- Psychic looks ahead to six years in prison – “A San Mateo woman who advertised herself as a psychic was sentenced today to six years in prison for bilking an 85-year-old woman of more than $80,000 by claiming that both their husbands would die if the woman didn’t hand over money.” From Ordinary Girl.
- Medicine is the best medicine – For those looking to increase the number of skeptical items in their wardrobe. From Lisa.
- Found: The source of belly button lint -Â A must read, especially the last sentence.
- Target Women: The Golden Age of Skin Science – From David.
- How to rot down dead bodies – Anyone who writes, “I’m of the opinion that if you’re interested in animals and are not interested in dead bodies, there’s something wrong with you” is a friend of mine.
The how to rot dead bodies article was neat. Back in the day, I did (ok, helped with) a study on rabbit femurs, and we hired out a flesh eating beetle colony to do the dirty work for us. Within a week we had clean bones with no damage back. I don’t know how it happened, all I know is that it was awesome.
I’m not going to shave my belly! One of the few pleasures I have left in life is de-fluffing my navel.
One psychic down, 1,238,721,034 to go.
Then we can get started on the astrologers.
I work as a land surveyor and, in my boundary work, I find a lot of skeletons (I also do construction which nets fossils, but I digress). I have a pretty good collection, including a complete cow spine, and I really enjoy putting them together, but I don’t think I have the stomach to collect them while they’re still “fresh.”
@SkepLit:
There has to be some crossover. Crossover…hehe….
“The researcher spent three years studying 503 pieces of schmutz from his own belly button,”
Honey, what are you doing in there?
Leave me alone! It’s for science!!!!!!!
@Kaylia_Marie:
That sounds like a great Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal cartoon.
I liked the “skin science” video. I’m going to go clean my marble layer right now!
Hot on the news that the Boston Globe has dissolved its Health/Science section, Carl Zimmer finds that the paper is publishing idiotic global-warming denialist op-eds.
The psychic lady was just a few miles from my house. I remember when she first got arrested! Glad she’s going to the big house. Now there are about 50 MORE ‘psychics’ near here that need the same treatment…
Belly button lint research paper. I smell an Ig Nobel in the future. Am I psychic?
I recommend checking out Sarah Haskins’ other videos. Very interesting and funny. She’s a fine counter example to Christopher Hitchens’ claim that women aren’t funny.
I hope the D.A. in San Mateo is proud of himself. He’s just killed this woman’s two husbands.
Here’s the one thing skeptics don’t seem to ever be able to understand: Skepticism makes the spirits go away. With this simple fact in hand, one might think that you’d approach psychic power with a more open-minded attitude.
As far as the money goes, here’s a cold hard fact: The CEO of Wal-Mart makes 47 million dollars a week. Yet you don’t see anyone complaining about that, or throwing him in prison. Maybe nobody disbelieves in his abilities.
Instead of being so snarky and self-righteous, maybe some of you should try going to a real psychic with real psychic power sometime. Spend a little money and throw away your skepticism for a little while.
I personally let the spirits themselves decide what you should pay for a session. I can’t quote you off the top of my head, but I do know that impending death prayers run pretty steep at times. I don’t know about you, but I value life more than money!
” Skepticism makes the spirits go away”
BwaaaHAHAHAHA…
And gullibility makes intelligent thought go away.
@Psychic_Ed: ALERT!!! Psychic intrusion in Skepchick! Brain-spam detected. Close all minds! :-D Privacy alarms on. Mental-scanning shields activated, everybody in Fox News mode.
Psychic_Ed, I’ve tried to access your webpage but your picture kicked me off :-D Don’t you have a more intelligence-friendly metamorphosis that human beings can look at?
Now seriously, I’ve tried to find a real psychic but, but they all seem to be fake! :-D
A recommendation, if I may: mind-read me, find out any of my email addresses, send me an email and I will free all the spirits that I am holding in my intestine :-D
@Psychic_Ed: Oh Ed, I just read your website and it totally changed my perspective! Can I schedule a session? It seems that I have a rather persistent anal ghost that I’d like to get in contact with…