Comments on: TAM 6 guests announced

By: Dan

Dan — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 00:33:47 +0000

Neil is the most famous living astronomer? Wait, did David Levy die? I know we’ve lost Sagan, and Gene Shoemaker, and some others, but I can sincerely say I’d never heard of Neil.

(I may be an unusual case, in that I don’t find out about astronomy – or indeed anything else – from the morning television news-talk shows…)

By: Tom Marking

Tom Marking — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 21:50:41 +0000

Christopher Hitchens is a far-left loony tune. He’s the left’s version of Ann Coulter – meaning even people on his side of the aisle are revulsed by him. Wasn’t he the one who was attacking Mother Theresa when she was still alive? Yes, I found an article:

http://www.slate.com/id/2090083

BA, when you see Mr. Hitchens please ask him what he was doing to help the poor of Calcutta all those years since he sees fit to castigate Mother Theresa.

By: Brango

Brango — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 00:11:15 +0000

A fantastic lineup no doubt, but if only mere mortals with budgets could afford to attend… I’d love to go, but the $450 overhead leaves very little left for the gas/food/hotel bill… and this is Vegas we’re talking about!

Maybe I should print up a “Will drop pants for entrance fee” banner.

By: Summer

Summer — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 19:59:15 +0000

I wish I could attend. I really think that Niel Tyson deserves fangirls with handmade signs and t-shirts with him on them, like a rock star at a concert.

By: Barton Paul Levenson

Barton Paul Levenson — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 16:41:40 +0000

Stevo –

Yes, it was in a thread about the use of torture on prisoners. I was the only person posting who had actually been tortured.

By: Pat

Pat — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 04:17:03 +0000

Re Hitchens (and Dennis Miller for that matter)- seems to hit older men especially hard – Midlife Crisis II: the revenge. First they realize they’re no longer seen as virile, then they realize they’re mortal. That fear appears to do strange things, including pushing some bizarre drive for absolute certainty. Anything that might breed doubt about what comes after seems to be reviled and pushed away.

I’m not sure it’ll happen to me – I had my big fear of oblivion when I was in fourth grade, after I started doubting there was a deity watching over me. Now I realize I won’t be around to fret about not being around.

By: anomalous4

anomalous4 — Sun, 03 Feb 2008 19:32:33 +0000

I have a massive crush on Neil deGrasse Tyson. And I’m about 40 years too old for such things.