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Phil Plait, the creator of Bad Astronomy, is an astronomer, lecturer, and author. After ten years working on Hubble Space Telescope and six more working on astronomy education, he struck out on his own as a writer. He has written two books, dozens of magazine articles, and 12 bazillion blog articles. He is a skeptic, and fights misuses of science as well as praising the wonder of real science.
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July 25th, 2008 at 3:09 pm
Awesome picture of Wil!
Wait, didn’t he wear that shirt yesterday?
July 25th, 2008 at 3:12 pm
Soma FM is teh awesome!
July 25th, 2008 at 3:14 pm
I sure wish I was there.
July 25th, 2008 at 3:52 pm
…there’s a Phil?
July 25th, 2008 at 4:13 pm
Yay! Wil!! I love the beard.
July 25th, 2008 at 4:27 pm
Yay Soma FM! Groove on, Wil!
And if he’s got two Soma FM shirts, that’s even more teh awesome for Soma FM, cuz they need the monetary support!
July 25th, 2008 at 4:27 pm
Get a haircut!
)))))
July 25th, 2008 at 4:31 pm
My first thought when i saw the beard: OMG, it’s Riker jr.
Sorry, Wil
July 25th, 2008 at 4:35 pm
Wil: Shave.
That is all.
July 25th, 2008 at 4:39 pm
I heard that the con was going really badly and that the organizers were quite concerned it would fail, but young Wil managed to divert the warp coils’ transduction oscillators to the phase particle induction receivers thus causing a temporal shift in the antimatter cortex and saving the day.
(Love you Wil)
July 25th, 2008 at 4:39 pm
It’s Riker and Troi’s love child!
(Sorry Wil)
July 25th, 2008 at 4:43 pm
I can not see the picture at work and from what I see posted that may not be a bad thing.
(sorry Wil)
July 25th, 2008 at 5:18 pm
Damn, I really hope my sister came through on this one. Only Phil & Wil can know the truth.
July 25th, 2008 at 5:19 pm
Bearded Wil FTW!
July 25th, 2008 at 5:49 pm
I’m a fan of Soma FM!
July 25th, 2008 at 6:44 pm
Where there’s a Wil, there’s a YAY!
He’s twittered about you being there, too, probably about when you took that pic.
“wilw: Tweeting from the panel, just because I can. @BadAstronomer is in the house!”
July 25th, 2008 at 7:16 pm
SHUT UP, WESLEY!
I have a lot of respect for Wil. Although, the only thing I know him for is being Wesley and being interested in science. But then again, if you were among the TNG main cast, you get instant respect from me.
July 25th, 2008 at 7:53 pm
The best Wesley was the last Wesley at the end of STNG. By then he was having late-teen angst and was getting rebellious and had to hit the open (space) road with the warp-bubble Traveler dude.
July 25th, 2008 at 9:46 pm
I’ll betcha Wil’s twittering.
July 26th, 2008 at 5:47 am
Damn, Viewer 3 beat me to it
July 26th, 2008 at 10:29 am
Does anybody remember him from Stand By Me when he was a kid? Thats my favorite work of his.
July 26th, 2008 at 4:54 pm
It is not as bad as I thought, I thought it was somethineg looking like a wookie human croosbreed.
July 26th, 2008 at 5:29 pm
@wadef
Actually it is one of my favorite Stephen King novels as well. Maybe its my age, but it reminded me of adventures with my friends as a young feller. (except finding a dead body)
July 28th, 2008 at 7:48 am
Lookin good, Wil!
July 29th, 2008 at 8:13 pm
Oh, Phil, methinks you love Wil almost as much as I do!!