 AM
Check out Dragonfly Glass for some very nice glass arthropods.
http://www.dragonflyglass.biz/
Requests are taken too!
Posted by: Diego | July 25, 2008 12:35 AM
I live in oregon, and i actually went "awwww!!!!!!!" when i saw this. Too awesome. my girlfriend likes it too. wear it with pride mister PZ!
Posted by: genewitch | July 25, 2008 12:37 AM
Our plan for world domination is about the succeed. Pee Zed foolishly put on the Crystal of Octowoo, and is now under our control. It will take a bit of time--at first he will resist, not being accustomed to the control--but within a few days, he will be totally ours! Then...
--High Wizard to Teh Lizard Overlords.
Posted by: blf | July 25, 2008 12:45 AM
Oh, Patricia... you were a shoo-in for the Molly anyway. No need to ply the propriator with gifts.
Sheesh.
Posted by: StuV | July 25, 2008 12:48 AM
Take a number
I did, scooter. It was 20. You've got 33, so you'd better work hard to catch up.
Posted by: Brownian, OM | July 25, 2008 1:28 AM
I love art glass jewelry, I'm just a coward and torches scare me. I'll just have to keep making cephalopod jewelry with polymer clay.
Also why didn't I think of sending PZ one of my cuttlefish necklaces?
Posted by: Noadi | July 25, 2008 3:03 AM
Wait a minute, PZ. Do you think maybe you're meant to desecrate it?
Posted by: JM Inc. | July 25, 2008 3:47 AM
I hope it's a tree cephalopod. I hear those are quite common up in Oregon. (http://zapatopi.net/treeoctopus/) *smirks*
Posted by: Riva | July 25, 2008 4:16 AM
I can't wait for the Friday cephalopod... or was this it ?
Posted by: LaTomate | July 25, 2008 4:17 AM
"How dare you, Greg! I have a lovely and graceful neck. Maybe I just shaved."
Well, yeah, you could do that if your beard weren't sacred.
;)
Posted by: CrypticLife | July 25, 2008 9:40 AM
OK Myers, I've had it. Release the hostages or tonight its retribution time. That's right, fail to act and I'm going to Carmine's tonight and having a HUGE plate of calamari. Don't test me, I'm crazy and I'll do it!
Seriously though, the stunt is stupid and you're a jackass. But it's been a lot of fun to watch Christians and atheists go ape shit at each other, so thanks for the entertainment at any rate I guess. (and of course to all you other good people as well).
PS to anon dude posting the kids names and Myers address.... He's a jackass but you are truly a worthless loser
Posted by: Pat | July 25, 2008 9:57 AM
You are most welcome! My thanks for standing up for reason.
Come on StuV, 'everyone knows' bribing a tentacled overlord requires BEER. ;)
Posted by: Patricia | July 25, 2008 1:20 PM
Patricia @ 51 What a neat pendant! I hope you kept one for yourself!
Posted by: Holbach | July 25, 2008 8:38 PM
Patricia, good find. I owe the redhead a present, so I'll have to look over the website.
Posted by: Nerd of Redhead | July 26, 2008 10:57 AM
Very nice! But has it been consecrated?
Posted by: Kseniya | July 29, 2008 9:17 AM
Posted by Dustin @ #2
"I was about to say that your neck looked much nicer than I expected it to."
Either that, or PZ had a full body wax in anticipation of the photograph being taken. : )
Now that WOULD be a sight!
Go on PZ I dare you.
Posted by: DingoDave | July 29, 2008 6:50 PM