You're right, Abigail. I should have posted a suggestion. To be perfectly honest, I don't think a tarpit really works, IMHO. All I've thought of is a stylized letter P, maybe with Perl-ish coloring. Or perhaps a Perl necklace? I'm at a bit of a loss to be honest.
Trag
P.S. Ooh I thought of one! How about a penguin?
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print "Just another iconoclastic Perl hacker";