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October 2012

October 31, 2012

Links Du Jour – Psychic Test Fail, PM Awards And Photographing Zombies (Grrr, Arghh… Get Off My Lawn, Kids)

I'm a little down - the weather is heading towards miserable outside, the cat is...

October 31, 2012

Little Kitten – HenriLeChatNoir On Halloween (Henri 4, L’Haunting)

And for the ladies, SEXY Crippling Self Doubt!

October 31, 2012

First Hurricanes… Now Lucasfilm Ltd. Has Been Brought By Disney…

Disney to make new ‘Star Wars’ movies, buy Lucasfilm for $4.05 billion from George Lucas...

October 30, 2012

Preparation For Open House Perth Tours This Weekend

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October 30, 2012

Links Du Jour – In Defence Of Pseudoscience, Zombies, Sandy Storm Photo Fakes And PAXAustralia Passes Selling Out!

I'm heading out to do some training in preparation for Open House Perth - it's...

October 29, 2012

Little Kitten – DECAY (A Film Made By CERN Physics Students)

DECAY is a zombie film made and set at the LHC, by physics PhD students....

October 29, 2012

My Book – In The Skeptical Inquirer!

Check out page 55 of the latest Skeptical Inquirer Magazine, the November/December edition - my...

October 29, 2012

Little Kitten – Allergy To Originality

Allergy To Originality: A New York Times Op-Doc from Drew Christie on Vimeo. Thanks to...

October 29, 2012

Little Kitten – Whedon On Romney (And New Token Skeptic Podcast Out!)

New Token Skeptic podcast episode out, by the way: Episode One Hundred And Forty Two –...

October 28, 2012

New Podcast Pending – Go Check Out Donors Choose And Support Schools!

Sorry everyone, it's been one of those "can't focus on much" end-of-week situations - just...

October 26, 2012

Links Du Jour – Tasmanian Devils And Jenny McCarthy Mommy Blogger (No, Not Versus Each Other…)

Firstly, sorry to people attending the Meetup tonight at UWA - I'm exhausted after running...

October 26, 2012

Daily Mail Lifts Scientific American Blog Running Ponies? Compare Bec Crew’s Work To Damien Gayle’s Bobbit Worm…

What caught my eye this morning? Well, read this article, on Bec Crew's Running Ponies...

October 26, 2012

Little Kitten – Head Drop Illusion

October 26, 2012

Little Kitten – 2012 Japan Juggling Festival – Contact Juggler Akihiro Yanai

Sorry for broken link - fixed and thanks for the comments! 2012 Japan Juggling Festival, held...

October 25, 2012

Lana Wachowski’s Human Rights Campaign’s Annual Gala Dinner Speech

Writer, producer and director Lana Wachowski on receiving the Human Rights Campaign's Visibility Award. Lana...

October 25, 2012

Aww. Nineteen Species Of Ferns Named After Lady Gaga

Not exactly what I'd associate the singer with, but as I've investigated nomenclature and odd links...

October 24, 2012

Melbourne! Over 50 Years Of Age? Documentary “Jabbed” Needs Your Story!

You may have recently read my interview with Sonya Pemberton on the CSICOP website, "Decoding...

October 24, 2012

Videos From #ScienceRewired – See The Talks Online! #SRW12

Firstly, another huge thanks to everyone involved with ScienceRewired - and to Bora for giving...

October 24, 2012

Edinburgh Skeptics Book Group – The Scope Of Skepticism (With Bonus Discussion Questions)!

Wahhh! How to cheer me up, lesson one - hold a book club about my...

October 22, 2012

The Hamster Wheel – Women in The Media

Must watch.

October 22, 2012

PAXAustralia Now Selling

I guess, like many others, I thought that there'd be a few weeks announcement before...

October 22, 2012

Vale Father Of Secular Humanism, Paul Kurtz – December 21, 1925 – October 21, 2012

EDITED - Added videos at end. As Josh Rosenau wrote on Twitter: Paul Kurtz, skeptic...

October 22, 2012

More Context To The Missouri Pastor’s Speech To Springfield City Council

Two months or so after the video that was posted about his speech in Springfield, Missouri -...

October 22, 2012

Donors Choose Widget Now On Blog – Helping Bring Resources To Schools In Need

Just a quick heads-up - Donors Choose is a USA charity that gets much needed resources...

October 21, 2012

Robert Siegel Interviews Salman Rushdie Video – Joseph Anton At Centre For Inquiry, Washington

Author Salman Rushdie discusses his memoir, Joseph Anton, in which he discussed his ten years...

October 20, 2012

Little Kitten – Tina Fey Responds To A Comment About Being An Unfunny Woman And Outspoken Liberal

From "Dear Internet" - Bossypants.

October 20, 2012

Little Kitten – Fry And Laurie For Advertising Campaign in 1987 – Outtakes

I'm dreadful - I find this laugh-out-loud funny even though they're just silly outtakes for...

October 20, 2012

Missouri Pastor’s Speech On Sexual Orientation And Gender Identity To Springfield City Council

I'm certain this has been passed around already - but enjoy. Listen to the whole...

October 20, 2012

Links Du Jour With Science, Sexism, Manga, Genomes, Magic – And Gold’s New Zealand Walk Completed!

Morning all (well, morning to those on my side of the planet) - some reads...

October 20, 2012

Donors Choose – Token Skeptic Helping Students In Need

DonorsChoose.org is a United States based nonprofit organization that provides a way for people to donate directly to specific projects...