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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.
M’Probable
(You try and find a head-on shot of Steven Novella before you go knockin’ my skillz. And if you do, send it to me, cuz it’s driving me crazy.)
Regretfully cannot make your seance. (Date with Galileo.)
I’ve been working on a bit of exposition about racism in speculative fiction, but that’s been derailed by some ridiculous goings-on over at the group blog I participate in, Steel City Skeptics, on the subject of the local news being loco perhaps, but certainly not news.
I figured I would repost a note I made a [...]
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 [...]
A party and a parasite.
Many New Castles and friends, this weekend!
Saturday was a Pittsburgh edition of Drinking Skepchickally, as Elyse, Maria and Jen were in town. It was awesome and I don’t think anyone could even tell I had a migraine. That either means I’ve become so accustomed to them that I’m basically a super hero or perhaps that [...]
Responsible Celeb Alert!
From a Cookie Magazine feature on actress & mom, Amanda Peet:
Peet’s analytical urges are comical when she’s talking about kids’ gear, but not when she’s discussing a subject she feels is among today’s most pressing public-health issues: infant vaccinations. “As soon as I was pregnant, the neuroses kicked in,” says Peet, 36, who is married [...]
Invitation?
Apparently there’s to be a “creation science” conference darkening my door in August. Their website states:
Who Should Attend
Private educators
Public educators
Pastors
Beginning & intermediate-level creationists
Creation science researchers
Intermediate & advanced creation scientists
Scientists
Engineers
Philosophers of science/academics
Theologians
Interested evolutionists
Home-schooling parents
Anyone interested in the origins debate
…so clearly I have been invited. And so have you!
They are promising “40+ original peer-reviewed papers and special [...]
Fish Stories
When I was four, I was given two goldfish on Valentine’s Day; Stripe and Spot. One morning a few weeks later only Spot, twice his usual size, was in the bowl. When I asked Mom what happened she said, “When two fishes love each other very much they stick together and become one.”
I’ve been thinking [...]