AM Photos

Crossbow · Feb 5, 2003

I just wanted to say thanks so much to those who have been posting photos from the 'Amazing Meeting'.

I was really wanting to go myself but I had to attend a close family member who was in the hospital and I simply could not get away; therefore I really appreciate the photos, and I am sure that many others at JREF do as well.

In any event, to the others like me who wanted to be there but could not, here are some photo links listed in alphabetical order by their JREF handle that one may find useful.

And to those who wish to make their AM photos public, please post a link to them here if you have not already done so. I am just trying to be efficient by putting all the links in one location as opposed to having the data scattered throughout the JREF Forum.

Thanks again to all! You guys are so very, very cool!

Reager · Feb 5, 2003

Here's some more pics:

http://www.rabidcat.com/pictures/amazing.html

Mike

Crossbow · Feb 5, 2003

To: mfeldman

Thanks to you too!

Luciana · Feb 6, 2003

Mire are here:

http://host.randi.org/vbulletin/showthread.php?s=&threadid=13519

Crossbow · Feb 6, 2003

To: Luciana Nery

Mucho Thanks!

I will update the first post in this thread accordingly.

Guest · Feb 6, 2003

Thank you all for your pictures, but I want more, morE, moRE, mORE, MORE!!!!!!!!!

(Aaaaarrrrrgggghhhhh, envy is killing meeeeeeee!!!)

Patricio Elicer · Feb 7, 2003

Randi and Phil signing books during breakfast time

Randi with the JREF Forums gift. Girl6 and Charlie in Dayton gave it to him. Charlie said is was to protect his bald head, so that his brilliant mind isn't affected by the winter cold.

I still can't believe I made it

The Bad Astronomer · Feb 7, 2003

I'll try to get mine up after this weekend. Busy busy.

arcticpenguin · Feb 7, 2003

Patricio Elicer said:
Randi and Phil signing books during breakfast time

Rub it in - photograph the bald guys from above.

Charlie in Dayton · Feb 7, 2003

Patricio Elicer said:
Randi and Phil signing books during breakfast time

Hey, better yet, the books that the two of them are autographing simultaneously are MINE!!!

Originally posted by Patricio Elicer
Randi with the JREF Forums gift. Girl6 and Charlie in Dayton gave it to him. Charlie said is was to protect his bald head, so that his brilliant mind isn't affected by the winter cold.

Trust me, those things work great!!! Photographic evidence of same is coming...stay tuned...

Originally posted by Patricio Elicer
I still can't believe I made it

Patricio, believe me when I tell you that you were the subject of conversation among the female contingent of The Amaz!ng Meeting more than once...many times more than once...

Crossbow · Feb 7, 2003

To: Patricio Elicer

Thanks for posting your photos!

Crossbow · Feb 7, 2003

The Bad Astronomer said:
I'll try to get mine up after this weekend. Busy busy.

To: Phil

Good deal! I sure look forward to seeing them!

SkepticScott · Feb 9, 2003

Mine are in Webshots, in two albums:
TAM001-TAM024 http://cards.webshots.com/cp-46531071-lyze-album/63090372nlLWYo
TAM025-TAM044 http://cards.webshots.com/cp-46531071-lyze-album/63091066LMWrYC

They're captioned in the album, but I repeated it here.

Friday night
TAM001 Linda & Karl, the people that did all the work at TAM.
TAM002 Linda selling JREF merchandise.
TAM003 Randi opens The Amaz!ng Meeting.
TAM004 Randi speaking.
TAM005 Randi's still speaking.
TAM006 Me with Randi.

Saturday
TAM007 Michael Shermer speaking.
We learned of the Columbia disaster after Michael finished speaking at 10:30.
TAM008 Phil Plait speaking. This was after we took the hour break after learning about the Columbia. Phil's wearing a NASA cap.
TAM009 A close-up of Phil speaking.
TAM010 Hal Bidlack speaking.
TAM011 Jerry Andrus (center), conjurer and optical illusion creator.
TAM012 Jack Latona.
TAM013 Panel discussion. From left to right: Randi, Daniel "Chip" Denman, Jack Latona, Dan Garvin, Phil Plait, Michael Shermer.
TAM014 Jerry Andrus leans over one of his optical illusions. It spun on its axis (center of photo). The ring was attached to one of the projections, and is about the only part of the illusion that looks like it really is!
TAM015 The illusion has rotated.
TAM016 And rotated some more.
TAM017 Hal Bidlack performing as Alexander Hamilton.
TAM018 More 'Hamilton'.
TAM019 'Hamilton' answers a question.
TAM020 Bob Carroll.
TAM021 Randi demonstrates how a psychic made a matchbox stand up. The trick is from a book on improptu magic by Martin Gardner.
TAM022 Randi.

Sunday
TAM023 Andrew Harter.
TAM024 Panel discussion on starting a skeptics' group led by Lisa Goodlin (left).
TAM025 The "mystery guest" was Jose Alvarez (a.k.a. "Carlos"). It was disappointing.
TAM026 An alien!

The papers
TAM027 Ray Hall, "Age of the Earth".
TAM028 Jim Underdown, "They See Dead People -- Or Do They?".
TAM029 Maira Benjamin (a.k.a. Girl 6), "The JREF Forum".

We interrupt the papers to give Randi presents!
TAM030 The Forum gave Randi gifts.
TAM031 Maira is really enjoying this!
TAM032 The second gift.
TAM033 Randi wearing the hat.
TAM034 The gifts were a Mobius-strip scarf and a Klein-bottle hat.
TAM035 Randi's going to model the gifts.
TAM036 Randi poses with the gifts.
TAM037 We also gave Linda a gift.

We continue the papers.
TAM038 Charles Wynn, "Educating College Students About Skepticism".
TAM039 Jeff Corey, "The Wason Card Problem".
TAM040 Greg Winslow, "An Empirical Investigation of the Effects of Penta Water".
TAM041 John Brown, "Astronomy -- The Ultimate Magic Show".
TAM042 Taner Edis, "Skeptics and Religion".
TAM043 Some of the raffle giveaways. Fred Durant III (past director of the Smithsonian Air & Space Museum) drew the tickets with Hal's help.

Miscellaneous
TAM044 The "land yacht" I drove during TAM. I reserved a full-size rental car, but they had none when I arrived, so they gave me the next size up.

(edited to correct typos)

SkepticScott · Feb 9, 2003

Here are my Kennedy Space Center photos! There are 172 photos in groups of 24.

KSC001-KSC024 http://cards.webshots.com/cp-46531071-lyze-album/62637256ElhPbM
KSC025-KSC048 http://cards.webshots.com/cp-46531071-lyze-album/62862306ComZWI
KSC049-KSC072 http://cards.webshots.com/cp-46531071-lyze-album/62920516JZFsuM
KSC073-KSC096 http://cards.webshots.com/cp-46531071-lyze-album/63079544CpjZNu
KSC097-KSC120 http://cards.webshots.com/cp-46531071-lyze-album/63080400getoWU
KSC121-KSC144 http://cards.webshots.com/cp-46531071-lyze-album/63083246yNnyPt
KSC145-KSC168 http://cards.webshots.com/cp-46531071-lyze-album/63085131LAhhaX
KSC169-KSC172 http://cards.webshots.com/cp-46531071-lyze-album/63085945xWxQos

1-4 The entrance
5-29 The Rocket Garden
30-38 Early Exploration

The NASA Up Close Tour
39-46 Industrial area
47-51 Apollo gantry
52-57 More industrial area
58-64 Passing by the Vehicle Assembly Building
65-70 Driving to pads 39A and 39B
71-77 The crawler
78-83 Pad 39A
84-95 Launch pad viewing area
96 Pad 39B
97-98 The crawler again
99-107 The Vehicle Assembly Building (103 is the group shot)
108-111 The shuttle landing strip

112-146 The Saturn V Complex
147-160 The shuttle model
161-172 The Space Mirror and the Astronaut Memorial

Electric Monk · Feb 9, 2003

Thanks, Scott!

I had forgotten about our tour guide wanting everyone to listen for the booms at 9:15.

I think she said that the canton (starfield) of the flag was the size of an NBA court, not the whole flag.

Also, I think it was Yankee Stadium that could fit on top of the VAB with an acre for parking.

--James

Crossbow · Feb 10, 2003

To: SkepticScott

Thanks much!

I updated the list accordingly.

AM Photos

Crossbow

Seeking Honesty and Sanity

Reager

Muse

Crossbow

Seeking Honesty and Sanity

Luciana

Skeptical Carioca

Crossbow

Seeking Honesty and Sanity

Guest

Unregistered

Patricio Elicer

Obsessed with Reality

The Bad Astronomer

Muse

arcticpenguin

Philosopher

Charlie in Dayton

Rabid radioactive stargazer and JREF kid

Crossbow

Seeking Honesty and Sanity

Crossbow

Seeking Honesty and Sanity

SkepticScott

TAM Volunteer Guy

SkepticScott

TAM Volunteer Guy

Electric Monk

Critical Thinker

Crossbow

Seeking Honesty and Sanity