Random Asides
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Brilliant Clutter
Some of the most brilliant, productive people I know have the most cluttered offices and homes. For instance, my advisor’s office is a mess, though he always knows where to find things. Similarly, my hero James Randi’s office is full of clutter. Randi doesn’t know where to find things, generally, but his cluttered office doesn’t keep him from doing brilliant…
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Gratitude, plugs, a blatant appeal for pity, and a hamster.
Thanks again to Lynn Margulis for posting and answering questions here at Skepchick.org! You can read the Q&A right here, and if you’re interested, pick up her new book Luminous Fish. In other news, there’s a new(ish) Skeptics’ Circle posted over on Scientia Natura. In case you didn’t notice, that blog is run by a total hottie. Look, people, these…
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Under the Sea
I want an undersea laboratory, just like the one currently being built in Monterey Bay, California. Of course, it goes without saying that I also want a volcano lair. Seriously, though, this underwater lab is a neat project. Scientists will end up with a large amount of useful data and real-time observational ability.
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A limerick for PZ
Please raise up your scotches and soda For that lover of cephalopoda; He’s just turning fifty, The fundies are miffed we Won’t soon be seeing his coda. Happy birthday, PZ!
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God Has Poor Aim
A couple of months ago, I asked God to strike me down with a meteorite. Apparently, God has poor aim as I live nowhere near Bloomington, Illinois. Is that the best you can do, God? Perhaps I should start praying to other deities aside from the Judeo-Christian God. Maybe I should try praying to magmar, the volcanic transfomer…
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Attack of the Scrotums
As a follow up to the Hoo-Haa Monologues, I bring you these items: Exhibit A: another person afraid to have a frank conversation about basic biology with his daughter tries to ban plastic body parts that dangle from cars. “Washington County Sheriff’s deputy Matthew Bragunier figures that he sees, at least once a day, fake bull genitals flopping from the…
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Skeppizzle.
Yo yo yo, my skeptical peeps! Check it, yo, the 55th Skeptics’ Circle is in the hizz-ouse over at The Second Sight, ya heard? The theme is numerology, fo realz. Today’s post brought to you by my new favorite joke: Why did Snoop Dogg buy an umbrella? Fo’ drizzle. Delivery is key. Ask me to repeat it the next time…
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What should I be reading?
Taking a page from PZ, I realize that I haven’t updated the old blogroll thingie since I first figured out how to use it. So! If you write (or know of) a skeptical or science-y blog that you’d like pimped, please post a linksy in the comments and I’ll (probably) add it.
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