I've wanted to go for the last 3 years, and now I'm finally planning to attend the 4th:
James Randi Educational Foundation hosts
The Amazing Meeting 4
"Science in Politics and the Politics of Science.""We invite you to join James "The Amazing" Randi, Murray Gell-Mann, Nadine Strossen, the Mythbusters, Penn & Teller, Mac King, Jamy Ian Swiss, Phil ( Read more... )

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Ohhhhh, mactavish posted pix from the scooting party that cjsmith instigated. The party was April 3rd, 2004.

It was wonderful to be a part of that fabulous event, and bask in the surprise and joy and outpouring of love that Mary felt that day. And it's great now to flip back through those pictures and relive that lovely day!

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ It was also particularly ( Read more... )

As a part of my Effort to Get Out More, I've decided to go to thisBBQ at CFI-West (Center For Inquiry) here in East Hollywood. They're showing an atheist-themed documentary film afterward, The God Who Wasn't There. Anyone else wanna go too? NOTE: they're requesting RSVPs.

The wikipedia article linked above notes: Unlike the majority of ( Read more... )

Just a quick note before I turn in, that I made it back safe and apparently sound from my trip up to The SF Bay Area this weekend.

Bad, bad, bad traffic on the 152! According to a radio traffic report somehow a stop sign had gotten turned so it was on the 152, not on the cross traffic, and the traffic was stopped, stopped, stopped, stopped, ( Read more... )

Drat. Still at work, prolly can't leave before 6pm. Drat. Prolly won't get to the Poly Flock before midnight! Drat. Oh well. Soooooon....

OK, I've been Quite Out Of It lately, and it's time I changed that -- dramatically! There's a lovely event this weekend that I oughtta get off my tail and participate in! So I've decided to make the long drive Up North and go to:

Redwood City, CA Poly Flock
5-7 August 2005
Days Inn Redwood City

Come enjoy a relaxing weekend and meet other folks ( Read more... )

Brain, Mind, & Consciousness - The Skeptics Society Annual Conference 2005 on what Nobel Laureate Francis Crick called "The Greatest Unsolved Problem in Biology", will be held next weekend (May 13-15) in Pasadena CA, at Caltech and at the Westin Hotel. And James Randi will be appearing too ( Read more... )

My big happy news is that I just had my first followup MRI on my spinal neck area, and, indeed, the results page says THERE IS NO SIGN OF ANY TUMOR! Of course this was expected -- but still so lovely to have confirmed. Though I moved my scheduled followup MRI up by 2 weeks because I'd been feeling a bit of left shoulder pain recently (almost ( Read more... )

ConDor Science Fiction / Fantasy Convention, March 25-27, San Diego
Guest of Honor will be John Varley! See also John Varley's own website. Oh, wow, he has a new compilation of short stores out: The John Varley Reader (includes five previously uncollected stories)! Gotta get it ASAP. :)

Two questions:

• Anyone wanna buy a discount pre-paid $35 ( Read more... )