Josh and I have been enjoying the TAM6 conference quite a bit. Friday’s speakers were all around pretty good. Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson was so good, he was asked to go over his time by 30 minutes. If you think he is good on the Colbert Report, he is even better in person. PZ Meyers and Ben Goldacre were both new to TAM but they were also pretty good. About the only low point, was someone named George Hrab, who sings folk songs about skepticism. Because Christopher Hitchens was unable to attend, Hrab sang a song he dedicated to Hitch called “God is not great.” Well, I can tell you that it is more like that God is great than that song was great. I wasn’t alone, a number of people left during the 10 minutes of folk songs.

I was not able to interview Michael Shermer yet. I did go up to him and check in, and was working on his laptop on his presentation, and clearly was also very tired. During the Penn and Teller session, he was actually sleeping on the floor. So I’m assuming he was actually tired, and not blowing me off. So, sometime in the late morning I will try to arrange a time. I’m still a little nervous, but I think I’ll do okay.

Well, that’s it for now. Josh and I will be heading out to Saturday’s festivities in a little bit. Shermer, Phil Plait, and Adam Savage are on today, and oh, hey, I have a big interview as well.

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