- Piven’s Poisonal Plea – “Jeremy Piven… goes before the grievance committee of Actors’ Equity tomorrow to defend his much-snickered-at claim that high levels of mercury in his bloodstream, brought on by a passion for sushi, forced him to abandon the Broadway revival of David Mamet’s “Speed-the-Plow.”” From Skept-artist.
- Black Sheep among the Sheeple – Mrsepp, regular Skepchick commenter, is now posting over on Suburban Panic- the blog run by another regular Skepchick commenter, Oskar Kennedy.
- Kari from Mythbusters is having a baby!
- Cross stitch your favorite physicist – From Alicia.
- Montreal scientists unlock mystery of early molecular mechanism – “Two Montreal researchers have proposed a new theory for a question that has long vexed evolutionary biologists: How did a mechanism thought to help build life self-assemble?” From Erin.
Excessive sushi intake on its own is fine. It’s only when it’s complicated by a case of extreme douchiness that it becomes a serious problem. I believe that’s what we’re seeing here.
We should send a card or something to Kari.
Kari and I are very pleased by this somewhat unexpected news. I’m a little upset that Adam blew our cover, since we weren’t planning on announcing things yet, but oh well!
Congratulations! :-D
I suppose this means that the high point of Jeremy Piven’s career will always be that time he got top billing over David Spade in PCU.
As an Eatpiscopalian, Piven has the right to not be discriminated against on the basis of religion.
Now Kari has a great excuse for making Grant and Tori do all the work!
Here’s the official announcement of the upcoming Mythbaby on the Mythbuster’s website.
To be fair: He was probably reading the script, while eating sushi, and simply made a post-hoc logical fallacy.
Typically, I’m a David Mamet fan but…
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So cool for Kari!
That last article was really awesome, although I shuddered at the use of the word theory in the first line (shouldn’t it be hypothesis?)
But this made me smile:
“But proving that chemicals can spontaneously form simple proteins did not prove that spontaneous action could create more complex mechanisms.
“In the absence of such explanations, some people could imagine unseen forces at work when such complex structures emerge in nature,” said Steinberg.”
I have met Kari, she is STUNNING in real life. Causing most to abandon all critical thinking in her presence.
now who is the lucky bastard having a kid with her i wonder?
Dammit, now I want sushi. Curses living in the Central Valley, I miss living in the Bay Area.
There are going to be a lot of disappointed Mythbusters fans, but she has been married since 2006 to San Fransisco artist Paul Urich (look at the last picture in the link to see Kari and Paul together)
Forget the baby itself, I just want to see the mobile that will be hanging over the littlest Mythbusters’ crib.
W00T! Thanks for the plug :D
My next post will be up tomorrow morning!
@Nicole: Yeah, I was definitely thinking, “Heh, take THAT creationists!” too.
@ThickMcRunfast: I’m picturing little doodads that say “confirmed” and “busted” and little stuffed toy explosives.
@Mordicant: Dammit, now I want sushi. Curses living in the Central Valley, I miss living in the Bay Area.
Trying to feel sorry for you…trying…trying…fail.
The closest I can get to good sushi here in Memphis is a pig-in-a-blanket covered in wasabi and barbecue sauce.
Okay, I’ve already bought all 3 available ‘cross-stitch physicists’ and the best part… You get to cross stitch them yourself!!! They’ll go great with the cross-stitched Fishin’ Cap’n my mom made when I was little which now hangs in my kitchen.
@durnett:
I bet you have awesome BBQ though…..
Kari’s pregnant? That’s cool. There is a downside. A million nerds just commited suicide. Oh the nerdanity!
Congradulations to Kari and husband. But we’re all missing the big picture. What pregnancy myths can we test?
“There is a downside. A million nerds just commited suicide. Oh the nerdanity!”
OMG!!, this on top of the million who commited suicide earlier this year when Amber MacArthur announced her pregnancy. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amber_MacArthur
Nerdom is under threat!!
But heaps cool for Kari!
Suck it Kari….
Just kidding, congrats.