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Category: Personal
Posted on: October 13, 2008 8:29 AM, by PZ Myers
Since people have been asking about my travel schedule lately, here's how I'm going to be spending my weekends:
| Friday, 31 Oct-2 Nov: | Toronto, ON |
| Friday, 7-9 Nov: | Washington, DC |
| Thursday, 13-15 Nov: | Kearney, NE |
| Wednesday, 19-22 Nov: | Philadelphia, PA |
| Friday, 5-6 Dec: | Orlando, FL |
I'm hoping the visit to DC will be an especially joyous one.
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Posted by: J. D. Mack | October 13, 2008 8:45 AM
Where will you be in DC? Will you have time to socialize?
J. D.
Posted by: Rodibidably | October 13, 2008 8:55 AM
Hehe... I was going to ask the same as JD.
Also, I would add, are you giving a talk, if so where?
Posted by: R K Bulmer | October 13, 2008 9:01 AM
Where in the world? The world consists of more than the USA...
Posted by: Scott | October 13, 2008 9:01 AM
Please provide further details for the Philadelphia trip. I would like to attend your talk and/or a Pharyngulapalooza.
Posted by: S.Scott | October 13, 2008 9:04 AM
Yay! I guess Orlando is not too far! :-)
Hey firemancarl, mark your calendar!
Posted by: KristinMH | October 13, 2008 9:06 AM
Any drinking plans yet for Toronto?
Posted by: Jorge Velez-Juarbe | October 13, 2008 9:08 AM
Washington DC, just what I've been waiting for!! But where?
Posted by: J_w23 | October 13, 2008 9:11 AM
Remember PZ, USA is NOT the world.
Posted by: Ced | October 13, 2008 9:14 AM
*lol* The world!
I just love these cute Americans :D
Posted by: slang | October 13, 2008 9:15 AM
Could one of the "USA is not the world" commenters enlighten me on the status of Toronto? Has there been unannounced annexation?
Posted by: Ced | October 13, 2008 9:17 AM
*lol* The world!
I just love these cute Americans :D
Posted by: Geoff | October 13, 2008 9:21 AM
Hey! I'll be in Toronto that weekend! What's the plans? I'd love to have a meetup of some kind!
Posted by: Brett | October 13, 2008 9:27 AM
Awesome, another DC visit. If there is a gathering I hope I can make it!
Posted by: Ced | October 13, 2008 9:28 AM
Ay, please excuse my double post. That was not my intention. I was just trying to cover my disappointment that PZ is not visiting Europe with a joke :)
Posted by: David Wiley | October 13, 2008 9:32 AM
That's one heck of a carbon footprint, PZ.
Posted by: Emmet Caulfield | October 13, 2008 9:37 AM
For the time being, Canada has not been deemed a hotbed of terroristicalismishness and, therefore, not currently in need of immediate liberation by being returned to the stone age.
This status is no more protected than any other country, and subject to review at any time at the whim of the douchenozzle who sits in the Oval Orifice.
You're welcome for the clarification :P
Posted by: Claire | October 13, 2008 9:40 AM
You are going to be in DC, awesome.
Posted by: thegomezsymbol | October 13, 2008 9:40 AM
Same about DC, details, details!
Posted by: Lee Picton | October 13, 2008 9:46 AM
Yes! DC! I am in Ellicott City, just 45 min away. Please, more details!
Posted by: Lana | October 13, 2008 9:48 AM
Not fair! You're coming to DC the same weekend I'll be in New York. I mean, you really could have checked MY schedule before making plans. Some people are so self-centered.
Posted by: protocol | October 13, 2008 9:54 AM
D.C.! Yay! where? can we please go to "the brickskeller" near Dupont?
Posted by: protocol | October 13, 2008 9:57 AM
D.C.! Yay! where? can we please go to "the brickskeller" near Dupont?
Posted by: blah | October 13, 2008 10:06 AM
Come to Ireland please. :)
Posted by: ReDSHiFT | October 13, 2008 10:19 AM
PZ!! Where in Orlando are you going? I'm at UF, so it's only a short drive for me, do you have time to socialize?
Posted by: varlo | October 13, 2008 10:22 AM
Off subject - Paul Krugman just won the Nobel prize for economics ... and also off subject this is the day we can enjoy a beer a day (while singing "99 bottles of beer on the wall" and, lo, on the last day George Bush will be gone.
Posted by: Bill Dauphin | October 13, 2008 10:25 AM
PZ:
I wonder if you could remind us what events you're appearing at in each of these cities, and whether tany of them are [1] open to the public and [2] likely to be accessible (intellectually, I mean, not physically) to nonspecialists.
I'm particularly interested in Philadelphia (the only tour stop that's a reasonable drive for me) and DC (I have a friend at Georgetown who might be interested).
Thanks in advance...
Posted by: Derek Colanduno | October 13, 2008 10:31 AM
Hey, all you anti-USA folks. Look at the schedule. Last time I checked, Canada is NOT the USA.
Posted by: PZ Myers | October 13, 2008 10:35 AM
I always try to make time to socialize at these things. I can't plan the social part of my visit very far ahead, though, because my first obligation is to the people who invited me to come speak, and I kind of wedge the external outreach into the spaces in between.
All of the talks will be open to the public. The most technical will be the one in Philly, but even there, it's mainly about the interpretation of developmental biology from Haeckel to the modern day, and anyone should be able to follow it.
So sorry you're being left out, Rest of the World Beyond North America. I'd be happy to come talk in Europe or Asia or any other place, but it's far away and expensive. I've gotten a few nibbles now and then, but you know how transatlantic airfares can be a bit daunting. Maybe if you all got together -- it is a European Union, you know -- you could all get together and split the costs and have me do a tour of a couple of countries over a couple of weeks sometime in late spring or early summer. Hint, hint.
Posted by: K | October 13, 2008 10:39 AM
You're coming to see me? LOL Ok, I give up, what's the Atheist event happening on Friday, 5-6 Dec? Surely you're not just coming to see the Osbourne lights at Disney.
Posted by: Greg | October 13, 2008 10:42 AM
Gonna echo the question about Toronto here; the natives are curious!
Posted by: Alex | October 13, 2008 10:43 AM
I leave Ontario for four bloody months and you decide to pop by for a visit in my absence?
You'll burn in Hell for this, PA, I swear it!
Posted by: Scott Campbell | October 13, 2008 10:57 AM
Hey PZ. So glad you are coming to the true north strong and free. You are more than welcome to stay! Looking forward immensely to your talks in Toronto.
And a meetup in Toronto would be great. I can recommend some very cool pubs.
Posted by: Die Anyway | October 13, 2008 10:58 AM
I'll make the 2 hour drive to Orlando PZ, if you'll tell me what event to sign up for. The I-4 corridor is fairly dangerous but I'll be singing the whole way... "I don't care if it rains or freezes, 'long as I've got my plastic Jeezus, sittin' on the dashboard of my car..." so I should be safe.
Posted by: Samwise | October 13, 2008 11:02 AM
PZ, what brings you to the Cornhusker state? I presume it's something to do with the university, though I don't see anything on their site. I'd like to drive up if a lecture and/or beer is imminent.
Posted by: Nephmon | October 13, 2008 11:06 AM
#15: I've been thinking that for a while too, David, ever since PZ published his summer schedule a while back. Still, I'm sure he does lots to offset it. Like burning Catholics instead of coal in his fireplace at home.
Posted by: firemancarl | October 13, 2008 11:18 AM
Oh, I am sooo off on both of those days Stacy! BTW, my godless heathen neighbor wants to go as well! Finally, PZ makes it to central Florida. PZ, will it be your first time here?
Posted by: Sydney S | October 13, 2008 11:20 AM
Hrmm... I may just be visiting my creationist grandmother in Orlando when you are giving your talk. Awesome!
Posted by: Psychodiva | October 13, 2008 11:46 AM
when you going to get over to this side of the pond then?
Posted by: Mozglubov | October 13, 2008 11:56 AM
You should make a post for each city, so those of us who like to sleep in following a giant Thanksgiving meal can post excited calls for meeting up in pubs specific to our own cities without getting mixed in with the rest of the cities... in other words, I'm in Toronto, so I'd be interested to hear more about the Toronto trip specifically.
And, as it has been pointed out, Toronto is not in the USA. But, at the same time, an American going to Canada really does not normally count as worldly travels. For the sake of a childhood reference, though, I think PZ should be forgiven...
Posted by: FishyFred | October 13, 2008 12:32 PM
Okay, I need details about DC sooner rather than later. I'm impatient. I gotta knows this now.
Posted by: K | October 13, 2008 12:34 PM
The suspense is killing me! I googled and can find NO Atheist events here in Orlando the first weekend in Dec.
It must be a family visit and non of us are invited.
If that's the case, look, the first weekend in Dec, I go to Cracker Christmas at Ft Christmas. Anyone want to become a roving gang of Atheist at this event, just for grins, if PZ isn't going to give a talk or something? They have kettle corn.
Posted by: BobC | October 13, 2008 12:37 PM
I'm hoping the visit to DC will be an especially joyous one.
Not to worry.
Posted by: dan | October 13, 2008 4:15 PM
Yay Orlando!
December is a great time of the year down here. Bring your shorts, you will probably need them.
Hope to see you when you come down, you an inspiration.
E.O Wilson is giving a talk down here; is this a trend?
Orlando Atheists; send me a line at dan@newworldceramic.com
We can get a gathering going.
Dan
Posted by: Mike | October 13, 2008 4:56 PM
You need to come back out to Seattle, I missed your last visit! Let me buy you a beer ;)
Posted by: Chris Nedin | October 13, 2008 10:38 PM
Southernhemispherophobe! (and it's not just because I'm annoyed at being in Washington the day AFTER you)
Posted by: Diego | October 13, 2008 11:13 PM
PZ is coming to Florida for the 5-6 of December? Why that's a great pre-birthday present for me. Hurray! :)
Posted by: Jenny Ashford | October 13, 2008 11:56 PM
Yay, Orlando is only an hour from me! What's gonna happen on the Friday, because I usually work on Friday nights, but if there's something cool occurring, then I'll take time off. If I can't, then I'll definitely make the trip on Saturday, and drag the hubby along. Godless bastards invade the Happiest Place on Earth! Whee!
Posted by: Farb | October 14, 2008 9:53 AM
Echoing Samwise @ #34:
Yeh, I'd like more info about the Kearney visit, to see if I can clear up part of my own insane schedule.
Posted by: Janice Rael | October 14, 2008 11:20 AM
Hi PZ. I heard about your upcoming visit to Philly in November. There are a ton of people who would love to have a drink with you, and I'd like to recommend a place I've never been to, called Eulogy, in Old City. From what I've heard, it's fantastic, if you like beer.
I'm going to be in DC on the weekend of November 8-9 also. Americans United for Separation of Church and State is hosting an informal gathering of people interested in church-state separation at the bar inside the Capitol Hill Hyatt starting at 6:30pm. If you're there, I'll meet you then. If not, maybe I'll catch you in Philly. Drop me an email if you'd like.
*glee*