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I predict this cartoon will be appearing all over the place here today.

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I quite like Bob O'Hara's equivalent portrait of Nature Network, too.

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I need a diagram.
Who's who in the melee? (I mena, I got a few, but...)

By Sven DiMilo (not verified) on 13 Mar 2010 #permalink

EXTREME RANDOM VIOLENCE!!!

YAY!

By Janine, Mistre… (not verified) on 13 Mar 2010 #permalink

Yeah, Fight! Fight! Fight! Food! Fight!

By Caine, Fleur du mal (not verified) on 13 Mar 2010 #permalink

EXTREME RANDOM VIOLENCE!!!

Welcome to dah intertoobs...

By Nerd of Redhead, OM (not verified) on 13 Mar 2010 #permalink

100% WIN.

That can't be Nisbet. His hair isn't nearly nice enough.

I want a Big Brain wrestling mask like that!

And it's cool that at least one scientist thought to bring his attack dog sidekick to the melee.

Yay Abbie!

Now we know PZ has a cephalopod tat on his right shoulder! And that he's much more buff than he looks in his t-shirt and jacket.

By recovering catholic (not verified) on 13 Mar 2010 #permalink

prepostdict, I think you mean. Hee Hee! (Approx 5th)

FIGHT!!!!

By Wobblyaussie (not verified) on 13 Mar 2010 #permalink

I get Drug Monkey, Tim "deltoid" Lambert, Pal MD?, NFI, Omni Brain?, Ed "rocket science" Yong, Janet Stemwedel and then I'm out.

By dexitroboper (not verified) on 13 Mar 2010 #permalink

Do you nerds think any of that's real? Extreme blogging is all fake. All of it!

By 'Tis Himself, OM (not verified) on 13 Mar 2010 #permalink

The names are listed in the tags below the original. Click on "this cartoon."

Go ERV.

By Capital Dan (not verified) on 13 Mar 2010 #permalink

I am extremely concerned about the jocular use of violent imagery that's become standard fare here. Cartoon depictions of people being slapped, punched, and headlocked are unacceptable . Violence is never a joking matter. I fear PZ's imprimatur will encourage the already out-of-control commenters to take the next logical step and begin calling for the public beating of those they disagree with. I, for one, will be writing to Seed Media demanding that PZ be properly punished.

Oh, and I'm so clenched.

[/Kirshenbaum/Kw*k/Seminatrix/Petra/McCarthy/]

By Josh, Official… (not verified) on 13 Mar 2010 #permalink

Josh-

Oh, and I'm so clenched.

Is it a sphincter clench? I can feel it from here.

names are listed

[whining like a...nah]
but I want a di-a-gram!
[/whining]

By Sven DiMilo (not verified) on 13 Mar 2010 #permalink

Is it a sphincter clench? I can feel it from here.

Oh, I'm clenched everywhere it's possible to be clenched. I've gone beyond twisting - I've shredded me knickers.

By Josh, Official… (not verified) on 13 Mar 2010 #permalink

Oh, I'm clenched everywhere it's possible to be clenched. I've gone beyond twisting - I've shredded me knickers.

Sorry, Josh - the only extras left in the dresser right now are thongs. I think it was my turn to do the Pharyngulaundry this week, and I was too busy repairing all the clutched pearls.

Pharyngulaundry

BWA-HA-HA!

That's OK babe. I'll keep my clench going with alum, Looney Tunes style.

By Josh, Official… (not verified) on 13 Mar 2010 #permalink

Pharyngulaundry

The shirts with 8 or 10 arms are a pain in the butt to iron, let me tell you.

Panel three needs bacon.

I think the funniest part is Orac flying through the air. Hes even got speed lines!

May I humbly claim credit that I saw it first in Bob's blog and sent it to PZ this morning?

But I have a question: how do you all identify all the people in the third panel? Do the esteemed sciencebloggers all know each other by face?

By Kausik Datta (not verified) on 13 Mar 2010 #permalink

hm.. as Orac (the box o lights) can't move on it's own (that I know of) I would have to imagine some sort of scene like this :
Orac : "You'll have to toss me . . . "
"Don't Tell ERV "

PS: Josh, OSG. . . what's wrong, somebody beat the Kw*k outa you ? Kick you in the mooney ?

New Definition: Mooney shot : A hit to the framing.

"I predict this cartoon will be appearing all over the place here today."

OMG!!! YOU'RE PSYCHIC!!!

By Romeo Vitelli (not verified) on 13 Mar 2010 #permalink

OMG!!! YOU'RE PSYCHIC!!!

That's spelled "psychotic".

By 'Tis Himself, OM (not verified) on 13 Mar 2010 #permalink

Are we supposed to be surprised/shocked?

Although I wonder who would win the "Greatest Science Beard".

By jcmartz.myopenid.com (not verified) on 13 Mar 2010 #permalink

Brayton and Myers for Greatest Science Beard ever? Pull the other one. Nobody can beat the elderly Darwin!

Now, greatest science blogging beard ever maybe, but wouldn't that just be reinforcing the male domination of the science blogging world?

Mike from Ottawa

By miketrilobite (not verified) on 13 Mar 2010 #permalink

Comment testes....1...2...3...

Oh wait, that's too many.

@DLC:

PS: Josh, OSG. . . what's wrong, somebody beat the Kw*k outa you ? Kick you in the mooney ?

New Definition: Mooney shot : A hit to the framing.

Love it! I've been trying to introduce new verbs into the lexicon as well. To wit:

Enkwok verb, transitive- to despoil a blog post so as to render its original meaning useless and to drive off otherwise potentially engaged commenters. An enkwokked blog post may be compared to the hull of a ship that has been compromised by barnacles.

By Josh, Official… (not verified) on 13 Mar 2010 #permalink

Josh OSG:

Enkwok verb, transitive- to despoil a blog post so as to render its original meaning useless and to drive off otherwise potentially engaged commenters. An enkwokked blog post may be compared to the hull of a ship that has been compromised by barnacles.

haha! good one!
new closing tag:
/smashing the kwokery.

Greatest science beard? How about Aubrey de Grey? (Admittedly he's distinctly fringe, but he does get published in respectable journals.)

By Knockgoats (not verified) on 14 Mar 2010 #permalink

Kropotkin takes the acience beard competition, too!

:)

Hmmm, I think Kropotkin is just Stauning in disguise. It'd certainly explain the motto: "Stauning or Chaos".

Heh, first thing I thought of was, "No! Not the centrifuge! Those things are expensive!"

By Jarred C. (not verified) on 14 Mar 2010 #permalink

Mooney shot : A hit to the framing.

LOL!

Can't find a photo of Bernard Battail. His beard isn't long, but otherwise perfect.

By David Marjanović (not verified) on 14 Mar 2010 #permalink

Hahahaha Sewer Urchin sighting!!
Bad...very bad.

By Mike in Ontario, NY (not verified) on 15 Mar 2010 #permalink

Who's the heel in the last panel?

By Rutee, Shrieki… (not verified) on 15 Mar 2010 #permalink

Mooner.

By stevieinthecit… (not verified) on 15 Mar 2010 #permalink