Today is the day of the North Carolina Science Blogging Conference, and I was pretty sure I wasn't going. This is also the weekend before the start of spring semester classes, and I'm going to be going mildly insane for a while.
But then, someone has photographic evidence that I am there. This is truly weird; maybe the insanity is kicking in a little harder than I expected.
If you're at the conference, don't expect to see much of me at the sessions. Looking at that picture, I realize I'm going to have to spend the whole meeting alone, in my hotel room, with my shirt off, marveling.
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Wow, I'm totally out of it. I'm in NC, and I didn't know this conference was going on. Maybe next year...
Heh heh, funny. And PZ still managed to work in a comment about her boobs. :)
I'm at the conference. I'm looking for someone from Minnesota who can pass along a book for you.
Marveling can make you go blind, you know.
"Marveling can make you go blind, you know."
I'll risk one eye ...
I was just watching the NOVA program on supercooling, and Bose-Einstein condensation. It looks as though you've achieved such a super-cool state, you can be in two places, doing two things at the same time, but confused.
Quantum mechanics: Kids, do not try this at home.
The ginger ale is for the dyspepsia.
The ginger ale is for the dyspepsia.
*snort* That was such a naughty comment!
Giant squid photo:
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2007/12/photogalleries/topphoto…
Your complexion is so clear, what moisturizer do you use?
Neither did I gg! My school is only 30 minutes away from the location, and I never knew it was going on. Too late to go now though.
This may affect the casting choices for ScienceBlogs: The Movie.
Wow, she's HOTT and SMART too! Ah!, those brainy chicks who impersonate PZ!
Well, Slaan, I'll look for you there next year! (By then I'll probably not be pseudonymous!)