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Archive for December, 2009

A Little Diversion…

Posted in fun, personal, picture on December 28, 2009 | 3 Comments »

I’ve discovered this great new method for dealing with all my stress… I’ll let you know how it works out for me! No, seriously, I look forward to the day when a dangerous cult like Scientology can’t afford prime real estate in Midtown Manhattan. Stay tuned… after this vacation I’ll be at the American Astronomical [...]

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Winter Wonderland

Posted in Charlottesville, snow, videos on December 20, 2009 | 1 Comment »

If you are my friend on Twitter, you’ve probably been oversaturated with this already… but it FREAKIN SNOWED here in Charlottesville! We unofficially measured 20 inches outside of my apartment, and some people in the area measured even more. A snowstorm like this can be very dangerous as some lost power (most of us had [...]

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Anthropogenic Global Warming and Skepticism

Posted in Randi, climate change, science, skeptic on December 17, 2009 | 2 Comments »

The blogosphere is amazing. Issues can flare up and come back down more quickly than I can get around to actually reading it happen.  Phew! And as so many things flare up and die down, sometimes it’s best to wait and see the reactions and counter-reactions unfold. With “Climategate” and the Copenhagen Conference happening at [...]

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Prayer for Serenity

Posted in random on December 15, 2009 | 3 Comments »

Whedon, grant me the Serenity to leave the Alliance I cannot change; courage to aim to misbehave; and wisdom to fly like a leaf on the wind. Gorram. Oh, not THAT serenity prayer? Thanks for the inspiration, Jackie!

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A Very Brief History of Christmas

Posted in Christmas, atheist, history, holiday on December 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

I love Christmastime.  I love the lights, the trees, the gift-giving, the hot chocolate by the fire… okay, I don’t have a fireplace anymore. For as much as I complain about cold and snow, less a problem now that I live in Virginia, I do love celebrating this particular holiday. The day after Thanksgiving, I [...]

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My very first Letter to the Editor

Posted in Charlottesville, climate change, science, skeptic on December 12, 2009 | 2 Comments »

In response to a post on the Hook news blog, “Pelt Michaels? Climategate includes swipe at Pat.“  I hope I don’t sound like a total goober… I’d like to briefly respond to the Hook news blog post by Lisa Provence titled “Pelt Michaels? Climategate includes swipe at Pat.”  It was incorrectly reported here that Dr. [...]

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Warp speed, Scotty

Posted in astronomy, science, superluminal on December 10, 2009 | 4 Comments »

Last week I took a little break from work to participate in Virtual Drinking Skeptically, which is a fun video chat with cool skeptical people from all over the world.  Someone, and I’m sorry because I can’t remember who it was as I was still fiddling with the software and dealing with a slow network… [...]

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