The Sky-God is angry. Grunt!
And you thought it couldn't happen here.
I had the misfortune to hear a radio interview a couple of weeks back that was both hilarious and terrifying at the same time. On this little isle of ours, up north in Belfast to be exact, the Minister for Arts and Culture has recommended [...]
Casanova – Begins With C, Ends With 'You're Fired'
You've probably heard of the ongoing 'fruit-bat fellatio' case, where a UCC academic is in trouble because of extreme prudery. A behavioural science lecturer mentioned a humorous, but nonetheless scholarly, fruit-bat study to a female colleague and was immediately done for sexual harassment.
By some chance I'd already [...]
Increasingly being reported by the media, for example, this Time cover story
The Iona Institute are a group of enlightened souls who generally spend their precious time on Earth opposing gay marriage(pdf) and contraception for teenagers(doc). I recently perused to some more of the Good News they'd like share with us: Religion is good for you(pdf).
Yes, [...]
The following clip will perform two functions.
Firstly, it will mercilessly ridicule the alternative medicine industry. Secondly, it will remind you that Mitchell & Webb are the funniest comedy team since Fry & Laurie.
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Poe's Law states:
Without a winking smiley or other blatant display of humor, it is impossible to create a parody of Fundamentalism that SOMEONE won't mistake for the real thing.
And from our time spent hanging out at the Rapture chatrooms we know that the corollary is also true: Some fundamentalist claptrap is so over the top [...]
Sir/Madam,
While I appreciate the sterling efforts of the Irish Osteoporosis Society to raise awareness of a serious and debilitating condition, I am alarmed by its recent high-profile promotional campaign.
Urging citizens to consume more milk (a species-specific infant formula) and other dairy products is not an appropriate course of action if you wish to remedy the [...]
Darwin Tree of Life poster
From the BBC and the Open University:
Explore evolution in your own home, with our gorgeous wall poster. Showing all the branches of evolution, and lavishly illustrated, you can have your copy delivered to your door – for free, from The Open University. This poster supports all the programmes in the Darwin [...]
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
I preferred the x-ray specs
Bock was kind enough to send me a preview of his post on hypnotherapy last night. While I am utterly opposed to chicanery, charlatanism and claptrap of any stripe, I can't help but remember that hypnosis (in a sense) actually works, dammit. Read on.
Thanks to the wonders of the internet, I've [...]
