Posted in Sagan, astronomy, belly dancing, science, videos on September 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I know everyone has written about, posted, or tweeted this video in the last few days, but I do love it so much.
The music is BEGGING for a cool tribal fusion-y choreography. There’s a 3/4 shimmy in there, and slow up-to-down figure 8 in the chorus, no? Time to break out [...]
Posted in humor, music, pseudoscience, science, skeptic, videos on September 17, 2009 | 4 Comments »
I was taking a break the other day and following some fun Twitter links to a story about Eddie Izzard’s marathon of marathons, which is a really cool and inspiring story. (Sorry, I don’t remember who tweeted it first!) This is just days after I watched “Circle” again, and nearly spilled my wine laughing at [...]
Posted in fun, pareidolia, videos on September 15, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Here’s a quickie for you, while I’m working away diligently. It’s a cute site that George IMed to me (from across the office) yesterday called This Peanut Looks Like a Duck. Because if the Virgin Mary can show up on a piece of toast, the Great Duck will not be outdone. In fact, lots of [...]
Posted in Doctor Who, astronomy, twitter, videos, virginia on June 2, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Mooeypoo of Smarter Than That and SmartAxe has started an astronomy answering service on Twitter! Just tweet your question with the tag #asktronomy and one of our “astronomy experts” will answer. In other news, someone actually thinks I’m an expert at something… boy will they be surprised.
I know what you are thinking, 140 [...]
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. [...]
Posted in astronomy, carnival, education, food, fun, science, space, videos on March 18, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Trying to get comfortable in the new locale, doing lots of work, and getting ready for a great weekend away… so I’ve been quiet! Unusual for me.
But I have to celebrate today’s warm weather and note that it’s getting closer to BBQ season. Remember the bacon explosion? Hijinks Ensue gives it a [...]
Posted in anti-science, blogs, critical thinking, health, science, vaccines, videos on March 13, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Ben Goldacre has an important message about the MMR vaccine, autism, and children’s health. In fact his website, Bad Science, is chock-full of science, pseudo-science, and those that can’t tell the difference.
And, despite his blog title, the hair is adorable. Very Tom Baker-esque. Also, I’ve added that “Talk [...]
Posted in astronomy, carnival, exoplanets, kepler, personal, space, twitter, videos on March 8, 2009 | 3 Comments »
So, last weekend, last Sunday more specifically, it snowed here in Charlottesville, Virginia. We had quite a few inches by Monday morning, and I was kind of surprised to get into work at the NRAO and find it… closed, along with area schools. (I have a key, that didn’t stop me.) Today, it’s [...]
Posted in Randi, Sagan, asteroid, astronomy, atheist, fun, media, personal, picture, politics, science, space, videos on March 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A few fun, fantastic, and important things of note from the weekend:
Duck! An asteroid is going to come whizzing by, as the Bad Astronomer points out. Okay, it’s not coming dangerously close, but astronomers are getting better at detecting approaching asteroids. The pun-master also ends this post with a real side-splitter.
James Randi [...]
Posted in bsg, fun, videos on February 27, 2009 | 3 Comments »
WARNING: SPOILER!
I have a few friends that are just starting Battlestar Galactica now. If this is you, don’t watch this video! Only those that are caught up through the last few episodes should watch this. But if you do, you may hurt yourself laughing at the worst product placement EVAR. I don’t know [...]
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