The big story –on my planet, which is celebrating a forever-long moratorium on the infidelities of professional sports people, but sadly has reached its maximum capacity of 1 human, all past present and future cats, and a sauropod resurrected through a secret potion I accidentally-on-purpose swallowed– is that people are both shocked and Not Shocked [...]
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Soft men & broad brushes
Comrade Sisters! Tom Purcell is on to us and our girlification of the menfolk. It is true.
This man, this hunka hunka macho manly man-ness, has sounded an alarm that’s totally new and the guys are probably going to give him some manner of phallus-shaped trophy for his exceptional work in preserving all that is great [...]
Deceitful Donuts
Imagine if you will that you are a homophobic racist of the sort who feels hate is fine as long as you can insist your religion sanctions it. The past election got you all freaked out that Democrats (gay! Black!) were going to spread some homo agenda all over your clan of teenagers or some [...]
Do I even want to go to TAM?
Lately I am in need of a reminder of why I want to go to The Amazing Meeting. What is in it for me as a woman without a science background who has an interest in skeptical subjects but isn’t making a career out of it? Is there any reason for me to go when [...]
Slides You Might’ve Missed.
Much respect and love for the first woman in space, Colonel-Engineer Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova.
Of engineers and princesses
As a child I would’ve been absolutely stoked to go to Legoland. In my head, it’s always been a place filled with so many primary colored bits and pieces that the sky is the limit — where you could build something that exceeded the constraints of your lesser Lego collection at home. Truly epic possibilities!
My [...]
Teabaggery
I think it’s very thoughtful of those conservative types to buy up all that tea in support of India and China.
What?
Cheers to Mr. Darwin
If you’re a Pittsburgh or near-Pittsburgh reader, you should come to our local Drinking Skeptically this month. It’s on the 20th and I promise there won’t be any arrow wielding flying babies. And the onion rings will knock your socks off. Except I hope not really because I can’t deal with feet.
I’ve been busy [...]
Feline family planning
Our middle cat, Angilas, has some sort of recurring infection that causes the base of his claws to bleed and makes his them brittle and easily split. The vet says this might be caused by a hormonal imbalance and having him neutered might calm things down. (It’s a good idea anyhow, in the event that [...]