I was relaxing out back, watching fireflies flash, when a buddy, dad to boy and girl 11 year old twins, called to catch up with news and relate a funny (still unfinished) story. Growing crankier by…

Water Bomb Terror Threat I just had to share this: The H2O-bomb has been developed by the radical New Age group, The Axis of Aquarius. http://www.newsbiscuit.com/2010/04/20/new-age-terrorists-develop…

Chomskybot v Baseballbot The unsleeping Chomskybot stands ready to write a paragraph on linguistics at any time, just for you. Let us continue to suppose that the fundamental error of regarding…

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This interlude's theme is 'cynicism'.  Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal covers prehistoric skeptics: and modern-day realism: while Surviving the World looks deeply at the joy in academia: and…

A Glossary of Alternative Reality  #1 If you analyse deliberate disinformation deeply - and manage to retain your sanity - you tend to observe some fascinating nuances and psychological tricks.…

I?  Robot? Okay, so I got the logicman handle for being a bit like Mr. Spock. But I am not a robot. I used to get called professor at school because I was so absent-minded. But I am not an…

I have nothing against BP.  BP was our biggest advertiser last year.  I think BP is generally one oil company that generally cares about the future of energy and reasonable use of the…

Yes, of course! Case in point, Dr. Twittenheimer, whose secret identity I won't reveal about myself. You can follow on Twitter for humour hot off the press. Or you can sign up by RSS or email for…

1. It's probably a good thing Avogadro wasn't around after the telephone was invented. I bet he'd get real sick of this... 2. Also see: Josh Witten. 3. Seriously, who f'ing cares?? 4. Too bad BP…