Back in awhile…

I really hate to do this, but I’m not going to be taking part in the blagosphere for about awhile. There are a few reasons for this, and they’re mostly personal and academic. Right now, there are a few things that have priority over this project, and I’m concentrating on those. I’m embroiled in some [...]

Wait? Defrauded by a psychic? Can’t be!

A New York man claims he was defrauded by a psychic. MORRISTOWN, N.J. – A New York man is suing a New Jersey psychic, claiming she defrauded him of nearly $250,000 he paid her to craft a golden statue that was supposed to ward off negativity. Charles Silveira, 38, of Seaford, Long Island, claims he [...]

Dollhouse

I’m a big fan of Joss Whedon. Firefly, Buffy, Angel…loved ‘em all. Not too sure about Dollhouse, though.

More information on bed bugs…and a minor gripe

So I got a spike in traffic after a post about bed bugs earlier this week, and thought I’d see if I couldn’t find a video about them on youtube. This is pretty much the best I could come up with. It’s a cool video that shows the bed bug feeding, but I’m afraid it’s [...]

Things you wish you weren’t true

more music charts They need to have a reference to young-earth creationism on there somewhere. I haven’t posted anything from Bad Religion for awhile…so here’s a random Bad Religion video.

Bug pic of the week: The kind of thing that breaks your heart

This, believe it or not is a flea infestation.

Michael Egnor’s open letter to The Society of Integrative and Comparative Biology

Okay…you know how the Discovery Institute is putting up all these so-called ‘academic freedom’ bills and claims they merely want to protect ID being taught alongside evolution? You know how they swear up and down that they don’t want to teach creationism? Michael Egnor shot that to shit last night.

WTF? Jenny McCarthy on botox

Okay…so if you don’t know who Jenny McCarthy is (or if you don’t know what ’cause’ she’s involved in), this might not strike you as odd. Jenny McCarthy is a large figure in the antivaccination movement and is involved with groups like Generation Rescue and Green Our Vaccines which claim against all available evidence that [...]

Traumatic insemination and sexual conflict.

PZ Myers over at Pharyngula has a great picture of a spiny beetle phallus. It’s a wicked, mace-like thing that is used to hold onto the female during mating. It’s also a great example of how we as humans tend to be biased by our own experiences. You see, sex for us is incredibly fun [...]