Random Thoughts
- 2012 Olympics and the Ghosts Of Empire
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The Olympics are coming to a close and now the British get to reflect on what, if anything, has changed in the world due to a gaming event designed to make the world a smaller and better place. ...
Blog Post - Hank Campbell - Aug 12 2012 - 10:11pm
- Plants muscling in?
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Do plants have muscles? Strictly speaking, no, but time-lapse photography shows that they can be quite thuggish in behaviour. ...
Blog Post - Robert H Olley - Aug 25 2012 - 7:51am
- Ban GMO Music Now!
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Physician John Smallberries said to me, “Twenty years ago, I didn’t even know what the word autism meant. It was rare.” But since then something has shifted. Whether it was music, vaccines, GMOs, or some combination of those, an astounding 1 in 110 childr ...
Blog Post - Hank Campbell - Aug 23 2012 - 10:37am
- They Called Us Salisbury Steak? Oh, The Humanity
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On-Cor Frozen Foods of Geneva, Illinois has the funniest product recall you will read today. Now, product recalls are not generally humorous. As Ian Froeb at Riverfront Times rightly notes, they are usually about serious stuff like listeria, E. coli, sal ...
Blog Post - Hank Campbell - Aug 26 2012 - 10:51am
- Another Scientific Fantasy or Why Social Scientists Are Simply Annoying.
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There are few things as irritating as scientists taking complex topics and reducing them to sound bites that are invariably wrong. They pick up the wrong data, manipulate it with a bit of correlation and suddenly they're off and running on a new stud ...
Blog Post - Gerhard Adam - Aug 29 2012 - 9:25am
- Zero Calorie Noodles: I Am Willing To Believe You
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I am a lot more skeptical than most people who call themselves Skeptics; I am skeptical about more than Bigfoot and religion, I am even skeptical that (a) all Democratic politicians are pro-science while Republicans are not and (b) either of their voters a ...
Blog Post - Hank Campbell - Aug 29 2012 - 4:19pm
- It's Great To Be Back!
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It's Great To Be Back! I wish to apologize to all of my readers for being AWOL for so long without a word of explanation. I have had a severe pain in my right arm from an unknown cause, and this has been made unbearable by any attempt to type. This ...
Blog Post - Patrick Lockerby - Sep 15 2012 - 9:21pm
- Early Oktobertfest Treat For Hot Weather- A Beer Milkshake
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Has global warming made it too darn hot to think about autumn events like Oktoberfest? Can't choose between a milkshake and a beer? You are in luck, the Red Robin restaurant chain is simply mixing the two. A cold beer milkshake can appeal to beer e ...
Blog Post - Hank Campbell - Apr 3 2015 - 5:31pm
- The Need to Label: Autism as Identity and Community Building
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I've been reflecting on autism and what makes a disability and what makes a personality, as I wait for the APA to get its shit together and release the new DSM. Will the change in criteria mean my children are suddenly no longer autistic? (No, it won ...
Blog Post - Kim Wombles - Sep 23 2012 - 5:12pm
- The Quote of the Week
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" A good speech should be like a woman's skirt: long enough to cover the subject and short enough to create interest." W. Churchill ...
Blog Post - Tommaso Dorigo - Oct 5 2012 - 9:36am
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