Today I leave on wings of steel to the shimmering mirage in the desert, Las Vegas. The Amaz!ng Meeting 7 starts on Thursday night, and I’m heading out a little early so I can help set up, stuff folders, sweep, carry Jen-Luc’s beret, whatever.
I don’t know how much time I’ll have to update the blog, but I’ll do what I can. I’ll also be using Twitter a lot at the meeting, so follow me there! I’ll be uploading images from my Twitter account as well.
If any BABloggee are coming to TAM, and we’ve never met before, make sure you come and say hi! And if we have met, well, that’s OK too. TAM is all about meeting and greeting and chatting. I’ll be doing a lot of that myself; I’m a major fanboy of a lot of the folks who are attending and I always release my inner squee when I can.
This also marks the beginning of a ton of travel and talks for me, so I’ll have to make sure I take all echinacea and Zycam and Head On and 300 C diluted water and acupuncture and detoxifying foot pads and get my subluxations alleviated. I’d hate to let a little reality get between me and, well, reality.
July 7th, 2009 at 3:32 pm
Yeah, TAM7 big deal.
July 7th, 2009 at 3:37 pm
Lucky sod.
July 7th, 2009 at 3:52 pm
Your twitter link is messed up.
Enjoy yourself!
July 7th, 2009 at 3:53 pm
Don’t forget your Kinoki detox foot pads – ah I see you’ve mentioned it – the Kinoki ones are the best you know.
July 7th, 2009 at 4:03 pm
Copper bracelet!
July 7th, 2009 at 4:17 pm
Okay, Phil. Just remember not to scream inside the bathroom if ever the floor suddenly gives way. I mean, at 40,000 ft. above the Atlantic Ocean, you’re safe from prying eyes. Why, even killer whales can’t jump that high.
Remember, it’s all an illusion. You’re actually high above a desert.
July 7th, 2009 at 4:33 pm
Shouldn’t that be ‘wings of aluminum’?
J/P=?
July 7th, 2009 at 4:50 pm
What do they talk about at TAM 7?
July 7th, 2009 at 4:52 pm
#6, Stone Age Scientist:
Killer whales may not be able to jump that high, but have you heard of Mega Shark Vs. Giant Octopus?
July 7th, 2009 at 4:54 pm
Why don’t you go zero and find out.
July 7th, 2009 at 5:13 pm
There’s often some titanium in there too, JP.
(Mostly I’m just annoyed that you beat me to it.)
July 7th, 2009 at 6:01 pm
Here is the lyrics for a song from your favourite movie.
I………
I………
All my bags are packed
I’m ready to go
I’m standing here outside your door
I hate to wake you up to say goodbye
But the dawn is breakin’
This early morn
The taxi’s waitin’
He’s blowin’ his horn
Already I’m so lonesome I could cry
[Chorus:]
So kiss me and smile for me
Tell me that you’ll wait for me
Hold me like you’ll never let me go
Cause I’m leaving on a jet plane
Don’t know when I’ll be back again
Oh babe I hate to go
I………
There’s so many times I’ve let you down
So many times I’ve played around
I tell you now
They don’t mean a thing
Every place I go
I think of you
Every song I sing
I sing for you
When I come back
I’ll wear your wedding ring
[Chorus]
Now the time has come to leave you
One more time
Let me kiss you
Close your eyes
I’ll be on my way
Dream about the days to come
When I won’t have to leave alone
About the time when I don’t have to say……..
[Chorus]
Leaving on a jet plane
[repeat]
July 7th, 2009 at 6:27 pm
…so envious. Wish I could be there.
Have a great time!
July 7th, 2009 at 7:29 pm
I shall be leaving tomorrow morning. Looking forward to it!
July 7th, 2009 at 10:18 pm
Another attendee. PZ usually tries to set up some sort of social meeting with his minions, often at a venue where one can get beer, when he is attending something. I wonder if BA could do the same?
George
July 7th, 2009 at 10:36 pm
15. George E Martin Says: “PZ usually tries to set up some sort of social meeting with his minions, often at a venue where one can get beer, when he is attending something. I wonder if BA could do the same?”
Is there any venue in Vegas where you *can’t* get beer? And just about anything else? (and for those of you with your minds where they shouldn’t be, prostitution is illegal in Clark County).
- Jack
July 8th, 2009 at 5:40 am
Subluxations?
They are old sensations!
I have for sale a new
form of woo:
SUPERLUXATIONS
Oh for a booth at TAM
to sell my scam.
You lot might be the ideal
Rube ore schlemiel.
(Oh no excuse my rambling,
I have you confused with the gambling.)
July 8th, 2009 at 6:40 am
I am so ready to experience TAM7 vicariously through you, Phil. Have a great time!
July 8th, 2009 at 8:23 am
My first TAM. See you there!
July 8th, 2009 at 2:37 pm
Won’t be there myself being in the UK but I wrote a song for TAM:
http://derivationprobability.blogspot.com/2009/07/my-old-mans-tam-man.html
July 9th, 2009 at 3:37 pm
Nitpicking the nitpicking, hopefully before JP beats me to it: Wings of aluminium, titanium and composites (say, A340).
Staving off nitpicking of nitpicking of nitpicking: Plus assorted electronics, hydraulics and landing gear. But mostly fuel I think, for example an A380 have 155 m^3 of it in the wings. (I can’t get an estimate of wing weight though.)
July 10th, 2009 at 5:29 pm
That can’t be right. I’m pretty sure it was this plane that Phil boarded, and not some wings of steel. If you look closely enough, you can even see Phil taking a spa right beside WW.