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"Ass-kicking is what's called for."
The teenagers who invented a conspiracy theory involving the destruction of the World Trade Center decided to get their message out the only way they can — by using juvenile pranks that would make Howard Stern roll his eyes. Yesterday, they got into Real Time with Bill Maher’s audience and in the middle of the show began shouting their idiocy…
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Thoughts on the
startend of my 27th yearNot very many, as it turns out . . . just another 580-odd million miles I’ve traveled around the sun. Another 200-or-so martinis, 350-ish blog posts, 30 books read. I’ve visited Alaska, BC, Minnesota, New Jersey, Vermont, Delaware, Pennsylvania, Maine, Connecticut, and New York. Not very many hours slept, and speaking of, the friend I’m Skyping is now yelling at…
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Thoughts on the start end of my 27th year
Not very many, as it turns out . . . just another 580-odd million miles I’ve traveled around the sun. Another 200-or-so martinis, 350-ish blog posts, 30 books read. I’ve visited Alaska, BC, Minnesota, New Jersey, Vermont, Delaware, Pennsylvania, Maine, Connecticut, and New York. Not very many hours slept, and speaking of, the friend I’m Skyping is now yelling at…
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Doing the Feminasty
Jesús writes from Venezuela: Hey Rebecca, I just got this through my subscription to World Science Magazine and all I can say is… well duh! He attached an article about a study that shows feminists are sexy, and I must agree wholeheartedly with him — it’s totally true! From the article: FemÂiÂnism was linked to healthÂiÂer heterosexÂuÂal relaÂtÂionÂships for womÂen,…
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Does the lipstick on your lip stick to my face?
Because you might be giving me lead poisoning. The Campaign for Safe Cosmetics sponsored tests that showed traces of lead in many popular brands of lipstick, like L’Oreal Colour Riche (which I only mention because some happens to be in my bag right now). The CSC claim the levels found — some up to .65 parts per million — exceeded…
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New Tank Vodcast!
Happy Sunday morning, skeptikids! Who’s up for some video fun? Richard Saunders has produced a new video podcast, with a cross-continental face-to-face interview with yours truly. Click below to check it out!
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I'm not really surprised
I mean, just the fact that I hang out on a blog called skepchick makes me a nerd, right?
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I watched Psychic Challenge so you don’t have to.
Add this to the list of things you totally owe me for, people. The other night, I downloaded the pilot episode of Lifetime (TELEVISION FOR WOMEN!)’s America’s Next Pile of Crap so that I could judge it’s worthiness and more importantly mock its participants while eating take-out (crab rangoon + snark = love). It debuts tonight but you don’t have…
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