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Archive for May, 2009

A Truly “Dirty Job”

Posted in Charlottesville, humor, penn and teller, personal, skepchicks, skeptic, videos on May 20, 2009 | 4 Comments »

I’ve been working on lots of good (hopefully) stuff for work and also on a longer post of some importance… but a distraction is needed. Sent to me by the lovely Gail, it’s Mike Rowe, of Discovery Channel’s “Dirty Jobs,” in 1992, selling stuff (to put it nicely) on QVC… Holy. Hilarious. Batman. Anyone feel [...]

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A nod to STS-125

Posted in Hubble, astronauts, astronomy, paper on May 15, 2009 | 3 Comments »

Astronomers in my department are anxiously and excitedly watching the events unfold from the space shuttle mission to repair Hubble this week.  HST has been a fantastically productive scientific instrument, and many people are hoping it will continue to revolutionize how we think of the universe for a few more years.  My personal favorite has [...]

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Look out, it’s “Death from the Skies!”

Posted in astronomy, book, carnival, science, space on May 15, 2009 | 7 Comments »

So if you are one of those who have wandered over to my blog from time to time, surely you know of the Bad Astronomer. He’s not “bad” in the “good vs. bad” sense, more like “badass.” Well, actually, Phil Plait became known for his book and website, “Bad Astronomy” which debunked popular astronomy myths [...]

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Eureka! …A Review

Posted in Occam's Razor, carnival, space, tv on May 7, 2009 | 3 Comments »

“Eureka!” It’s a phrase connected with scientific discovery.  Roughly meaning, “I have found it!” the story goes that Archimedes proclaimed it down the streets while running naked after realizing that his volume displaced an equal volume of water from his bathtub.  (Streaking, part of the scientific legacy. Tell your friends.) It is also the name [...]

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SciAm, You Disappoint Me

Posted in media, medicine, pseudoscience, science, skeptic on May 6, 2009 | 5 Comments »

I recently subscribed to Scientific American with the intention of keeping up to date with a broad range of scientific topics, and reading their in-depth magazine articles to compliment the barrage of short news stories we get flooded with everyday. I’ve been pretty happy with that so far, and have also been getting their daily [...]

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