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SkeptiCAL
Just a quick reminder note to let all the northern California peeps know that the SkeptiCAL convention is taking place this coming Saturday (April 24th) in Berkeley, California. There will be some fantastic speakers including Skephick’s very own (and super awesome) Karen Stollznow! Other speakers at the event include: Brian Dunning, John Conway, Chris Hoofnagle, Ian Faloona, Brian Malow, David…
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Stem Cell Snake Oil
The following story recently ran on 60 Minutes. It was brought to my attention by secret skeptical agent, Blue Orange. Blue Orange is a friend of ArealGirl and I hope to meet her someday! The investigative reporter goes undercover with some men who have the disease, ALS or Lou Gehrig’s Disease. ALS damages the neuromuscular system. It is debilitating and…
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AI: It’s Just Another Day
Some days are fantastic! Like just recently when I was at ArealGirls’s super secret desert compound and I totally caught a crazy looking spider-monster bug in a glass bowl and photographed it and then sent the photos to Bug Girl and I was like, “WTF is this scary-ass bug?†and she was like, “Cool, it is a wind scorpion (solpugid)…
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Support The Surly-Randi-Pigasus!
Wait, I mean support the scholarship fund for TAM8! I have donated some Surly-Ramics to the JREF to help raise some funds to get  people to TAM8 and if that wasn’t groovy enough in itself, JAMES frickin’ RANDI is gonna sign em on the back! SO show your support over here at the JREF forum and place your bids! Hooray!
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AI: Aw, Isn’t That Special!
There has been a lot of discussion about the Pope and his douchebaggery-hide-a pedophile antics as of late. It seems instead of hiding eggs this Easter he would just continue to stash away child rapists and it’s up to the rest of the world to find them and place them in a basket. If you aren’t caught up I do…
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AI: I Totally Knew There Was Gonna Be An Earthquake
Did you feel that earthquake the other day? It was crazy. Everything shook and I knew it was going to happen. I even told my husband and I told some of my friends a few days prior. I was like, “Dude, there is totally gonna be an earthquake.” I was so psychically connected to the earthquake idea that I strapped…
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She Blinded Me With Science
It was just too quiet around here today and then I stumbled across this…
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Get to Know Your Skepchicks: Elyse
Hello Skepchick friends, lovers and lurkers alike! I’m happy to bring you another edition of Get To Know Your Skepchicks! Sorry there has been a lag between these posts but the Skepchick jet was “in the shop” and so I had to book a regular flight to Chicago. But it was completely worth the hassle of flying with the masses…
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