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9/11 2010 – A Day I Will Not Have

by podblack on September 11, 2010

Once again I am leaving the USA behind and crossing the International Date Line to arrive back in Australia. Usually I don’t leave on any particularly important day, but there will be an exception this year. This imaginary line exists in order to have a fixed boundary on the globe where the calendar date resets [...]

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My second day of Dragon*Con 2010! Includes the setting up of the Skeptic Track after Friday night, the first ‘coffee morning’ with James Randi, The Parsec Awards, Benjamin Radford’s Paranormal Workshop and the Parenting Beyond Belief podcast.

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Friday 3rd September — here’s Day One (proper) of Dragon*Con — includes the Token Skepticality Speaking Beyond BS panel; the Scams and Consumerism panel; Scott Sigler reads from his 4th Grade writing book; various costumes and the launch of the Hanny’s Voorwerp comic!

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Token Skeptic Dragon*Con 2010 – First Day

by podblack on September 4, 2010

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An Update On The Flight…

by podblack on August 30, 2010

Approximately twenty minutes time. Flight delays. This time, as I wait in the Qantas lounge, there are no loud members of a well-known band talking about ‘Lars and the Real Girl’ – however, there are the ubiqutous UK-accented fellow passengers loudly dictating their Facebook updates: ‘Tell her we Haven’t. Left. Yet!’ ‘We Nout. Left. Yet! [...]

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Little Kitten – Alan Davies And Cats

by podblack on August 30, 2010

Oh man. I’ll be on the road again, very very soon. This evening in fact! I’ll blog while on the road. In the meantime, enjoy (apparently we have a similar hairstyle…)

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Gah, I hate it when things are terrifically busy and I’m focusing more on controlling sinus pain, workloads and impending study and writing deadlines – but do not let those kinds of grumbles deter you! There’s plenty happening in Perth and nationwide via the Australia’s National Science Week site for 2010! Today I’ll be checking [...]

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Wahh, Philosophy Camp went well, with no bouncing Serval cats seen anywhere – although I have discovered that the best solution to staying awake in case of emergency is a sleeping bag. Especially when I rolled myself up in it and started to lose circulation. I did (thankfully!) remain very much awake for some excellent [...]

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