-
Another Way to Say “We Are All Made of Star-stuff”
First of all, there’s a fabulous new Overcompensating comic today. Click this specially-made teaser to see the whole shebang: (When Jeffrey Rowland helpfully made that teaser panel for me, he also offered this. Look don’t ask questions, it’ll only hurt your delicate brain.) Speaking of Danny Devito, I have a new post over on the SGU blog that was too…
Read More » -
And Soon the Whole World is Blind
This morning, Skepchick commenter QuestioningAuthority sent us this article from CNN, reporting that an Iranian man who blinded a woman with acid has been sentenced to a similar fate as his victim: he’ll be blinded, and his eyes removed. In his note to us, QA asked, “Appropriate or not? Justice or not?” I’d like to here what you all think.…
Read More » -
Boston Skeptics in the Museum Recap
I’m cross-posting this event recap from Boston Skeptics, since this has been such a great week for Skepchick get-togethers! Yesterday’s field trip to the Museum of Science was a big success! We had about 40 people show, which I thought would be a logistical nightmare but which turned out to be completely awesome. The Mythical Creatures exhibit was well done…
Read More » -
COTW: You’re All a Bunch of Slackers
First of all, hey look! Rebecca upgraded the site! You probably can’t tell, actually, except for that last night for about 20 minutes the site went down, and then this morning the recent comments list (over there on the right) was screwy because it was showing giant Gravatars with each new comment. Sorry about that! I fixed it so now…
Read More » -
Train Delays, Horoscopes, and Free Will
I spent my morning as I usually do – trapped on an MBTA train, waiting patiently for the “traffic” to clear up. That’s what the announcer said: “traffic,” as though we weren’t sitting on tracks underground in a closed system that should be relatively predictable seeing as it’s been running for the past hundred years or so. In my bag,…
Read More » -
I COME FROM THE FUTURE
December 8 is a very important day, as I’m sure you all know. (There’s a chance you didn’t know at one point, but once you learned, you manipulated time in order to return to a point in the past that would effectively mean you always knew.) In the spirit of the holiday, I thought I’d post to let you all…
Read More » -
A Peek Into the (Hate-)Mailbag
We here at Skepchick get a ton of email, which we totally love: links to news, questions, suggestions, all that good stuff. Every now and again, we also get a bit of hate mail. Normally it goes right in the garbage, but this one was just way too good: Bill Hackett of Everett, Washington, sent us a note to let…
Read More » -
Upcoming Events and COTW!
It’s been a busy week here on Skepchick, thanks mostly to those of you who are promoting your favorite articles on sites like Reddit, Stumbleupon, and Digg. Thanks, and welcome to all the n00bies! Before I get to the Comment o’ the Week, I’ll mention a few events coming up: Here in Boston, Anonymous will hold a candlelight vigil in…
Read More »
