Jan 12 2007

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Skepdudes — that means me, too — on YouTube

Posted at 1:21 pm in Antiscience, Astronomy, Cool stuff, Debunking, Humor, Pretty pictures, Science, Skepticism, Time Sink

What with James Randi’s The Amaz!ng Meeting coming up next week, now is a good time to plug the Skepchick and Skepdude calendars again. I have both, and they’re pretty cool.

Rebecca, who is the force behind all this, has even uploaded a vid of the ‘chicks calendars to YouTube (probably NSFW) for your previewing pleasure.

Someone else uploaded the same thing for the ‘dudes. I initially hesitated to link to it, but what the heck. It’s Friday, and I’m in a good mood. So here you go, the Skepdudes calendar in video form (yeah, again, probably NSFW). See if you can spot the astronomer in there.

16 Responses to “Skepdudes — that means me, too — on YouTube”

  1. # Bob Brashearon 12 Jan 2007 at 1:51 pm

    Phil, you dastardly dog! Nice pic. Traumatized my son.

  2. # Tristan J. Schwartzon 12 Jan 2007 at 2:11 pm

    That pic is firetrucking hilarious.

    “It’s not the size of the equipment…Its the aperture.”

  3. # Squatchon 12 Jan 2007 at 4:30 pm

    You just raised yourself to a whole new level of respect fom this guy!

  4. # Supernovaon 12 Jan 2007 at 4:48 pm

    Yep, it’s all about diameter, folks. Yow. :D

  5. # Akusaion 12 Jan 2007 at 5:17 pm

    Wow. That’s an impressive piece of equipment, Phil.

  6. # spacewriteron 12 Jan 2007 at 7:51 pm

    Phil,

    It’s always good to give equal time to those of us who appreciate skepdudes in all their…ah… glory.

    ;)

  7. # Tukla in Iowaon 12 Jan 2007 at 8:12 pm

    Gah. At least the guys got a decent song.

  8. # magistaon 12 Jan 2007 at 8:26 pm

    Hmm… Looks like that’s 12 inches, at least…

    Impressive. I’m sure all the chicks dig your Dobsonian. :D

  9. # The Bad Astronomeron 12 Jan 2007 at 9:03 pm

    12.5 Magista.

    Tukla, both songs are by the awesome skepdude, George Hrab.

  10. # Darren Bennetton 12 Jan 2007 at 10:05 pm

    My 150mm dob leaves me feeling inadequate - nicely posed, Phil!

  11. # Kelfazinon 12 Jan 2007 at 11:40 pm

    What a great picture, I actually laughed out loud. And people say scientists have no sense of humor…

  12. # Thomas Sieferton 13 Jan 2007 at 1:22 am

    BA means “Big Astronomer”… apparently…

  13. # Gary Ansorgeon 13 Jan 2007 at 9:02 am

    Wow! What an impressive,,,telescope,,,
    I used to have one that large.Yeah, in my DREAMS!

    I guess what they say is true,,,wider IS better!

    Gary 7

  14. # Cindyon 13 Jan 2007 at 10:05 am

    GROAN! Why did that pose not surprise me.

    Though that is a good demonstration of why most astronomers succumb to “size envy” for telescopes. Hey, it’s not just size, it’s also location and performance that counts, too. ;-)

  15. # Supernovaon 13 Jan 2007 at 1:18 pm

    When I was in grad school and taking an observational astronomy class, I used to enjoy watching my (mostly male, natch) classmates point the telescope. There is something undeniably manly about it — though I’m happy to say this never deterred me as a woman from pursuing astronomy.

    Funnily enough, when I later worked at an observatory, I heard one of the instrument maintenance guys affectionately refer to the telescope as “she”, like a ship. I thought that was cute.

  16. # Nancy Aon 14 Jan 2007 at 3:03 pm

    Is anyone else having trouble seeing the entire video? I am, and I wanna see some BA. Any suggestions?

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