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Mollyfication, and some temporary changes
Category: Administrative
Posted on: August 7, 2008 10:10 AM, by PZ Myers
Have you been wondering who won the Molly for July? It goes to … Owlmirror, OM. Let's hear some applause for the worthy champion.
In other news, you may recall that I'm going to the Galapagos Islands, and I'm leaving tonight! I shall be spending the next week and a half bobbing about in a boat in the Pacific, 600 miles off the coast of mainland South America, and while I'll still be able to access the internet in a limited way, I'm going to be somewhat distracted. "Oh, no," you're thinking, "Pharyngula will go all silent and boring, and there will be no biological ejaculations from a godless liberal to add flavor to my morning coffee." Have no fear! I could just schedule a blank post to appear every morning, and knowing you people, it would fill up fast — you don't really need me to provoke you. But no, I have gone another route, and have recruited a few guest bloggers who will post a few things now and then while I'm off. We're squaring things away with Seed right now, and I'll let them introduce themselves at their own pace.
If you decide you like them better than me, I shall be heartbroken, but I will be kicking them off on the 18th of August anyway. Maybe they'll be inspired to go on to new blogs of their very own…?
I'll also be handing the whip and keys to the dungeon to Skatje. She won't be quite as diligent in monitoring things as I am (17 — almost 18 — year old girls have a life, you know), but she will be available to skewer any trolls. Don't cross her, she might be cranky about not getting to go to the Galapagos.
And today is going to be spent packing and tidying up the Myers mansion for the housesitters, a job that requires carefully inventorying the beer. It might be a while, especially if I decide that leaving all that good beer behind that Don Kane and Rachel Warga left here last week would be a waste.
Comments
Posted by: Mystyk | August 7, 2008 10:15 AM
Have fun. We'll all hold down the fort.
Posted by: John C. Randolph | August 7, 2008 10:17 AM
Oh, wow. I've got to see that place one of these years.
-jcr
Posted by: Rev. BigDumbChimp, KoT | August 7, 2008 10:20 AM
Congrats Owlmirror
Posted by: brokensoldier, OM | August 7, 2008 10:20 AM
Congratulations, Owlmirror. It is most certainly well-deserved.
And good luck on your trip, PZ! I'd love to see that place, and I hope you come back bearing pictures to post here of what you encounter down there.
Posted by: MAJeff, OM | August 7, 2008 10:20 AM
Congrats Owlmirror.
Posted by: TheFridgenometer | August 7, 2008 10:21 AM
Two comments: 1, Skatje is awesome; 2, enjoy your trip!
TheFridgenometer
Posted by: SC | August 7, 2008 10:21 AM
Congratulations, Owlmirror!
Posted by: Kseniya | August 7, 2008 10:23 AM
WTG Owl!
Have a great trip, PZ!
Now I'm looking forward to hearing from Skatje. :-)
Posted by: Ed Darrell | August 7, 2008 10:25 AM
Just as the creationists start heating up the oil to pour on rationalists marching to the Texas State Board of Education?
http://timpanogos.wordpress.com/2008/08/05/fred-flintstone-waded-here-hoaxsters-ready-to-teach-creationism-to-texas-kids/
(Actually, we're just jealous. Have a great time. Find a new species. Get lots of pictures. Leave no trace. Come back recharged.)
Posted by: Platytude | August 7, 2008 10:27 AM
Have a fun and safe trip. Looking forward to your return.
Posted by: Ed Darrell | August 7, 2008 10:28 AM
Oh, and do let us know what sorts of beer they have down there. It would be fun -- and good -- if they had some Wasatch Breweries Evolution Amber, but we'll probably have to go to Utah for that.
Posted by: bgbaysjr | August 7, 2008 10:28 AM
Congratulations, Owlmirror; it is certainly well deserved!
And good luck, PZ, on your upcoming field work/pilgrimage. Looking forward to hearing all about it...
Posted by: Gûm-ishi Ashi Gurum | August 7, 2008 10:32 AM
I have been to the Galapagos. It is a surreal, dream-like place of a wondrous and eerie beauty. Stay hydrated and wear a hat to block out the sun!!!!!
Posted by: Lynnai | August 7, 2008 10:32 AM
Off topic I'm sorry but there might be some interested here, Fred Phelps is in Toronto protesting a play at the Cameron House tonight, apparently there is a counter protest set up for 7-8pm.
So if you want to give old Phelcher Phelps the Phinger head on down to Queen West.
Posted by: Janine ID | August 7, 2008 10:33 AM
Skatje, are you open to bribes? How much would it take to convince you to toss baba and Peter Rooke in the dungeon?
Posted by: MAJeff, OM | August 7, 2008 10:35 AM
Off topic I'm sorry but there might be some interested here, Fred Phelps is in Toronto protesting a play at the Cameron House tonight, apparently there is a counter protest set up for 7-8pm.
Back in '94, I went to the NGLTF's Creating Change Conference in Dallas. Freddie and the inbred clan were there protesting our hotel. Some friends and I ran up to our rooms after dinner to grab cameras, but by the time we got back from the 24th floor they had left.
Still don't have my picture with Freddie.
Posted by: ema | August 7, 2008 10:35 AM
Have a great trip and bring back lots of pics.
Posted by: Rev. BigDumbChimp, KoT | August 7, 2008 10:38 AM
At the risk of making a really bad joke, Fred Phelps is protesting a play about anti-gay protesting at funerals? and the playhouse is on Queen street?
Posted by: Flamethorn | August 7, 2008 10:39 AM
there will be no biological ejaculations from a godless liberal to add flavor to my morning coffee
EEEEEEEEEEWWWWWWWWWWW
PZ, we love you but I don't want any of that sort of thing in my coffee.
Also re Galapagos trip: Take us with you!!!
Posted by: Donovan | August 7, 2008 10:40 AM
PZ,
As a lifelong sailor that has spent a grand total of roughly 6 years on the open ocean, I am disheartened by your post. It would appear that you intend to leave the beer behind. I would advise, as a professional, mind you, that you collect your beer and tie it in a raft like fashion. Since beer will float, this would provide you with a safety catch should anything go wrong. Not to anthropomorphize the ocean, but she's a cranky bitch. Should the worse happen, you would then find yourself on a raft of carbohydrates and B-vitamins that only becomes more buoyant as you consume said nutrients. The side effect may be one of two possible:
1) Despite having abandoned ship after a freak microwave burrito accident aboard "Beagle LLMIIX" things are good. You find yourself on a literal party island surrounded by beer commercial girls and dancing to Jimmy Buffet until the rescue ship makes a rude entrance.
2) You dehydrate yourself with the alcohol and dry up in the tropical sun while having a bad hallucination involving Ken Hamm, Ray Comfort, and a banana. Later, you wash up on a beach, your picture is posted to the internet, and we all try to guess what sort of creature you were before the squid attacked.
Again, as a professional sailor, I say it's worth the 50/50 gamble.
Posted by: Kristjan Wager | August 7, 2008 10:42 AM
So who is going to be the guest bloggers? Dembski? Behe? Wells? Ohh.... don't tell me, I know - it's DaveScot, right?
Enjoy your trip PZ.
Posted by: Iain Walker | August 7, 2008 10:42 AM
Is it too early to nominate Donovan for the next Molly?
Posted by: Katkinkate | August 7, 2008 10:43 AM
Well, I'm jealous. Have a great time Prof PZ. I hope you don't get seasick.
Posted by: Whateverman | August 7, 2008 10:48 AM
Have a great trip, PZ.
Posted by: Dahan | August 7, 2008 10:49 AM
Gratz to Owlmirror!
Have a good time PZ, I'm truly envious. Are you already a Shellback. or do you get to go through the initiation? Actually, since the Galapagos seem to be right on the equator, I don't know if you cross or not.
Posted by: Steve_C | August 7, 2008 10:51 AM
Skatje is SO throwing a party. I would.
Posted by: Doubting Foo | August 7, 2008 10:53 AM
Oooh! PEEE ZEEE is going on a Pilgrimage to the Darwinist's Mecca!
;-P
Have fun!
Posted by: Ploon | August 7, 2008 10:54 AM
Sooo... jealoussss...
Coincidentally, it seems Lonesome George finally got his mojo back: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.jhtml?xml=/earth/2008/07/22/eageorge122.xml
Please say hi to him and congrats.
Posted by: ice9 | August 7, 2008 10:57 AM
I'm still reeling from the visual image of "biological ejaculations...to add flavor to my morning coffee." Uh-oh--did I offer myself up as the first to be cast into the dungeon by the Princess Regent? I'd be honored.
For us literary folks, the second greatest visit to the Galapagos was made by Stephen Maturin, who would have beat Darwin to the punch if military matters hadn't interfered and if he hadn't been fictional.
If you haven't read the O'Brian tales, they'd make excellent fiction for your trip, if you ever bother with fiction. I've got a big stack of them, and you're going to pass within about 3000 yards of my house on your way to MSP, so let me know and I'll toss them in the window as you go by.
ice
Posted by: Rev. BigDumbChimp, KoT | August 7, 2008 10:58 AM
Speaking as someone who's parents were out of town virtually every single weekend of the summer during his highschool years.
Take the beer with you.
Posted by: ice9 | August 7, 2008 10:58 AM
I'm still reeling from the visual image of "biological ejaculations...to add flavor to my morning coffee." Uh-oh--did I offer myself up as the first to be cast into the dungeon by the Princess Regent? I'd be honored.
For us literary folks, the second greatest visit to the Galapagos was made by Stephen Maturin, who would have beat Darwin to the punch if military matters hadn't interfered and if he hadn't been fictional.
If you haven't read the O'Brian tales, they'd make excellent fiction for your trip, if you ever bother with fiction. I've got a big stack of them, and you're going to pass within about 3000 yards of my house on your way to MSP, so let me know and I'll toss them in the window as you go by.
ice
Posted by: ice9 | August 7, 2008 11:00 AM
weird...somebody with my same name said exactly what I was going to say.
sorry
ice
Posted by: ivy privy | August 7, 2008 11:01 AM
Flying Spaghetti Monster cookie before descration
Posted by: ivy privy | August 7, 2008 11:02 AM
Flying Spaghetti Monster cookie after descration
Posted by: NanuNanu | August 7, 2008 11:13 AM
noo Pz we :[
Have a great trip and make sure to throw some lizards.
Posted by: TSC | August 7, 2008 11:20 AM
Feed the Komodos for me and for the sake of the children.
Posted by: wÒÓ† | August 7, 2008 11:24 AM
(.)(.)
Posted by: Kseniya | August 7, 2008 11:27 AM
I am now officially in awe of Donovan's wisdom and erudition.
Posted by: Observer | August 7, 2008 11:33 AM
TSC,
There are no Komodos there, but lots of iguanas. Sadly, there's nothing on land there that would eat the children, but one person in my tour group did get a bite from a giant tortoise.
PZ, first of all shame on you for not taking the family:) Second, I envy you. It's one of the most incredible places in the world.
Posted by: Feynmaniac | August 7, 2008 11:34 AM
Woot! Parents are outta town. Time to throw a party !
Posted by: azqaz | August 7, 2008 11:35 AM
Mmmmm. Mentions of Beer, Molly's, and trips. Sounds like a trifecta. Well, I will have to put down a bottle of the good stuff to celebrate the other two. (I really don't need much of an excuse for good beer, do I? ;) ) The only question is St. Bernardus or La Chouffe? Hmmm. Two other things to celebrate... Maybe a bottle of both? In the meantime, congrats to Owlmirror on the Molly, and have fun on the trip PZ.
Posted by: Tom | August 7, 2008 11:36 AM
PZ - is your trip for a media project of some kind? Are you writing a book, making a TV program? I'm just being nosey...
Enjoy. I'm so envious!
Posted by: Graculus | August 7, 2008 11:39 AM
Just a clarification.. Fred Phelps will NOT be in TO.. just some of his minions. After his last visit, Canada barred Fred from entering the country ever again.
His minions have also threatened to come and protest at the funeral of a random murder victim (the poor kid decapitated on the bus), because.. well.. because.
Posted by: Duvenoy | August 7, 2008 11:44 AM
Well done, Owlmirror!
And PZ, enjoy the Galapagos! Say a hello to one of evolution's marvels for me: the marine Iguana.
doov
Posted by: NanuNanu | August 7, 2008 11:44 AM
that was supposed to read we heart you.
Posted by: Bill Dauphin | August 7, 2008 11:47 AM
Yes, yes, but how do you feel about the Hurdy Gurdy Man?
What?... not that Donovan?... oh... well... [litella]never mind![/litella]
Posted by: LisaJ | August 7, 2008 11:50 AM
Congrats Owlmirror! Waita go.
Have a great trip PZ. I am super super jealous. Galapagos is my dream trip.
Posted by: Screechy Monkey | August 7, 2008 11:52 AM
Damn, all these "OM" and "FCD" and "KoT" titles are making me jealous. I may have to start calling myself "Screechy Monkey, FoP" (Flinger of Poo)
Posted by: Reginald Selkirk | August 7, 2008 11:53 AM
Mazybe it's because the murderer/cannibal was a church member and employeePosted by: pavlov112 | August 7, 2008 12:04 PM
Bon voyage, PZ. Have a great time. And congrats to Owlmirror, too!
Posted by: Zeno | August 7, 2008 12:05 PM
Bon voyage, PZ! But who will link to my Paris Hilton posts while you're gone?
(And congratulations to Owlmirror!)
Posted by: scotth | August 7, 2008 12:07 PM
I'll make sure that PZ appears *in* some photos as well.
Posted by: wÒÓ† | August 7, 2008 12:11 PM
It's my understanding that one can see some fantastic boobies in the Galapagos.
Posted by: Nerd of Redhead | August 7, 2008 12:12 PM
Congratulations to Owlmirror for his Molly.
Enjoy your trip PZ. In know a few people who have taken that cruise. They had a good time. Bring us a picture or two.
Guest bloggers. Should be interesting.
Posted by: E.V. | August 7, 2008 12:14 PM
Bon Voyage, PZ. Bring us a souvenir.
Congratulations Owlmirror.
Skatje rules! (literally & figuratively)
Phelps is proof that karma is a load of bunk.
Posted by: Reginald Selkirk | August 7, 2008 12:14 PM
You can get your own FCD for a very reasonable fee (free).Posted by: baryogenesis | August 7, 2008 12:15 PM
Bon voyage, PZ. Hope your landlubber legs adapt to the rolling waves. And Lynnai #14: sounds like fun at the old Cameron House. Surprised they let Phelps cross the border...
Posted by: Rev. BigDumbChimp, KoT | August 7, 2008 12:18 PM
Don't be jealous of KoT. It's self appointed and it means King of Typos.
Posted by: clinteas | August 7, 2008 12:22 PM
Congratz Owlmirror !!
Hope Skatje will get the iron broom out and swipe some of the dirt off the floor thats accumulated here in the past few weeks hehe....
PZ,have a gr8 time in the Galapagos mate !!
Posted by: Qwerty | August 7, 2008 12:22 PM
Aren't there lots of iquanas there. This reminds me of a line from Tennessee Williams play "Night of the Iguana."
"Tastes like white meat of chicken."
Posted by: Arno | August 7, 2008 12:27 PM
Gratz Owlmirror, well deserved!
PZ, enjoy the Galapagos, and the sea, and the booze, and the lack of spamming nutjobs.
And let's all kneel and bow and stuff for Skatje, who is now our replacement tentacle overlord!
Posted by: Noam Zur | August 7, 2008 12:27 PM
I sympathize with Skatje, I am cranky about not going to the Galapagos, too. In fact, next week my summer vacation is already over which I am even crankier about!
have fun anyway and bring us back some nice stories ;-)
Posted by: Benjamin Franklin | August 7, 2008 12:32 PM
Congratulations, Owlmirror.
Don't fly away into your looking glass.
Posted by: Ron Sullivan | August 7, 2008 12:37 PM
Yet another congrats to Owlmirror for a Molly well-deserved.
And yet another declaration of Galapagos Envy. However, you and TW deserve that too, PZ, and I trust you'll have interesting things to say about it all.
Kiss a tortoise for me!
Posted by: josh | August 7, 2008 12:37 PM
enjoy PZ, do u know what boat ur going to be on?? i just spent 10 days in the galapagos on the!!! Floreana!! enjoi
Posted by: Jared | August 7, 2008 12:41 PM
Have a good time, PZ, take some good photos of the wildlife for us! If I can't actually go next year, I shall be forced to visit vicariously through photographs.
Posted by: Kat | August 7, 2008 12:43 PM
Try sending a blog post from Post Office Bay. I left 2 cards there in 2004. One was delivered within a month and the other still hasn't arrived at its destination.
Posted by: Randy | August 7, 2008 12:51 PM
Bon voyage.
Posted by: Helioprogenus | August 7, 2008 12:52 PM
Have fun on the big barge PZ. You're going to really miss the skewering of the ignorant fools on these threads. You'll miss the insane folks that come here and end up wishing that the rapture was eminent because the world is full of blood thirsty atheist sinners. Still, can't wait to see the pictures and you know, for sentimental reasons, try to bring some finches with you.
Posted by: natural cynic | August 7, 2008 12:55 PM
Do you have proper backup for your computer? I can think of some nefarious things that could happen in Customs on your return. Since you are certainly a Person of Interest. Or even let back into the country. Better not go at all, so gimme your ticket.
Posted by: Patricia | August 7, 2008 12:58 PM
Congrats Owlmirror!!!
Have fun PZ. This is my vacation weekend too. I'm off to the Norway Festival in Junction City to look at all the bearded men in big horned helmets.
17 year old daughter, whip, keys, beer... this is gonna be fun! ;)
Posted by: randy | August 7, 2008 12:58 PM
please spend money OFF the boat as much as possible to support local eco tourism (and not the netherlands, who I think owns your boat).
have fun. the galapagos is a great adventure.
Posted by: Michelle | August 7, 2008 1:03 PM
Will one of your guest bloggers be Bill Donohue?
Come on! That would be hilarious, admit it!
Posted by: Inky | August 7, 2008 1:10 PM
Jealous!! Have a great time!
Posted by: Benjamin Frankin | August 7, 2008 1:13 PM
Have a great time, PZ & with Skatje here, we shall keep all beastiality references down to the "Bahhh"rest mini"Mooo"m, (not that there's anything wrong with that).
Posted by: Paul W. | August 7, 2008 1:25 PM
Congratulations to Owlmirror for a very well-deserved mollyfication.
Apropos the various themes of your post, here's an idea I've been thinking about suggesting for some time: desert island OM guest blogging.
It would be cool if you gave each Molly winner an opportunity to guest-blog about something they think Pharyngulans ought to know, or to just give a few pointers to particular exemplary comments that represent their special contributions to Pharyngula. They could just give a few comment links, with brief meta-comments about why they chose those things, or edit together past comments into a more standalone form, or write an essay from scratch, if they feel like it.
Whatever they come up with, it'd be linked from their entries on the "commenters" page, in a know-your-OM field.
I've read many amazing comments by knowledgeable, insightful, and articulate people here. They shouldn't be lost in the flood of topical ephemera, me-too redundancy, and trolling and troll-stomping.
Posted by: Longtime Lurker | August 7, 2008 1:28 PM
Congrats, Owlmirror, keep up the lulz.
Bon voyage, good professor- take LOTS of pictures! Now that you'll be away, all the fundy-dominionist loons will be on a tear.
I, for one, welcome our new Skatjestic overlady.
Posted by: E.V. | August 7, 2008 1:34 PM
Ummm, so what's wrong with a little troll stomping?
Posted by: MAJeff, OM | August 7, 2008 1:41 PM
Ummm, so what's wrong with a little troll stomping?
The nasty stuff on the bottom of our shoes.
Posted by: E.V. | August 7, 2008 1:44 PM
It's OoTD.
I am the
KINGlaughingstock of all I survey!Posted by: Paul W. | August 7, 2008 1:59 PM
Well, under our feet anyway. We have many geological strata of fossil stomped trolls here.Troll-stomping is often necessary and worthwhile. Occasionally it's an absolutely brilliant tour de force that deserves to be immortalized.
I would expect that many of the desert island comments would be enlightening virtuoso displays of troll stomping that have lasting interest way, way beyond what a particular loon or dumbass (or simply naive person) said on a particular day.
Posted by: clinteas | August 7, 2008 2:07 PM
@ Paul W.,No 76:
//It would be cool if you gave each Molly winner an opportunity to guest-blog about something they think Pharyngulans ought to know//
Thats a really good idea !(is that me-too redundancy?)
//I've read many amazing comments by knowledgeable, insightful, and articulate people here. They shouldn't be lost in the flood of topical ephemera, me-too redundancy, and trolling and troll-stomping.
I think its a bit easier to pick and choose comments now that we have the nicks first up,you can just conveniently ignore the trolls,and theres of course the killfile !
And hey,without the trolls it would be half the fun !
Posted by: terrylong | August 7, 2008 2:24 PM
Don't feed the kraken.
Posted by: Patricia | August 7, 2008 2:27 PM
I second Bill Donahue! But start him as Tuesdays Troll. ;)
Posted by: ThirtyFiveUp | August 7, 2008 2:27 PM
It has been said many times in many ways, but never truer than today. We come here for the posts and stay for the comments.
Group Hug.
Posted by: Janine ID | August 7, 2008 2:34 PM
Posted by: clinteas | August 7, 2008 2:07 PM
And hey,without the trolls it would be half the fun !
But it is only fun when it is fresh troll. A battered and bleeding troll is not as much fun. Please, in an odd way, I start feeling sorry for the dumb creature.
So I am grateful there is a steady stream of fresh trolls!
Posted by: MH | August 7, 2008 2:36 PM
Congrats Owlmirror (just what is an 'owlmirror'?)!
I second Paul's idea (#76). Indeed, that's what I thought PZ was going to do.
Have a great trip PZ! Are you going to set up a Flickr page for pics? Moblogging! That would be cool.
Posted by: Scrofulum | August 7, 2008 2:39 PM
Having spent 3 months studying rats in the Galapagos in the 90's, I can say that it's a wonderful place, especially for the biologist (well dur) and geologist. My only advice would be to take half as many clothes and twice as much memory for your camera. Course in them days, we had fillum for the cameras.
Still often think back to the amazing boldness of the animals. Except for the rats. They weren't that fond of me or my 200 metre line transect of snap traps.
Posted by: Candy | August 7, 2008 2:46 PM
Will there be a Friday cephalopod feature during your absence? I would sadly miss the Friday cephalopod.
I too am afflicted with Galapagos Envy! I'm sure you'll have a wonderful time.
Excellent idea, MH. That would be cool.
Posted by: ice9 | August 7, 2008 3:10 PM
This may be a problem. The trolls will know that PZ is OOT. They will hold their fire, depriving us of our sustenance.
Instead of a guest blogger, we need a guest troll. Who goes first?
ice
Posted by: clinteas | August 7, 2008 3:16 PM
Ice9,
no shortage of drive-by Kennys here ever....
Posted by: Blondin | August 7, 2008 3:24 PM
Take lots of pictures of boobies.
Posted by: Bee | August 7, 2008 3:46 PM
Donovan (above) is wise.
And I see in anticipation of Galapagos Boobies, WooT has spoken!
PZed, wear sunscreen, take batteries as well as lots of memory for cameras. In fact take two cameras, in case you should drop one in the ocean whilst in hot pursuit of an iguana over slippy rocks.
And have fun!
Posted by: BobC | August 7, 2008 4:07 PM
Owlmirror should also get first prize for most funny comments in internet history.
Posted by: Corey Schlueter | August 7, 2008 4:17 PM
On the subject of Phelps and Westboro coming to Canada, there will be a discussion on the topic on a local radio station on Friday 10 a.m. EST.
Posted by: gyokusai | August 7, 2008 4:17 PM
Congrats, Owlmirror! If I'm not mistaken, it was you who authored the LOLification of Cracker Gate, one of the most terrific, bah!, the most terrific example of LOLification I'ver ever seen!
Keep it up,
^_^J.
Posted by: Alex | August 7, 2008 4:33 PM
"...and knowing you people."
And just what's that supposed to mean? Hmmm?
Posted by: JoJo | August 7, 2008 4:43 PM
Congratulations to Owlmirror.
Enjoy the Galapagos, PZ.
Note to all: PZ will be bobbing offshore in a SHIP, not a boat.
boat
ship (note boats hanging on side of ship)
Posted by: Owlmirror | August 7, 2008 5:11 PM
I thank you all.
UNWORTHY ME IS UNWORTHY.
(Quick, change subject naow!)
The Galápagos Islands are indeed a nifty place to visit. You might take along a geology book, like Charles Darwin did, and watch for atolls on the way. While Darwin got heredity wrong in his theory of evolution, he got atoll formation right.
PS: Hopefully the captain will not be a depressive and bad-tempered theist. And also that you are not subject to the depredations of sea-sickness.
Posted by: Nick Gotts | August 7, 2008 5:22 PM
Congratulations Owlmirror! May your auspicious reflections long grace this blog!
Posted by: kevinbbg | August 7, 2008 5:24 PM
I am SOOOO jealous that you are going to the Galpagos and I'm not. I suspect it's one of those places I'll never get to see and it's at the top of my list of places to visit. Hope you have a great times.
Posted by: Nick Gotts | August 7, 2008 5:26 PM
And bon voyage PZ. I recommend Kurt Vonnegut's Galapagos as reading for the trip, if you haven't read it already.
Posted by: Brownian, OM | August 7, 2008 5:35 PM
Ah, Owlmirror. Your Molly has been a long time coming. Very well done.
As for PZ's magical mystery tour, being from a land-locked province I can't help too much with first hand sailing info, but if I may reflect on the occasional shanty I've sung with a head full of grog, I offer the following tips:
1. Nair or wax your belly before going and do not get drunk! According to my research, bellies are often shaved with rusty razors early in the morning.
2. Stay away from any ship called the Antelope, especially if captained by Elcid Barrett promising you'll cruise the seas for American gold, firing no guns and shedding no tears.
3. Stay outta the Canadian prairies. The Arrogant Worms/Captain Tractor already control the waterways 'round here, stealing wheat and barley and all the other grains.
Posted by: Zuri | August 7, 2008 6:08 PM
Hi, if you'd like to read and know more about the Galapagos Islands, you can find all about them here:
http://www.galapagos-islands-tourguide.com