Rebecca is a writer, speaker, YouTube personality, and unrepentant science nerd. In addition to founding and continuing to run Skepchick, she hosts Quiz-o-Tron, a monthly science-themed quiz show and podcast that pits comedians against nerds. There is an asteroid named in her honor.
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Good for PZ! I certainly hope that his new-found Christianity is as effective as Lipitor and daily aerobic exercise.
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I came for the cookies. But stayed for the booze and lesbians.
No overweight conservative xians? Do Rick Warren and Maggie Gallagher not count?
Oh no, Rebecca! I’m wearing that same t-shirt right now! How embarrassing. Don’t worry, I’m putting my sweater on.
Cookies and booze and lesbians; Oh my!
Somebody had to say it.
Man! Lesbians and cookies! You folks really know how to party. I’m stickin’ around a while. Pass the cookies, please. ;)
~Eric
If the cookies don’t bring him back I’ve got a nice slice of home baked cheescake for him.
Hmmmmmm, cream cheese is the work of the devil.
Jesus was a pretty skinny dude. I guess that’s because junk food is sacrilicious.
I stayed for the booze and cookies. MMMMMMMM
I was wondering what Conservipedia’s baseline was for fitness? Rush Limbaugh?
@B Hitt: That was a close one! Next time please consult my YouTubez before dressing. Thnx
@jthewonderllama
Ah yes, but remember Jesus was a jew and they hadn’t invented latkes yet and while bread and wine can pack on the pound he did do a lot of walking.
The how do they explain the Buddha, huh?
Suck it Conservapedia!
The CBL trinity. Services start next Friday!!
Conservapedia…middle school level insults from middle school dropout minds. I really, really wish Andrew Schlafly was not from New Jersey *shakes head in shame*
Is that 30%ish a conservapaedia figure or do you actually have 70% of americans attending faith services at least semi regularly? There’s no way even 30% of Australians attend church more than a couple of times a year. I know weekly church attendance is around 8% and dropping.
@Tortorific: That figure is from the Gallup Poll.
@James Fox
The CBL trinity. Services start next Friday!!
Yeah!! When do they get their own cable channel?
I just got back from Wal-Mart,and great news!!! We’re winning!!!
I see the link to that article is part of their “humorous question of the day” which was “How does the American Atheist organization arrange a meeting with their Board of Directors? They yell out ‘sooie!'”…yeah, I didn’t get it either, but apparently “sooie” is the official chant of the University of Arkansas baseball team and their mascots are hogs, so…yeah, they called atheists fat. All the humor I need for the day, but can’t wait for tomorrow’s question!
So, John Hagee is actually a long-term atheist? Slick. Slick indeed!
There’s Rush Limbaugh, Pat Buchanan, and as others have pointed out, Rick Warren and John Hagee. Stupid Conservapedia! I’m pretty scrawny so I suppose I must be secretly Christian too. Better eat more of those cookies. Great video as always Rebecca!
And bacon. Don’t forget the BACON!
Damn! I had to wait until I got home to watch the video! I so could have used the chortle while working away in my veal fattening pen. Rebecca – that was hysterical! Thank you!
BTW – aren’t we all fat because of our penchant for pasta? Mmmmm…. FSM with marinara…
But Sarah Palin says that anti-obesity programs are un-American. I guess this is an example of the conservative establishment turning against her.
And about half the people who said they went to church didn’t.
http://www.religioustolerance.org/rel_rate.htm
You try to get a seat at an Easter or Christmas service! The place is packed, I tell you. And almost empty a week later. It’s really odd.
@Buzz Parsec: “And bacon. Don’t forget the BACON!”
As long as you’re in my house you’ll follow my rules. Now butter that bacon!
@Luthien:
“Sooie” is a standard pig call.
I’m a city boy, but I know this because of an episode of “Quantum Leap” when Sam ran into a young Buddy Holly, who was writing a song calle “Piggy Sooie.” True story.
@weatherwax:
Don’t forget to bacon up your sausage.
My belly is my atheist cred. Gimme some booze, bacon, butter and bread (starchy!)
rebecca,
Heavenly signoff! PZ will have to return (to the
buffet table…. or continue the beer odyssey…or mainline coconut milk.
@DiscordianStooge: Oh, I guess I’m too much of a city girl to get it, haha. Piggy Sooie, huh? Well, I guess it’s not quite as terrible as I thought. Still funny that they have a “humorous question of the day” that basically involves calling atheists fat, though.
oh, i just say PZ’s post on this, saying that he may have to become lesbian; an alternate suggestion: see George Hrab’s tweet today about his preferred “last words”.
So then does this mean that Rush is a atheist? or is he a lesbian? We already know about the drugs.
Eggnog, can’t forget the eggnog. With dark rum.
I work with a couple of lesbians. They are quite slender. Closet xians I suppose. Glenn Beck ain’t no scrawny kid so he must be lesbian.
OMFSM! I’ve lost some 15 Lbs myself since last year. Quick, someone get me a double chesseburger with jumbo fries and a mega chocolate milkshake.
Hey, RW, I’ve got that t-shirt! A shout-out to PZ Myers if I’ve ever seen one. :-)
Wasn’t Mike Huckabee a big-boned preacher-fella until a couple of years ago? What about Gov. Haley Barbour of Mississippi? His ample jowls suggest an atheism as deep and wide as the river his state is named after.
@Luthien:
Yeah, the joke makes logical sense, but it’s still just an unfunny fat joke.
@gwenwifar:
OK, now I’m really hungry. How many gallons of gasoline is equivilent to a double cheesburger?
@should be working: This inspired me to kill off the last of the eggnog from the back of the fridge. I hope it’s still okay. On the other hand, there was only a quarter of a glass, so it’s about 75% dark rum, which should sterilize it. On the other other hand it’s Trader Joe’s Light, so it might not count anyway. On the other other other hand, I’m lactose intolerant, so we’ll see what happens. I love scientific experiments, where all the variables are properly controlled. Urrpp!
@gwenwifar: Congrats! I’ve lost about 10 lbs myself, on my SGU podcast diet. (I go for a walk and listen to one of the old podcasts. If I time it right, I get back home just as the podcast ends. I’ve done about 100 of them since last summer. I’m afraid to think what happens when I catch up, though.
@Buzz Parsec: Find a new podcast to listen to – I work out so I can listen to my podcasts, and just when I think I’m going to run out, something new pops up.
@Buzz Parsec I wish I had time for healthy habits like that. Grad school pretty much has sucked what little life I had right up. However, I did discover a soda I like that has caffeine in it (I hate coffee and I have way too many early mornings) but no calories, so my teeth are probably going to hell, as I’m drinking more soda than I used to, but my weight has taken a nose dive.
I guess I need to have at least one unhealthy habit.
@gwenwifar, I’m assuming it’s not an energy drink then …
Being an overweight atheist you had me at cookies, booze and lesbians! Where do I sign up?
@Cygore: No, Sarah has figured out that anti-obesity programs are a Big Government entitlement program designed to allow atheists to become thin and infiltrate Christian circles. Then we can push our secret agenda of criminalizing Christmas, forcing churches to preach evilution, and replacing patriotic songs with “This Land is Your Land” and “The Internationale” at baseball games.
We would have gotten away with it if it hadn’t been for those meddling kids.
@Trotter Jelly: One of my favorite joys in life is when people sing/use songs like “This Land is Your Land” and “Mercedes Benz” without a clue to their meaning. It makes me smile.
@Buzz Parsec: I listen to podcasts while I ride my bike. I discovered the SGU a few years ago and lost 15 lbs.
@Skept-artist
Ronald Reagan’s attempt to use Springsteen’s Born in the USA as a campaign song while cutting veteran’s benifits still makes me smile.
Lordy but Ronnie was a dumbass.
@mrmisconception: Yep. That too. I remember once when I was young my Grandmother said how “Born in the USA” made her feel patriotic. My Uncle chimed in and asked her if she had ever listened to the lyrics. Funny moment.
PZ is a covert Christian, fer sure… he’s going to lose weight to try to fool dumb atheists but I won’t fall for that skinny Jesus stuff… yer pretty skinny too, skep, ever noticed? I was looking at one of the demonstrations by the Westboro Baptist pickets and I’m sure you were carrying a picket with them… you are skinny, yes? You and PZ get together, right? Gawd damn! Yer a skinny Christian, skep! Dammit, it’s true… the end is near!
@laarree “Wasn’t Mike Huckabee a big-boned preacher-fella until a couple of years ago? ”
His last appearance on the Daily Show just before Christmas, revealed that he may be having a…ummm…crisis of faith?
I may be alone in this but personally I find PZ Myers one of the most handsome and sexy men alive on this planet. If he feels the need to lose weight for health then good on him, I just hope he doesn’t go too far and we end up losing another bear of the skeptical community!
Also, Rebecca, I feel terrible for having to point this out, but that’s the saddest looking Christmas tree I have ever seen. It’s like Santa died and a lone bauble was left in remembrance of him.
@Skept-artist:
If I’m not mistaken W actually used CCR’s Fortunate Son in a campaign.
Dumber than any Poe, that one.
Actually, the Bible PROVES that PZ’s weightloss means he is loosing faith, not gaining it:
“he that putteth his trust in the LORD shall be made fat.” — Proverbs 28:25
1) Invent podcast weight loss scheme
2) Inform world on Skepchick
3) ????
4) profit
Can anyone help me with #3?
On another topic, @mrmisconception, I always thought Fortunate Son was about him, and proof of John Fogerty’s precognition, just like Rocky Raccoon was proof of John Lennon’s.
@erlendaakre: Now I’m all confused…