Comments on: JREF followup

By: marko

marko — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 08:58:25 +0000

Great image!
Badmazing indeed!

By: Marek

Marek — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 21:17:03 +0000

Congratulations from Poland on your taking over things in JREF. I’m a keen reader of both SWIFT and BA site, and I much admire your efforts to stay sober in that crazy world. I’ll help as much as I can. Cheers for Randi’s 80 and BA’s JREF presidency. And many further skeptic successes in the future!

By: SteveG

SteveG — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 17:18:08 +0000

wow, great beard.
with photoshop skills like you could fake – oh I don’t know, a moon landing!

By: Walkiria

Walkiria — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 15:42:57 +0000

I haven’t had the time to congratulate you!!!! You don’t know how proud of you I am. Hope one day I can meet you and say that I actually know you. Wow, just wow.

By: Genuinely Doug

Genuinely Doug — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 12:48:25 +0000

Phil,

This is a bittersweet moment for me. I have been an avid follower of you and your blog for many years, and I am very excited to see that you will be president of the JREF. But at the same time it makes us all too aware that our beloved Randi is beginning to slow down. He is such a wonderful leader of the skeptical community. He is irreplaceable.

All the best. Love the beard!
- Doug

By: Davidlpf

Davidlpf — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 06:59:36 +0000

well I think this picture is cooler, both are good.
http://www.bautforum.com/bad-astronomy-stories/77381-bas-new-job.html#post1296589

By: madge

madge — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 06:14:20 +0000

LMAO! Awesome photo. CONGRATULATIONS ( again & again & again….)

By: Ghost of Minnesota

Ghost of Minnesota — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 04:18:03 +0000

So are there going to be any other changes over at PPEF… er, JREF?

By: rich fraser (richmanwisco)

rich fraser (richmanwisco) — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 03:51:25 +0000

Since I didn’t comment earlier, I’ll take the opportunity now to congratulate you on this very important position.

By: Robbie

Robbie — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 03:35:16 +0000

That picture gets more hilarious the more times I see it.

By: William Brinkman

William Brinkman — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 02:45:55 +0000

Congratulations! The foundation will live on.

By: Davidlpf

Davidlpf — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 02:30:02 +0000

More like Phil is more like Cheney to Randis Bush.

By: Harold

Harold — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 02:11:19 +0000

Now it’s time for the Height Reduction Surgery…

By: Greg Hilliard

Greg Hilliard — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 00:50:33 +0000

Sentcha this at your badastro e-mail, Phil, but figured I’d repeat it here:
So does this make you Dmitry Medvedev to Randi’s Putin?

By: J. D. Mack

J. D. Mack — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 00:31:43 +0000

Thanks for the positive photo comments! I *never* got that reaction for any of my submissions to Fark.

J. D.

By: New JREF President starting to look the part « Skepacabra

New JREF President starting to look the part « Skepacabra — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 00:08:02 +0000

[...] JREF President starting to look the part Dr. Phil Plait has posted follow-up on his assuming the role of President of the James Randi Education Foundation, which includes an [...]

By: Bigfoot

Bigfoot — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 00:02:54 +0000

BTW, nice beered.

By: Bigfoot

Bigfoot — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 00:00:23 +0000

A late congrats on your new formidable JREF position. I just hope you don’t get fired for blogging!

By: Cory Albrecht

Cory Albrecht — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 23:09:08 +0000

argh! darn typo! http://www.disgby.com/

By: Cory Albrecht

Cory Albrecht — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 23:08:31 +0000

Hey, Phil, in your search for an app for twitter, did you consider using Digsby (If you use windows, that is)? http://www.digsdy.com/

By: Salvius

Salvius — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 23:00:59 +0000

Congratulations!

Do you suppose this will put an end to all the complaints from unsuccessful JREF challengers that “Randi’s not even a scientist!”?

By: Phil Plait

Phil Plait — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 22:49:34 +0000

Skipper: To quote the good Captain Kirk… when this becomes a democracy, I’ll let you know.

By: Grand Lunar

Grand Lunar — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 22:46:26 +0000

Good to see no move is required, Phil.
Compared to Boulder, you probably wouldn’t like Fort Lauderdale; no mountains, bad light pollution, and from June to November, you better make sure you have plywood, a working chainsaw, extra fuel, and a generator on hand, just in case.

You look like Dr. Hammond from “Jurassic Park” in that photo! Well, sort of.

Anyway, have fun with the grunt work!

By: Blu-Ray-Ven

Blu-Ray-Ven — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 22:31:38 +0000

BEST PIC EVA

By: llewelly

llewelly — Wed, 06 Aug 2008 22:31:23 +0000

The JREF folks have really been making me feel like part of the family… but they’ve had years of practice. I’ve been part of that for years, but I’ve just never been legal.

There you have it folks. A bald admission that Phil Plait was living in sin with the JREF for years.