PZ-T? “What is the sound you make when you stick a fork in a light socket, Alex?”

They need to put that embroidered on a hat.

Oh yes! We needs one.

Uh huh. That's "funny".

A squid escaping from a small fish?

I dunno. I think your appearance in Overcompensating was superior.

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I really want one of those... but I don't think my fiance would have it.

She really hates graphic t-shirts... especially the one I have of two stick figures where the guy has an 'X' over an eye and the girl has an eyeball over her head with a caption that says "I've got my eye on you."

I'm asking for your opinion Pharyngulites... is it bad that I wear t-shirts that say things like "By reading this you have given me brief control of your mind" and "Try not to let your mind wander. It's much too small to go outside by itself?"

KemaTheAtheist:

I'ma go with "yes." Then again, many of my t-shirts are band related...

PZ-T?
I hope you're getting a cut.

I need a crate full of those shirts for distribution in South america

Not liking T-shirts with graphics? Mood is more than just color, it's something to use as a statement. One of my favorite shirts is looking at a cat from the mouse-side of a mouse hole. The nice thing about T-shirts with graphics is that you get to change it as often as you like, unlike bumper stickers.

'm asking for your opinion Pharyngulites... is it bad that I wear t-shirts that say things like "By reading this you have given me brief control of your mind" and "Try not to let your mind wander. It's much too small to go outside by itself?"

Only if it is wrong that all my t-shirts are similar to this one?

Forget South America. We could use a few cratefuls right here in Arizona: one crateful in my closet, size L, please, the rest for distribution.

Tres hip!

Oh man...

must have must have must have must have!

KemaTheAtheist: i just saw that "mind control" t-shirt last night for the first time. i chuckled, then gave the guy all my money and drove him to the nearest casino.

No US delivery? Wonder if they can also offer through a US site...

I don't often feel an urge for T-shirts with graphics or commentary on them, but I really like this one and would love to have one. Or four.

PZ follows the symbol for Christ?

Well, I suppose a graphic of something hammering a nail into a cracker wouldn't do.

The fish thing, though, kind of done to death. Should flatter, anyway.

Glen D
http://tinyurl.com/6mb592

Glen @ #19:

PZ doesn't follow anyone, and certainly not a Christian (fish).

Nope: PZ is about to gobble up that poor little irrational fishy.

NOM NOM.

Poll to crash

Not the usual subject, but worth crashing anyway.

Nice T-shirt - but it's only available in Men's sizes! If it was in a women's size 8, I'd get myself one.

Women's sizes? Every woman I've ever known has fallen somewhere along the S/M/L/XL spectrum (plus there's one marketed explicitly to women).

I don't own my favorite t-shirt; I've only seen it twice in public places and was always too shy to ask the owner where he/she got it. It's a simple black and white drawing of a grassy field. In the background is a bunch of white sheep all huddled together and looking stupid (their eyes look empty and dumb). In the foreground is a lone sheep, concentrating on something laid on the ground before it: a book. That sheep is black. The black sheep, the outsider, is the one which reads a book.

Maybe I'll ask one of my artist friends to recreate that t-shirt. I wish I knew where to get one, though.

The t-shirt I've always wanted is "The Black Death Tour." It lists when various places were hit by the Black Death. Itstarts in Kaffa, Turkey 1346 and ends in Iceland 1354. My wife thinks the t-shirt is ghoulish, which makes me want it all the more.

Funny thing about the fish, it's that pythagorean symbol or mathematical symbol of the two intersecting circles, another sacred pagan symbol coopted by... wait for it.... WAIT FOR IT.. the Christians!

Never would've guessed, huh?

My favorite graphic tee is of a giraffe walking through a maze looking for lost bunnies. He has a box on his back that says "Rescue" and there's a bird on his head giving him directions.

My second favorite graphic shirt says "Nerds 2 Squared Ever".

It doesn't look like they'll ship to the USA, though.

I thought you might be interested in this video if you haven't seen it yet:

http://www.generationrescue.org/media/Biomedical-101.html

Because we all know that Jenny McCarthy's beliefs are more reliable than scientific research and evidence.

bloody hell, that's a nice one. why didn't I think of that?

I still have my Grateful Dead and Steppin Wolf t-shirts.

neat!

If they don't deliver to the US, maybe I'll order it to my mom's place... *ponders*

So when can I order one (/half a dozen)?

OT: Life’s First Spark Re-Created in the Laboratory

A fundamental but elusive step in the early evolution of life on Earth has been replicated in a laboratory.
Researchers synthesized the basic ingredients of RNA, a molecule from which the simplest self-replicating structures are made.

I am not responsible for the 'does evolution include Abiogenesis' debate that will surely ensue, but this is wicked awesome cool.

Transcend that, Cardinal Moron-O'Conman.

So how does it feel to have people make gobs and gobs of money off your celebricity, PZ?

Of course, I can be held responsible for any ensuing 'why did Brownian capitalise abiogenesis?' debates.

"Funny thing about the fish, it's that pythagorean symbol or mathematical symbol of the two intersecting circles, another sacred pagan symbol coopted by... wait for it.... WAIT FOR IT.. the Christians!

Never would've guessed, huh?"

I always wondered why Christians were so obsessed with Cronbach's measure of internal consistency

I have a custom-made t-shirt I asked my artistic friend to design for me. It shows jesus on the cross wearing a crown of thorns, his face twisted in agony. Underneath the legend reads; "Kill Your Idol". I get a lot of stick from people when I wear that shirt...

Holy fuck! Assuming everything is legit and reproducible with that RNA result then that's the coolest thing I've heard in quite some time.

From the article linked above by Brownian:

Like other would-be nucleotide synthesizers, Sutherland’s team included phosphate in their mix, but rather than adding it to sugars and nucleobases, they started with an array of even simpler molecules that were probably also in Earth’s primordial ooze.

They mixed the molecules in water, heated the solution, then allowed it to evaporate, leaving behind a residue of hybrid, half-sugar, half-nucleobase molecules. To this residue they again added water, heated it, allowed it evaporate, and then irradiated it.

At each stage of the cycle, the resulting molecules were more complex. At the final stage, Sutherland’s team added phosphate. “Remarkably, it transformed into the ribonucleotide!” said Sutherland.

I always chuckle with an evil glee when a simple experiment, coupled with some inspired guess-work, yields such a grand result. Science, it's what happens when you learn how to think.

Here's to hoping that the work is honest and replicable and that someone turns it into a really sharp T-shirt.

...because Brownian is feeling especially naughty today, and wants attention from the Spelling Police?

Wot, no mugs? I want a squid mug!

They mixed the molecules in water, heated the solution, then allowed it to evaporate, leaving behind a residue of hybrid, half-sugar, half-nucleobase molecules. To this residue they again added water, heated it, allowed it evaporate, and then irradiated it.At each stage of the cycle, the resulting molecules were more complex. At the final stage, Sutherland’s team added phosphate. “Remarkably, it transformed into the PZ-T!” …

Does that explain why the squid has only six arms? And the fish is also rather “primitive” looking…

It is is a nice shirt… and they ship to France! Hummmm……

is is? Gah gah!

(After saying that aloud I have the feeling it'll be considered my most intelligent comment ever. Sighs…)

Can't find/buy the T-shirt with the graphic/text of your dreams? Rip it off! Go to your local office supply store, buy some iron-on decal paper, blow up your desired graphic to the size you want, print it, iron it onto a Tee. I've done it with T-shirts and hats. Works fine. It might not last as long as a commercially printed shirt but it's not bad. And you get what you want, when you want it. Can't beat that with a stick.

Cool shirts.

And, now. Off topic. But it seems that another dead animal has washed up on the east coast. And another bunch of water head dip-shits seem to think it's another "Montauk Monster" lately escaped from some government lab.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30742498/?GT1=43001

http://www.montauk-monster.com/

Looks like a bear.
My favorite line from the article:

"The beast smelled like a mix of low-tide and rotten garbage,"..."It really smelled horrific. I couldn't help but take numerous pictures of it and video clips."

It smelled bad? No shit, numb-nuts. It's rotting animal washed up on the beach.

If there's any monster here it's name is C-R-E-D-U-L-I-T-Y.
AKA the Gullibeast from 20,000 Fathoms.

Sorry for going run-away off topic.

I notice in the comments for the comic that they are working on getting shipments available to the US next week. I hope they include Canada too.

Very cool!

Sorry for going run-away off topic.

Yeah, well, next time stay on topic like the rest of us, jerk!

(Patricia's right. I am in a naughty mood today.)

One of the things keeping forensic anthropologists around here busy is identifying skin bear paws mistakenly thought to be human hands (they look similar, but bears have one less row of phalanges).

Half-decomposed things without their skin often look like something else. No need to get all freaky about it.

Did you see the Monster guy's speculation that the carcass could be a terrorist plot to spread H1N1 flu virus to the good people of Long Island?
classic nuttiness

Looks like someone has a CafePress version for those of us in the USA.

http://www.cafepress.com/strange_charm.384308338

Did you see the Monster guy's speculation that the carcass could be a terrorist plot to spread H1N1 flu virus to the good people of Long Island?

I am very very glad I was not drinking anything, eating anything, or vigorously rubbing anything when I read that. Otherwise there'd be a terrible mess dripping all over the screen and keyboard in need of cleaning up.

I've always wanted a "Teenage Mutant Ganga Terrapins" shirt.

My aunt had a shirt with a pair of wrinkled pendulous breasts on it, with the caption "National Geographic"

Is Alex the African Gray Parrot with the phenomenal vocabulary?

Anonymous @ # 25 - the "Black Death Tour" t-shirt is here.

Wear it in good health...

Sounds more like PeaceEddie than an electrical spark, eh?

I am not responsible for the 'does evolution include Abiogenesis' debate that will surely ensue

We're on the verge of having a theory of biology that encompasses both the origin of biological organisms and their diversification.

but this is wicked awesome cool

Damn straight. Self assemblage is god.

Back to the topic: Does this mean I have to move to England?

Back to the topic: Does this mean I have to move to England?

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Thanks. Ordered.

now, now now. let's not confuse jesus the philosopher with jesus the man made god. probably should have a cross as the consumable, eh????

Yeah, well, next time stay on topic like the rest of us, jerk!

I said I was sorry. ;)

Mother of babbling Chist, I've made a little emoti-winky.

I always liked this shirt.

This one's pretty funny too.

Most of the rest of the shirts they sell are horrible, in a sort of funny kind of way. For those with an oblique sense of humor.

There, sort of back on the topic of T-shirts.

O' where art thou, Redeemer of Jerks?
Why have you forsaken me?

Pierce R. Butler, thanks for the link to the "Black Death" shirt. That's a keeper.

Hooray for HTML fAiL.

I'd wear that shirt

I want this one

http://www.topatoco.com/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=TO&Product_…

Before mine eyes had fully focused on the thumbnail, I thought you made cectic again. 'Twas good comicosity, nonetheless. [shirt has now been added to the queue labeled "to-order"]

threadless.com makes some great graphic tee's. It supports artists too, as they take submissions and the most votes gets made into a Tee and the artist gets a small amount of cash (not as much as they should probably, but still.)

Lots of great t-shirts/hoodies/whatevers for all shapes and sizes.

link in #34 goes into "stuff to throw at stoopid creobots" folder

:-D

this is awesome... especially how relatively SIMPLE the whole thing was...

http://www.threadless.com/product/1812/Ink_Happens

Oh cool, a little summer treat for me. Well assuming we get a summer this year that is, this being the UK after all.

T-shirt. Bloody hell! I live in Texas. I need the real thing!

Where's the car ornament? In chrome.

So we can surreptitiously put it on the backs of other cars, where fish are found in good supply.