Random Asides

  • My Awesome James Randi Trivia Challenge

    I am eaten up with jealousy because all of my friends are having a great time together at TAM 5.5 and I’m stuck here in England sitting on my hands. However, I did just now think of the awesomest James Randi/MC Hammer trivia question ever. So, this for everyone not currently in the company of The Amazing: In which film…

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  • Fort Lauderdale After Hours

    It’s almost 1am Saturday morning, I’m at TAM 5.5 in Fort Lauderdale, I’m pleasantly buzzed, and I’m checking in to say hello. I don’t have long because as I was leaving the pool area here at the fabulous Plantation Hotel/Motel and Conference Center, to get to my computer, one of the attendees shouted to me that his girlfriend was on her way…

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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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  • 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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  • Things to do next year…

    It’s a cold, rainy (finally) day in Atlanta. I was considered being productive but the weather is cruddy, my puppies are warm and snuggly so I decided to just have a quiet, lazy Sunday. Tomorrow is the last day of 2007 and I’ve been thinking a lot about the year I’ve had. It’s been busy and I’ve accomplished a lot…

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  • Is Rebecca Evil?

    Is this Rebecca on the spectrum of evil, right next to PZ?

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  • Stupid headline of the day

    Courtesy of the Telegraph, I give you: Britons ‘healthier in medieval times’ Any child can tell you that such a statement is just stupidly wrong, wrong, wrong. I only clicked the link to find out how the journalist/editor/headline writer could possibly convince him or herself that such an insipid thing is true. I’ll save you the same trouble and tell…

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  • Skepchick Holiday Gift Guide!

    Merry Christmas, happy solstice, a lovely Kwanzaa, joyful Hannukah, and a peaceful Festivus to all! It’s the time of year when thoughts turn to helping your fellow man — particularly, helping your fellow critical thinker get new loot he or she will love all year long! But what material possession does one get for the materialist who has everything? +++…

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