Quickies
Skepchick Quickies, 6.13

- The “Gay Girl in Damascus” blog has been revealed as a hoax. (From Matt and Margie.)
- A single living cell has been coaxed into producing laser light. (From cerberus40.)
- This American Life on the old boys’ network. (From Tmac57.)
- Can we declare victory in the participation of women in science? Not yet.
And now those ignorant people that Tom McMaster was supposedly trying to enlighten will be even more secure in their ignorance. Meanwhile, there are real gays and lesbians in the Middle East who will have an even harder time getting heard. So yeah, nice work, dude.
How long before we get the “Living Laser”???
http://www.marveldirectory.com/individuals/l/livinglaser.htm
Wow! One step closer to getting the laser-eye surgery that I wanted (misplaced hyphen resulted in merely improved eyesight).
Going to totally ignore the important stories about pious fraud, nurses being prosecuted for doing their jobs and the continuing dearth of women in science, to ask the all-important question “Can we implant living laser cells in the foreheads of Carcharodon carcharias?
Someone answer his question.
He’s the boss…
needs the info.
I hereby appoint you number 2. Get on it right away, or I’ll have my underlings* subject you to intense annoyance. BWAH-HAH-HAH!
[*] Or are they minions? I can never keep this straight. Number 2, fetch my dictionary.
BTW, Tom MacMaster…what a monstrous douchebag.
COTW
I’m going colossal enema, douche-bag seems to nice.
Good call. I think I was holding back a little.
At least enemas are useful in some cases. I’ll stick with douche.
Point, forgot the uselessness aspect.
Ugh. The TAL episode was great until Ira Glass went all “Aww widdle privileged rich white guys are so cuuuuute” at the end.