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Dec 26, 2010, 9:54 pm
I want to first thank those of you who sent in holiday wishes, especially LizDitz. (I shall always cherish the word "sausageness.")
I have been silently collecting my favorite fails and wins all year, hoping to do a year in review. Or maybe a "Nude Girls of Skepticism" calendar. I think that the fo... Comment - Like
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Dec 25, 2010, 11:50 pm
The day is drawing to a close. Presents have been opened. A large meal has been consumed. Everyone has gone home. The Dr. Who Christmas Special has been watched. It's pretty much over, so I'll sum up.
A meeting with extended family is often an opportunity to ply my trade in public. Some of them sort... Comment - Like
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Dec 24, 2010, 7:21 pm
So, after a glass of wine, my mother, a lightweight, wondered where she went wrong with her kids. I reminded her that I was one of her kids and that I was there in the room. And as far as I was concerned, I was pretty good. I mean, I got a nice job at a great school where I get to do lots of neat th... Comment - Like
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Dec 24, 2010, 2:28 pm
Did you see what Power Balance wrote on their website?
POWER BALANCE WRISTBANDS
In our advertising we stated that Power Balance wristbands improved your strength, balance and flexibility.
We admit that there is no credible scientific evidence that supports our claims and therefore we engaged in misl... Comment - Like
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Dec 23, 2010, 10:50 pm
Turns out, if you live in one little obscure town in France, you will be saved by the subterranean aliens who live there and will be whisked away to safety when the world ends in 2012.
Sucks to be France.
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Dec 21, 2010, 10:49 pm
Even though I am officially on winter break, it turns out that irrational fear and paranoia never take a break.
Shit, I'm starting to sound like a PSA. Well, at least it gives me something to fall back on.
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Dec 19, 2010, 10:00 pm
I have no idea who Camille is. But that hasn't stopped a bunch of fans of what can only be a rotten show, Real Housewives of Beverly Hills (I've never seen it, but I've never heard the term "Real Housewives" used in a way that was not interchangeable with "gutterfolk," so I'll roll with it), from po... Comment - Like
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Dec 18, 2010, 5:02 pm
A little precision swanning about to celebrate the repeal of DADT!
I mean the Inniskillin Fusiliers and the Anglian Regiment are all right if you're interested in the art nouveau William Morris revival bit, but if you really want a regiment of the line that is really saying something about interio... Comment - Like
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Dec 16, 2010, 11:50 pm
Yeah, I noticed that there was a spike in traffic related to medium-performance artist Allison Dubois, who is a yeasty, curdled discharge. Most of the searches were "Allison Dubois bullshit."
I always knew that swearing phonetically for four years would eventually land me 18 additional hits.
Anywa... Comment - Like
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Dec 16, 2010, 7:03 pm
It turns out, yes he is! Yay!
Breaking News: Morgan Freeman Not Dead
I've waited so long to use that headline and then confirm that it is wrong. Ah, love it!
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Dec 15, 2010, 12:40 pm
Bill Donohue actually wrote this and sent it out, apparently on purpose:
BEWARE OF CHRISTMAS PARTIES
Catholic League president Bill Donohue comments on the advice given by the British law firm, BPE Solicitors, on how to handle Christmas parties:
This British law firm offers indispensable advice. "C... Comment - Like
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Dec 13, 2010, 8:15 pm
It's been Monday all day, more than enough time for me to get to This Week in Conspiracy, so let's get right to it.I can't wait for Google to give me the mark of the beast!Robert Redford's got a movie about John Wilkes Booth? Hm.Perfect failure of a human being, Mike "Health Muppet" Adams, is scare... Comment - Like
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Dec 12, 2010, 12:17 pm
I have seen some stupid shit in my day, much of it emanating from Mike Adams' website, but this one takes the taco. It's...so...mind-warpingly endumbening that there is nothing left to do but declare Mike Adams' career as a self-styled "Health Ranger" over and inaugurate an era of his new career, wo... Comment - Like
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Dec 9, 2010, 12:41 pm
It's taken me four years, but I finally get to make the following pop culture reference:
(My god, those sweaters are war crimes. Sure, we were no longer wearing polyester pants, but at what cost?)
Reproductive scientists create mice from 2 fathers
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Dec 8, 2010, 7:25 pm
My father is an OB/GYN and, I'll say it, new mothers-to-be are often a very nervous group of people. Don't get me wrong, it might just be the parasite talking, but they ask questions like, "Is shampoo bad while I'm pregnant?" (Answer: Not if you don't drink gallons of it.) So, what about pregnancy a... Comment - Like
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Dec 7, 2010, 6:29 pm
Seriously, people. This is ridiculous. Naturopathic "doctor" Christopher Maloney, who will henceforth will be represented by the following symbol: had...apparently a lawyer who is a relative (the only lawyer who would take the case?) sent PZ Myers a letter some 8 months after's supporters had criti... Comment - Like
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Dec 6, 2010, 8:24 pm
You guessed it. The week was dominated by speculation about that pasty anarchist Julian Assange, who as far as I can tell has done a little more than get a bunch of informants arrested. Way to go, Julian! Conspiracy theorists, however, could not believe that the private and classified emails were ut... Comment - Like
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Dec 5, 2010, 10:56 pm
I got a surprising whole lot accomplished this weekend. I made use of a raise that I received and finally got a cell phone, which is swell and completely addictive. (So many apps and toys! Why was I never told?! Seriously. I got GoogleSky and, you know, fuck you, Entire World, I've got things to loo... Comment - Like
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Dec 4, 2010, 9:15 pm
I did my very first webinar tonight, which was delivered by Meryl Dorey and in which she scolded skeptics and, more often, sceptics, for opposing her truly lunatic agenda. I learned a number of important life lessons from Meryl--above all, do not put your microphone into your tracheotomy. Second, Me... Comment - Like
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Dec 3, 2010, 7:26 pm
Kentucky is a horrid place, and if Perky Skeptic did not live there, it would be complete loss. Like Texas.
The folks who brought us the Creation Museum and pseudoscientific freak shows like Georgia "The Amazing Thud" Purdom, Jason "Skillet-head" Lisle and Bodie "Mercifully the Last of His Species" ... Comment - Like
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Dec 1, 2010, 10:32 pm
Ah, it's that time of the week again. The time when I realized that I did not do my conspiracy theory post earlier and then get on with my life:Glenn Beck: The TSA is going to become Obama's private army. I believe that's how the Nazis started. With pat-downs.Before It's News reports that the US is ... Comment - Like
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Nov 29, 2010, 10:30 pm
Seriously.
Was jamming tonight on the old git-fiddle, which is always fun. Learning a new song, but this comes easier each time. Decided that subjects are no longer that important to sentences.
Anyway, I love my Korg A3 so very much. It has such great noises in it. Miraculous noises. I am currently... Comment - Like
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Nov 28, 2010, 11:19 pm
Leslie Neilsen has died at the age of 432 of pneumonia. I hope that when Leslie walks through the pearly gates, some angel stands up, points, and announces: "Hey! It's Enrico Pallazzo!" Seriously, I'm reading through some of the lines he has delivered. So, so funny. I'm going to have to watch some o... Comment - Like
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Nov 27, 2010, 6:53 pm
There are no words to describe what I am looking at right now. At least no words that I would feel comfortable using for at least the last 15 years, because the first phrase that comes to mind is, "Holy shit that is the gayest thing that I have ever seen in my entire life." Before you jump all over ... Comment - Like
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Nov 27, 2010, 1:37 pm
The night that Phil Plait was in Georgia a few weeks ago, I had some time to kill before my ride out to western Georgia showed up, so I walked around the Perimeter Mall and found a Goodwill. The used books section was truly craptastic. Just look at the titles acquired that I would never reward the p... Comment - Like
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Nov 26, 2010, 6:57 pm
I have been on a Class II controlled substance (Adderall) since I was 12. This means that even though the drug has legitimate medical uses, it is likely to be abused. I fart along daily with the same dose in my system that I have had for years, but every so often (only very occasionally), I fuck up ... Comment - Like
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Nov 23, 2010, 8:00 pm
Back to the grind, folks. After a long day of nothing but a gigantic headache happening, it's time for another conspiracy theory post.
Don't everyone cheer at once.Jesse the Dishonorable "finds" FEMA death camps.50 Cent, member of an organization so secret that he can wear a hat proclaiming his mem... Comment - Like
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Nov 23, 2010, 9:38 am
The one that has this as a requirement to teach English:Additional Qualifications:
* A personal relationship with Jesus Christ.
* An ability to model and communicate the Christian experience to students as related to life and learning
* Competence in MS Office (e.g. Word, PowerPoint). Yeah, I never ... Comment - Like
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Nov 21, 2010, 7:28 pm
It's a strange night here at Chez McGhandi, not externally so much as internally. I had a hell of a weekend, most of it spent unconscious. This is not a bad thing. It was an unrelenting week. New project after new project, meeting after meeting, student conference after student conference. I have no... Comment - Like
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Nov 17, 2010, 8:30 pm
Simcha Jacobovici is the biggest idiot who has ever lived. I say this without fear of contradiction or even serious challenge. Indeed, it is by a wide, wide margin that this dickhead has managed to carve out the most highly public failure of a career in bullshit archaeology. Simcha Jacobovici goes b... Comment - Like
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Nov 16, 2010, 10:46 pm
The cholera-spreading UN peace keepers in my bedroom demand that I present you with the week that was weak. Who am I but one to obey?
Should academic free speech include Holocaust denial? (My take, no for people whose relevant area involves the history of the period, because it demonstrates inc... Comment - Like
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Nov 15, 2010, 6:47 pm
This one comes from the tree-eating Garden Weasel himself:
Woman cures cancer using plant foods (plus other news)
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Nov 14, 2010, 7:32 pm
Laundry rooms are sensory deprivation chambers of sorts. The steady whir of the machinery softens all other sensory input, leaving me alone with my brain. This is often a frightening prospect, and tonight, in my head, I found myself among the apostles a couple of hours after the Resurrection. I imag... Comment - Like
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Nov 13, 2010, 11:03 pm
It is hard to believe that the $5 I spent renting this movie equaled .1% of the box office gross of this stinker ($3490). I would guessed that it would have been closer to 30% of the box office take.
So, this money pit starred...nobody, really. It was like having lemon juice poured into my eyes. The... Comment - Like
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Nov 13, 2010, 8:39 am
This was posted by Flavin, and because there was a Back to the Future marathon last weekend, this struck me as perfect.
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Nov 12, 2010, 3:26 pm
It's a busy week for the Atlanta skeptics. Phil Plait was here the other day. Well, not here, but over at...a university too damned close to Alabama for my liking. He was talking about Death from the Skies. Turns out the universe hates you personally and will do anything to get at you.
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Nov 11, 2010, 10:44 pm
The makers of a boob-job cream, as the ridiculous product was delicately described by Joel at the Young Australian Skeptics, are apparently going after multiple websites that criticize their improbable product.
This ridiculous company, Rodial Limited, which sells the miracle ta-ta enhancement cream,... Comment - Like
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Nov 11, 2010, 8:21 pm
Today, I received a wonderful comment from a skinheadlet on an old post, a white supremacist poetry slam, which I repost here:Whomever "corrected" this poem did not go to college as I am in high school and the poetic techniques that the true author of this poem writes are put their for emphasis. Cap... Comment - Like
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Nov 11, 2010, 8:13 pm
It needed to be said and said soon. A new conspiracy theory is brewing and it has the big mean Muslims at Google piddling on the graves of our sainted veterans, every one of whom was immaculately conceived and only killed bad people.
See the crescent moon in front of the sun where it makes no sense ... Comment - Like
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Nov 10, 2010, 8:16 pm
Yup. It's been a while. Brannon Howse, for all his fear mongering and lunacy, hasn't said anything new or interesting in eons. He jumped the shark a long time ago and is, for all practical purposes, old news as far as I am concerned. I went to his crazy-palooza earlier this year, and really, it was ... Comment - Like
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Nov 8, 2010, 10:07 pm
Yeah. It's a real thing. Found out about it tonight. You know how I went to the chemtrail movie a few weeks ago? Well, I have a gigantic new collection of conspiracy movies. I've been watching these movies for the last few days, and, man, are they repetitive! The only interesting thing that I have e... Comment - Like
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Nov 8, 2010, 6:56 pm
Today, I popped into the office of a colleague who shares an interest in conspiracy theories and who is building up quite a collection of primary sources. Anyway, he handed me a large, folded-over book list from "Invictus Books" ("invictus" means "white trash" in Latin). My colleague pointed out tha... Comment - Like
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Nov 7, 2010, 7:43 pm
I am trying very hard to not bludgeon my whining cat, Mina. You have no idea. Oh, cripes. She just knocked a box of plastic forks off of the fridge. Have to go get my cat-disciplining stick.
Anyway, as I struggle against the impulse to felinicide, I thought I'd bring you another edition of the week ... Comment - Like
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Nov 6, 2010, 3:49 pm
This is...unlike...anything I have seen in a long time. Remember John Oliver on election night, how he was wearing a green suit? Well, Alex Jones went there first, but you know, he was serious. Behold, the disembodied, floating head of goof:
20 IQ points lower? Silly! You can't have negative IQ! D... Comment - Like
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Nov 5, 2010, 9:29 pm
This is not a regular conspiracy theory of the week. This is just today's news.
Did the UN introduce cholera to Haiti? Really probably not. We know that cholera follows on the heels of natural disasters and lack of clean water. Haiti is a fucked-up little sort of country. I'm surprised we haven't a... Comment - Like
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Nov 4, 2010, 9:27 pm
Is an ounce of prevention really worth pound of cure? This is the type of problem that keeps me up at night, because I know in the morning I am going to have to do basic math to answer the question and then I will have to post it to my blog for all the world to check my work. Damn it.
Fine. I will ... Comment - Like
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