Today I cancelled cable. Mr Elyse and I have to cut costs around here, and $100 a month for TV seemed like a good place to start. But this is the first time I’ve ever not had TV. I know lots of people are getting rid of it now… it’s the hippest thing since losing your land line. But now what do I do? My husband works late hours and after I put the Moose to bed, TV gave me somet... »
Not much time for a prelude or niceties today; Atlanta Skepticamp starts in a few short hours and there is much to do! I’m looking forward to meeting some of you there! So let’s get on with today’s Inquisition: What ‘small comfort’ do you consider one of the greatest inventions of the century? I’m not talking about the Internet or the motor car. I mean things li... »
If it’s true that there is some truth to all stereotypes, we should be able to list a bunch of stereotypes specific to skeptics. At the very least, we should be able to make some funny ones up. So . . . What are the characteristics of a typical skeptic? »
As you know, Stacey usually poses the Afternoon Inquisition on Wednesdays, but she’s been sent on a dangerous, top secret mission, so you all have to look at my ugly mug for today. So . . . . I was watching Jeopardy! the other night, and I ran like four categories in a row before missing a clue. Now, I’m not a trivia master or anything like that, but I usually do fairly well at quest... »
Last week I had a very exciting trip to the Emergency Room, thanks to a rogue MRSA bug trying to colonize my neck. Â Within 24-hours of me first noticing it, I had a temperature of 105, and a VERY stressed out the.real.boy. Â Oh, and also? Â I started to hallucinate and talk nonsense. As it happens, the only mind-altering drug I’ve ever used recreationally is alcohol. (Yes, I’m square.... »
It breaks my heart to bid you all farewell, but January is over and you must turn the page. Hopefully you will find Teek’s February semi-nudity to be as fulilling as mine was last month. (If you don’t know what I’m talking about, you don’t have a calendar and are totally missing out on some really hot skeptics. You might also not know that we’re in February, but we ar... »
Normally Maria does Friday’s AI, but she cut out early. But Rebecca is demanding we all work overtime this week, so if she asks, you just saw an Indian girl running through here, stack of papers in arm, yelling into her cell phone for someone to have that report on her desk by 5. It’s Friday, so it’s cute animal day. And it’s Friday, so it’s time for a sex question. A... »
I’m not the smartest or the most industrious guy in the world, which makes me wonder why I’m often compelled to try to solve various problems that spring up in my everyday life. I’m sure somewhere deep inside, I’d much rather be looking at porn, or eating cheese, or doing anything besides toiling over a problem. Yet present me with a dilemma of some sort, and I’... »
