Some stories you read and it just fills you with sadness that you are governed by very silly people.  The story about Uri Geller being used by the armed forces in a few countries, including the USA, who wish to capitalize on his psychic powers is such a story. Now, the BBC film, to be [...]

At Skepticon last year, while I wasn’t getting engaged (Michaelyn and I set a date for the wedding just yesterday ), I did some interviews for a documentary about Skepticon; the beast I helped create.  The trailer for this doc has recently been released and uses some of the audio from one of my interviews: [...]

Let me start off by saying that The Amaz!ng Meeting is a pretty shmancy event.  I’ve never been able to afford to go, but the stories I hear from others paint it as a rockin’ good time. That being said, it has one of the highest price tags attached to it of any skeptic conference, [...]

I get asked to promote stuff a lot.  These three came in this week and all sounded cool. First up, Jay Knight is raising money f0r Child’s Play Charity by bicycling for PAX East to PAX Prime.  He plan to make a donation in the name of a marine he served with who, sadly, was [...]

Another piece of silly anti-medicine/anti-woman legislation will be a matter of history and nothing more. A federal court in San Francisco Tuesday struck down Arizona’s ban on abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the law violates a string of U.S. Supreme Court rulings starting with Roe [...]

While in Columbus I’ve had the pleasure of befriending a guy name Ben Witherington.  A couple years ago he started dabbling with magic.  In the beginning, I was able to show him a couple trick.  A few years later, he can do moves I could only dream of.  He’s even inventing his own effects, which [...]

Ok, so there’s been a lot to rant about today.  Here are some pictures. This picture captures my relationship with my fiancee every morning.  I’m the cat, she’s the dog. And here’s a regretful lizard. See?  There are still reasons to smile.  Heh.

David Fitzgerald has his newest book out: The Complete Heretic’s Guide to Western Religion Book One: The Mormons.  If you know Dave, or if you read his first wildly successful book Nailed: Ten Christian Myths That Show Jesus Never Existed at All, then you know Dave has a real talent for taking academic, fact-filled material [...]

My liberal, heathen, godless parents, who clearly have no family values, celebrated their 38th wedding anniversary on Wednesday.  There was never any god keeping them together, just mutual affection.  They have produced two kids who view them as their best friends.  Both my brother and I have always called mom and dad first when we’re [...]