In 2006, I was at _The Amazing Meeting_ in Las Vegas, James Randi's then-annual shindig. I was working on the Randi bio and thus got to spend a lot of one-on-one time with the bigger speakers, one of whom was Murray Gell-Mann
Mid-interview he says, "Shit! I need a ride to FedEx! I forgot to mail my Nobel nominations to Stockholm!"
JK had rented a car, so we gave him a ride. Ten minutes in he asks JK, "Would it be okay if I took your wife lingerie shopping?"
These f'n guys...
@kims “There are no women or minorities, obviously”. Obviously.
@mattblaze @kims minoroities. Rhymes with socieities. Apparently not a single person in the Epstein dump can write.
@mattblaze @mbpaz
Doing the math on this: I was 39, JK was 52, Gell-Mann was 77
Per dril, you absolutely don't have to hand it to him. But given the stories that came out of TAM over the years (Shermer, Dawkins, etc), at least Gell-Mann asked someone vaguely age-appropriate who was in a position to say no without repercussion
[Just to end the story: JK replied, "My wife runs her own calendar, ask her" and I politely turned him down. We finished the interview without further incident]
@mattblaze @kims obviously. Just a bit surprised about the careless vibes of their private communications.
![To: jeevacation@gmail.com[jeevacation@gmail.com]
From: [redacted]
Subject: murray
just got a note from bob pirie who asked me if i thought murray gell man would make a good candidate for the zodiac.
as you know it's one of those last secret type socieities. the zodiac is one of the really cool ones there are 12 members at any one time and it is still very secret. they do really cool stuff - but mostly since they are all very old - it's just dinners in exotic locations. i can't tell you all the 12 members bc i don't know who they all are but i know paul volker is one. some guy named howdy whose family owns stuyvusent town, bob pirie and i think tom brokaw. bob represents cancer (the sign not the month). you are a member until your death but if you get senile they can put you into "eccentric orbit" and not invite you to meetings etc. anyway the only way to get in is if someone dies. there are obviously no minoroities or women allowed. anyway let me know what you think...
finally leaving west africa tonight finally. let me know when you get your postcard. you will hopefully laugh a lot...
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