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"The Bone Detectives"
Has anyone else seen this show? Â I just watched the first episode (it had been sitting on my dvr for a month so I figured I should watch it). Â It’s a new forensic archaeology show on Discovery. Â I have to say I was disappointed. Â The host, while highly credentialed and educated in the field, appeared to be playing dumb for…
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TAM 5.5 Update: Chris Cordero is a no-show
Chris Cordero, purported psychic, previously agreed to demonstrate his powers and try for the million dollar challenge in front of a live audience here at TAM 5.5. Jeff Wagg has just announced that Chris called last night and canceled, saying “he had bills to pay.” Aw. Wouldn’t a million dollars be really useful for paying bills? PS: I now have…
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More TAM 5.5 photos!
Randi shows off his stuff Mexican for dinner with Phil and our friend Matt (More after the jump) Brian Dunning from Skeptoid, Bart Farkas and I hang out after our podcasting seminar Alison from SAPS (and JREF intern), Phil Plait from Bad Astronomy, and me Check out my Flickr site for more photos! I’ll update it as often as the…
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Greetings from sunny Florida
Hi all, I’m here in Ft. “Home of the JREF” Lauderdale for TAM 5.5! Not to make you all jealous or anything. Thanks to free wi-fi here at the hotel, I’m able to get up before the sun in order to buzz through 80 e-mails and give a little bloggy update. I arrived just about on time, around 3pm. Jeff…
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Tech Support
Reader Blake (that makes two Blakes I know of who read Skepchick!) wrote to tell me RSS feeds are getting cut off at the –more– tag, which we’ve started using in order to clean up the look of the home page and fit more posts on. I looked into it and it’s a stupid WordPress quirk that requires a special…
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TAM5.5 and Random Skepchick News Updates
It’s currently about 30 degrees in Boston and the entire city is covered in permafrost. This is the warmest it’s been all week. Tomorrow, I’ll be hopping a plane and leaving it all behind for the duration of TAM5.5, located in sunny Ft. Lauderdale, Florida! Well, sort of sunny. It’ll be a bit gloomy Thursday and Friday apparently, but Saturday…
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Hey Mom! I'm blogging on Skepchick.org!
Hello skeptical chicks and non-chicks alike! Elyse here. I just wanted to drop on by and leave a quick post to introduce myself! I am super excited to be a part of skepchick, the kickassiest blog on the internet! A little on me – I am guilty of being “that guy” when it comes to being a skeptic. For example,…
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Sex sells…and who's buying??
Just had to share this quick blurb about a church that is attracting members with sex. This is a new approach coming from the leading proponent of abstinence, shame, and sexual matyrdom in the name of God. New Life Fellowship in Orange Park, Florida, which opened just a few months ago next to a pizza parlor, has launched a series of…
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