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Hi everyone!

After my nearly week and a half-long blog hiatus, I am seriously behind! I had absolutely no free time to write during my trip to Vegas for TAM7 – I might have had time if I were able to write in the car, but doing to makes me carsick.

TAM7 was fun – I got to meet a lot of new and interesting people. I didn’t feel particularly enlightened by the speakers and panels, but that’s okay – I am rather entrenched in the skeptical movement, so I am not surprised that there was nothing particularly new to hear about. We’ve got a few entertaining stories from the after-party, such as Saint Gasoline being constantly reminded of his knife-fucking ways, me tying people up with some bondage rope and running into an internet friend in passing. We also have a few entertaining stories from the road – staying in the worst motel ever and passing by the “Jesus Christ is Lord… Not a swear word” truck stop.

I quite enjoyed a performance of the “Nigerian Spam Scam Scam” in which Dean Cameron receives a Nigerian 411 scam email and corresponds with the scammer for over a year. The performance is a reading of the correspondences.

Michael Shermer had some interesting things to say about politics which Flimsy will cover in more detail – politics are his thing more than they are mine. We will also return to our regular deconstructing of Mere Christianity and silly journal articles.

In a few hours we’ll be leaving for TAM7. I am going to have limited internet access, but will probably be Twittering interesting tidbits. You can follow me here.

Somehow, I’ll figure out how to blog from my Blackberry – maybe I can write up blog posts using my laptop, then transfer them to my Berry? We shall see!

I have to thank all the people who have bought jewelry or just straight up donated money to help Flimsy and I get to TAM7. You know who you are (I’d call you out by name but you might want to remain anonymous) and you deserve lots of love!

I’ll be Twittering random updates or pieces of interesting information as I see fit, as well as posting random pictures of our road trip to Twitpic.

For those of you familiar with the James Randi Educational Foundation (the lovely TAM7 folks) you might want to check out the Swift blog – I guest posted over there!

Check it out! I feel so famous.

I am so super happy! We’ll be leaving for TAM7 in exactly one week. Of course, TAM7 does not actually start until a week and a half from now, but we’re taking off early to drive there, stopping to visit the Grand Canyon on the way.

You will, of course, continue to recieve your daily dose of Zizturism, Flimsyism or Petterism, so fear not. Too bad I can’t blog in the car – it makes me sick to read text while riding.

I’ve decided that Monday, July 6th, we’ll be stopping in or around Tulsa, Oklahoma on our way to TAM7.

Is there anyone in/around Tulsa (especially along highway 44) whose couch we can borrow for the night? We’d probably be arriving around midnight, sleeping, then having breakfast and heading out again in the morning.

What about Flagstaff, AZ? We’d be there July 7th, I think.

Here is our map. I’ve never driven halfway across the country and back before.It will be an adventure!

E-mail me and let me know! If no couches from skeptics or atheists are available, we might check out couchsurfing.org

What’s that, you ask? It’s a website for people to hook up with couches! No lie. Check it out.

Hey!

So I really want to know, who else is going to TAM7? It’s just about one month away from now, and Flimsy and I are super exited.

So far, I know that fellow blogger Unbeguiled will be there, and Surly Amy and I have some plans to meet up. Anyone else? if you read my blog and are going to TAM, of course I want to meet you!

P.S. We’re still scrounging around for the funds to get there. If all else fails, I have a credit card, so don’t worry – we’re going, period.

P.P.S Thanks to all of our fairy skepfathers and skepmothers for your donations to help us get to TAM7