…and this is a 
Atlanta Pharyngufest!
Category: Entertainment
Posted on: July 6, 2008 12:51 PM, by PZ Myers
All right, I think I have a decision: we will meet at 6:00pm or thereabouts on Saturday, 12 July, at Manuel's Tavern, 602 N. Highland Ave., and have a grand old time for as long as you all can handle it. Remember, those Denverites could barely make it to 10pm — I think Georgians have to show that they can both party and offer entertaining rational conversation as good as the Coloradans gave. The honor of the South demands it!
Oh, and look: Atlanta skeptics are meeting at the same place and roughly the same time. It should be an excellent crowd.
Comments
Good choice.
And if I can recommend a little appreciated gem of Atlanta, then I think you'd enjoy the Atlanta Botanical Gardens a great deal.
See y'all next Saturday.
Posted by: Jasper | July 6, 2008 1:00 PM
I am so there!! One word of warning: as of July 1 Georgians can carry concealed weapons into public places. Fortunately it is difficult to hide a harpoon on a person.
Posted by: Jim D | July 6, 2008 1:23 PM
I'll be there! Look forward to meeting other local Pharyngulans...
Posted by: teacherninja | July 6, 2008 1:33 PM
+2.
Posted by: Antangil | July 6, 2008 1:33 PM
Of course it's the week AFTER I'm in Atlanta...C'mon, PZ, when's the Raleigh visit?
Posted by: Cassidy | July 6, 2008 1:43 PM
People always ask when I'm coming to their town. It's easy. Contact your local U, your skeptics' group, your nest of heathen atheists, and ask them if they have funds to bring in out-of-town speakers, and nominate me. They can contact me at my email address. Right now, I'm pretty cheap -- cover the costs of my travel, and I like to show up and talk with people. Demands on my time are increasing, though, and I've been considering getting a booking agent...and then my fees will go up, and you'll have to go through someone with a vested interest in getting paid. Act Now Before Prices Go Up!
Posted by: PZ Myers | July 6, 2008 1:58 PM
Cassidy, try getting in touch with this group:
http://atheists.meetup.com/80/
It's a fair-sized group, maybe they would have resources to sponsor a PZ-sized event! I've only recently joined and haven't been to an event yet but perhaps there are some other Pharyngulites around us in Raleigh.
Posted by: Sam L. | July 6, 2008 2:06 PM
Anyone else driving up from Montgomery, AL?
Posted by: Optimus Primate | July 6, 2008 2:07 PM
But Wait! Thats not all!
Order your skeptic today, and you will receive, at no additional charge a second skeptic. That's right, not one skeptic, but a pair! All that for only $19.95, a few beers, plus shipping and handling.
Not available where prohibited by biblical law.
Posted by: Benjamin Franklin | July 6, 2008 2:18 PM
in my best Montgomery Burns:
eexcellent!
Posted by: dusty59 | July 6, 2008 4:35 PM
If anyone else is wanting to carpool from Augusta for this meetup, email me at pradeepsp[at]yahoo[dot]com. I'll probably just leave around 3:30 PM that day and head back the same night after the festivities. I could use a buddy in the car for the long drive back!
Posted by: pradeep | July 6, 2008 6:54 PM
Manual's Tavern is an excellent choice. All of Georgia's liberals meet there... at once... ALL of us.
Posted by: Rob the Lurkern BMWCCA FCD | July 6, 2008 7:14 PM
Uh, are 20-year-olds allowed in the tavern? If so, I'll probably be there. If no, oh well.
Posted by: Stephen | July 6, 2008 7:24 PM
So we got what, nine people so far attending? I haven't been there before and I don't know how noisy it will get. Since we want to spend some time actually talking and listening, anyone who gets there early should grab a table or area somewhere relatively quiet.
Posted by: pradeep | July 6, 2008 8:13 PM
Hope you guys have as much fun as we did in Denver, Although to be fair you have to start drinking at 5.
Posted by: charlie S. | July 6, 2008 8:42 PM
What time are people going to begin trickling in at? I'll totally be there... never one to miss a party and a party full of heathens is definitely going to rock.
Posted by: HumanisticJones | July 6, 2008 10:29 PM
Oooh... I'm going to try to make it up for this one...
Posted by: Neoteny | July 6, 2008 10:30 PM
Actually, PZ, that night we're having our regular Skeptics in the Pub gathering at...Manuel's! Starting at 7:00.
Why don't y'all join us? We'll be in the Eagle's Nest.
Posted by: Cleon | July 6, 2008 10:59 PM
I'll be there. I'm coming over from Athens.
Posted by: Ray Freeman-Lynde | July 6, 2008 11:22 PM
Definitely come to the Skeptics in the Pub. You can hang out with luminaries like Derek from the Skepticality webcast, and maybe Swoopy too if we inflict enough peer pressure. And our local skepchick :)
Everyone come. Or, at least, stay. Might want to wear something warmer than a t-shirt and shorts, since that room seems to be the room that keeps the rest of Manuel's cooled down.
The quesadillas are pretty good, too.
Posted by: mr. ottle | July 6, 2008 11:24 PM
Is anybody coming from East or South Florida? I would LOVE to go... even a little north in Georgia, we could rendevous.. I'm in Jacksonville.
Posted by: Tina | July 6, 2008 11:50 PM
Alright, this seems to be becoming a real gathering of heathens! So what happens at these meetups? Do we just sit around PZ and let him regale us with his stories of fighting creationists? or should we have some type of audience participation games organized....maybe a game of "What type of Creationist Am I?" or "Name That Cephalopod"?
Posted by: pradeep | July 7, 2008 2:07 AM
If things get real crazy, I know of a midnight underground civil war re-enactment, we could get all liquored up and attend?
Posted by: Mike D | July 7, 2008 7:04 AM
I'll be coming in from Athens. Wouldn't miss it for the world!
Posted by: leukocyte | July 7, 2008 8:15 AM
Oh damn it. Just this very morning I was informed that I'll be needed here in Charleston during that window.
grumble grumble
Posted by: Rev. BigDumbChimp | July 7, 2008 8:28 AM
Oh, thanks, PZ. You show up in Atlanta AFTER I move away!
Posted by: Deepsix | July 7, 2008 9:07 AM
I'm going to attempt to make it over from Birmingham.
Posted by: ShavenYak | July 7, 2008 9:07 AM
Mike D: Don't you mean The War of Northern Aggression?
Posted by: cooper | July 7, 2008 9:14 AM
I'll be coming up from South Georgia, (Cairo).
Posted by: Terrellk | July 7, 2008 9:52 AM
Aww man, I was just in Atlanta visiting the family for the 4th. Darn.
It is good to be back in NYC though, where the liberal-ometer hits saner levels. Coming to the Big Apple anytime soon?
Posted by: astroande | July 7, 2008 9:58 AM
Damn, would love to come, could make it earlier on Sat or on Sunday, but my Sat nights are no good.....
Posted by: Jacey | July 7, 2008 10:12 AM
I work downtown and live in Covington, so I was personally hoping for a weekday meetup. Not sure I can make this, but I'll see if I can get familial parole for this.
Posted by: Vic | July 7, 2008 10:34 AM
Vic,
You live in Covington and are complaining about the 25 minute drive in! I live in Augusta! :p
Posted by: pradeep | July 7, 2008 11:36 AM
Tina: I'm comming up from Jacksonville. But I'll be comming up Fri. afternoon and staying at the Indigo Hotel(it's dog friendly.) So, if you've got a place to stay Fri. night, and you don't mind sitting in a car with two Victorian Bulldogs, then it would be great to car pool!
Posted by: Mike D | July 7, 2008 12:49 PM
Drat! You have to pick a Saturday when I'm booked (Dragon*Con organisational meeting followed by All's Well That End's Well at Georgia Shakespeare!).
Posted by: Fragano Ledgister | July 7, 2008 1:25 PM
pradeep: it's not the distance (I commute it every weekday), but the familial parole - i.e. I'm not sure wife, kids, and other family duties will allow it.
btw, I'm from Augusta originally. I feel your pain. :)
Posted by: Vic | July 7, 2008 2:39 PM
Manuels is one of my fave hangouts- play trivia there every Sunday night. So barring unforseen circumstances I plan to attend. Atheist types meeting in the heart of Bible Belt, now there's a concept....
Posted by: MC | July 7, 2008 3:14 PM
Currently spending too much time in the hands of the medical profession, but going to try and make it. Some fun would be nice for a change. (grin)
Ciao y'all
Posted by: JeffreyD | July 7, 2008 4:33 PM
Sweet! I hope I can make it!
Posted by: Clair | July 9, 2008 2:05 PM
I am planning on dropping on by, and my Siblings may accompany me... see "Y'all" there.
Posted by: alcoolworld | July 9, 2008 4:18 PM
JefferyD, I followed your link from this site to your blog. I'll be at the meeting. I'll be Indian guy with a big ass camera and flash, so I won't be hard to miss. Stop by and say "hi".
Posted by: pradeep | July 9, 2008 9:49 PM
Another two coming over from Birmingham! To the person staying at the Indigo - you're gonna love it. We stayed there back in December and it was fantastic.
Posted by: Mars | July 10, 2008 10:47 AM
Just to allay fears of those mentioning the new weapons laws in Georgia. Sure it's legal to carry in a public building but important things here:
It's a felony to carry at a public gathering.
Meaning, it's legal if you are not there for an event, it is NOT legal if you are there for an event. Then it's a felony with serious charges. Basically, if there is a public gathering at, in or near a public building (places of business aren't all public buildings) you are not allowed to carry even if you have your license and even if you're not attending the gathering.
Posted by: Zusidon | July 11, 2008 1:08 PM
I didn't feel like making the trip to Atlanta from Columbia (MTG tournament as well), but frackin crackers is making me consider changing my mind. Whether I make it or not, I think I'll raise the funds to get PZ to come to Godless Columbia. So, to get PZ here it takes a plane ticket, couple nights in a good hotel, and calamari/beer money?
Posted by: Shadowin | July 11, 2008 5:39 PM