Random Asides
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Plug for the Secular Student Alliance
Hemant Mehta of friendlyatheist.com and author of I Sold My Soul on Ebay, is doing a blog fundraiser for the national Secular Student Alliance. If you’d like to learn more about the alliance or make a donation, check out his recent post on the topic (excerpts below). When I started college, I didn’t know many other atheists. I wanted to…
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Spot the logical fallacy before your head explodes!
Let’s play a game and see how far you can get in this quiz for “Skeptics” written by a rather bitter creationist before your brain literally explodes into tiny meaty bits. Feel free to leave specific comments about each fallacious question below, but be sure to be extra grumpy just like the quiz creator expects! Here’s a hint: the “right”…
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Brief update from Evelyn(‘s mom)
Evelyn’s mom just told me that Evy’s boat was attacked (threatened?) by pirates, but the crew scared them off with flare guns. This is, to say the least, unconfirmed, but I guess everyone is okay and I’m also guessing the pirates didn’t actually board the boat. Hopefully more info will come from Evelyn. In the meantime, here’s a pirate scarecrow…
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Brief update from Evelyn('s mom)
Evelyn’s mom just told me that Evy’s boat was attacked (threatened?) by pirates, but the crew scared them off with flare guns. This is, to say the least, unconfirmed, but I guess everyone is okay and I’m also guessing the pirates didn’t actually board the boat. Hopefully more info will come from Evelyn. In the meantime, here’s a pirate scarecrow…
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Ever wish you weren’t so skeptical?
I saw this at the bookstore this morning, and found myself wishing I was gullible enough to buy it! The George W. Bush Voodoo Kit: Stick It to Him Like Hes Been Sticking It to You! It’s also available on Amazon.
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Ever wish you weren't so skeptical?
I saw this at the bookstore this morning, and found myself wishing I was gullible enough to buy it! The George W. Bush Voodoo Kit: Stick It to Him Like Hes Been Sticking It to You! It’s also available on Amazon.
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Aliens are getting funnier. Slightly.
From this Guardian blog: Stunts to publicise the forthcoming Simpsons film have begun in earnest. A 180ft image of Homer Simpson waving a doughnut aloft has appeared adjacent to the ancient Cerne Abbas giant, the 17th Century chalk fertility symbol in Dorset. Though Homer is drawn in biodegradeable paint, local pagans aren’t amused, saying that the proximity of Homer is…
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Is your butt as happy as it *could* be?
You may have read about the Church protesting against this billboard. Basically, uptight Religious Americans again. [rolls eyes] But what is so special about this toilet? Why, just like the Shave Everywhere campaign, they have a website to tell you! (Make sure you watch the “happiness” section to see how…..um…..Crappy…..your bathroom experience has been until now.) As Mark Morford says:…
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