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Renewing Endless Entertainments

lucksmith wrote 8 hours ago: In my last post I was lamenting the disappearance of one of the great performances of ventriloquism … more →

Tags: magic history, Ventriloquism

DJ Winston11 comments

raincoaster wrote 3 days ago: Everyone knows that Winston Churchill was one of the greatest Prime Ministers that Britain ever had. … more →

Tags: 40s, Celebrity, Culture, Entertainment, Historical, Humor, humour, Lush Life, mashups

Snopes it before you forward it

anahid02 wrote 1 week ago: If there’s one thing I hate more than spam mail by strangers it’s those annoying forward … more →

Tags: Random, Chain Letters, e-mail forwards, e-mail hoax, Snopes.com, Urban Legends

Cryptozoology

Troythulu wrote 1 week ago: What is cryptozoology? It is best defined to me as the study of alleged mysterious creatures, such a … more →

Tags: Cryptozoology, Bigfoot, cryptid, Cryptids, cryptozoologists, jersey devil, Loch Ness Monster, montauk monster, pseudoscience

The smell of fiction

ninfield wrote 2 weeks ago: Since the dawn of time in the ‘real world’ people have enjoyed creating complicated hoax … more →

Tags: Blogging, business startups, Design, Gadgets, humour, Marketing, technology

Science Publisher Suggests It Played Along With Hoax

Steve wrote 2 weeks ago: “Bentham Science Publishers, as it watches editors quit in protest of lax peer-review standards, is … more →

Tags: Research, US

Oldie But A Goodie

theaccidentalsociopath wrote 3 weeks ago: One of the most absurd and ridiculous articles I have ever read came from the Las Vegas Sun in which … more →

Tags: Books, Hippo, Dwarf, circus, Las Vegas Sun, book, hippopotamus, Other B.S., BS

Man Flu, the Disappointing Reality4 comments

Scepticon wrote 3 weeks ago: Man Flu, scourge of modern Manly life. Struck down by this dreaded disease men are reduced to a shad … more →

Tags: Medicine, Science, Skepticism, flu, man flu, media, Medical Research, mice, Research

Stupid Email Hall of Fame2 comments

dorothyzbornak wrote 3 weeks ago: We all get them: stupid email forwards. Misguided (or just plain idiotic) friends, relatives and co … more →

Tags: Politics, Computers, pop culture, technology, Email Forwards, Stupid Email Hall of Fame, eMail, Spam, Supporting the troops

Bathtub reading on a warm June Sunday5 comments

Ed Darrell wrote 3 weeks ago: I thought everybody does serious reading in the bathtub, no? Scott Paeth, a serious theologian at D … more →

Tags: Airplanes, archaeology, Fossils, Geography - Physical, Geology, History, History museums, Journalism, Museums

Is Texas the state most vulnerable to global climate change?12 comments

Ed Darrell wrote 4 weeks ago: John Mashey occasionally graces these pages with his comments — a cool, reasoned head on hot i … more →

Tags: accuracy, climate change, Denialism, Economics, Environmental Protection, Geography - Economic, Geography - Physical, Global Warming, Government

Bear Attack Defense Strategy #111 comments

raincoaster wrote 4 weeks ago: I wonder what that song would be? ANYTHING other than “Bare Necessities,” obviously. … more →

Tags: humour, wildlife, Music, animals, Comics, Humor

Useful Links (weekly)2 comments

Rhondda wrote 1 month ago: indispensibletools / FrontPage A list of ICT tools was crowd sourced from individual educationalis … more →

Tags: Video, library2.0, Education, Reading, web2.0, Research, Tools, Images, Collaboration

James Randi: the Carlos Hoax

Troythulu wrote 1 month ago: … more →

Tags: James Randi, Video, videos, YouTube, Paranormal, woo, Hoax, Psychic Woo, Mystical Woo

Insanity at Texas state school board - economics, geography and history

Ed Darrell wrote 1 month ago: Texas Freedom Network’s Insider blog reports that embattled chairman Don McLeroy is working to … more →

Tags: accuracy, Bogus history, Curricula, Economics, Education, Education assessment, Education quality, Geography - Economic, Geography - Physical

Fin

lucksmith wrote 1 month ago: In honour of 5000 visits, this blog will cease to exist. However, I thought I’d share with you … more →

Join the Party!7 comments

raincoaster wrote 1 month ago: Putting the “Party” into Politics, we present (courtesy of the esteemed Dr. Boli) the L … more →

Tags: humour, Politics, Weird, Humor, election

Another Hoax

retrieverman wrote 1 month ago: I saw this hoax in my local paper. Some people believed it. The newspaper was skeptical. And rightl … more →

Tags: Cryptozoology, carnivores, eastern cougar

Great Fakes, Frauds, & Hoaxes: the Cottingley Faeries

Troythulu wrote 1 month ago: Faeries; the Fay; the Wee Folk; the Good Neighbors; In popular mythology they are usually portrayed … more →

Tags: Paranormal, Supernatural, Photography, hoaxed photos, Faeries, the fay, mythology, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Cottingley Faeries


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