It’s been a couple of months (I’ve been busy, like I’ve said), but it’s time once again for Where Has The BA Book Been.
I have a couple of friends, fellow skeptics named David and Carol, who live in Seattle. I saw them again at TAM 5.5, and as usual I didn’t have enough time to talk to them (despite the restaurant we ate at being incredibly slow; I suspect some of the customers who were there when we were are still waiting for their food). But we did talk about Seattle, and how I got sick there the last time (they came to a talk I was supposed to give, but a norovirus had other ideas, and that’s still the one and only talk I have ever canceled). I also regaled them with a tale of the Central Market and the monkfish, and we all had a laugh.
Obviously, they remembered that story. Hence the picture:
If you live in Seattle (or Austin), you need to shop at Central Market. They don’t carry my book, but they do have the ugliest and scariest fish you can imagine.
Oh, a postscript: David took this picture of me at TAM 5.5. It’s not as bad as it looks.
So, do you own a copy of the book? Take a picture of yourself holding it in some fun location, send it to me, and I’ll post it here!
February 12th, 2008 at 9:56 pm
Oh, Jeebz! Does anybody actually EAT those horrible things?!?
February 12th, 2008 at 10:36 pm
I don’t know what it is you are eating in that picture, but i made me think of the following conversation from “Happy Gilmore”:
Shooter McGavin: I eat pieces of sh*t like you for breakfast.
Happy Gilmore: [laughing] you eat pieces of sh*t for breakfast?
Shooter McGavin: No… I…
February 12th, 2008 at 10:57 pm
Phil- your send me your BA picture link doesn’t work- I have a picture from swinging Las Vegas I’d like to send you-
February 13th, 2008 at 4:13 am
Ugly – yes
Scary – maybe
… but …
TASTY!
February 13th, 2008 at 6:13 am
Next the book needs to go into space how about a picture like the monolith seen in 2001 with the book in the seen insted of the monolith on the moon
February 13th, 2008 at 9:43 am
I’d love to send you a photo of my copy of BA, but one of the students in my astronomy class has had it for weeks! Guess it’s being well used!
February 13th, 2008 at 10:04 am
Jim, I already have your Vegas picture, and it’ll go up pretty soon. Thanks!
February 13th, 2008 at 11:02 am
BA, just saw Colbert, he had a Physicist, Lisa Randall (?). She was talking about finding extra dimensions in the Universe, theoretical stuff. Anyway, my point is, if she was able to get on with such a difficult topic, I think you should be able to get on with “Death From The Skies!” Sounds like a title he’ll jump at. Good luck! BTW can I get off the spam list?
February 13th, 2008 at 12:45 pm
wow! I don’t know if that fish makes me want to come to Seattle or avoid it.
February 13th, 2008 at 2:42 pm
Monkfish are the poor man’s lobster.
Central Market also has a great selection of hard to find beer! But you need to make like $100k a year to be able to afford to shop there.
February 14th, 2008 at 2:01 pm
Pareidolia O’ the Day: I see an upside-down Jesus inside the monkfish’s mouth.
February 16th, 2008 at 8:22 pm
That fish photo-linked is of a monkfish yeah?
Oh well, beauty is in the eye of the beholder really .. It’d look great on my wall!
February 16th, 2008 at 8:25 pm
Jason wrote :
“Monkfish are the poor man’s lobster.” Read areally goodand oddly fascinating book on lobsters esp. Maine fishing lobsters years ago. Can’t recall title or author but can recall it said lobsters were originally poor mans food … !