The word on the street is that PZ Myers has been surgically updated and will return home soon, probably tomorrow. My understanding is that he received a stent, which is routine, but as long as they had him on the table they also upgraded his laser eye blaster tubes and retractable squid arm assemblies. So look out.
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You know what they say about stents? "This too shall bypass."
But his beard is still intact, right?
Ah, I hate to be the one to tell you this, but ... they were going for a mod to the beard and there was an unexpected problem. It looks more like this now:
http://poorlydressed.com/2009/07/17/santa-squid-face/
Greg, that's a known problem with poorly-grounded cautery devices.
Well, this is good news...
Thanks for the update.
Thanks for the update! I want me some laser eye blaster tubes too.... :-)