Science, Superstitions and Skeptical Life
Firstly, hello to a certain co-worker who said she’s checked out my site! You might even like to suggest something I could investigate for you. Simply pop in a comment at the end of this post. And hello to your husband as well. Sylvia Browne. What to say? After following her efforts to silence Robert [...]
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Looks like someone was doing some recording at TAM London for the anti-Vegemite! You can even hear young Joel join in. A bite sized interview about Marmite with Jon Ronson, the bloke who wrote “The Men Who Stare at Goats” Brought to you from http://www.ilovemarmite.com
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Enjoy the interview with Jon Ronson (the first podcast one he did!) on Skeptic Zone episode #14.
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Okay, whatever you may say? I still enjoyed the music. Or at least, the majority of it — and his family and kids will certainly need support over this. Yet, this is still the first thing that has me rolling my eyes in grim bemusement about the whole sordid business of having TMZ the first [...]
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LOC – stands for ‘low on content’. I used to use that as one of my short-hand phrases on student work when grading. Often used along with phrases like ‘Ref?’ (reference please?), ‘NP‘ (new paragraph) and ‘rephr‘ (rephrase). Once, and I assure you, quite, quite justified, I ended up writing a ‘WTF??‘ A student started [...]
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Listen to Jon Ronson talking about the film here! Download : 52m So, I was flicking through some news before bed… and it appears to be true: JonRonson: Oh, I just heard last night that George Clooney is now officially attached to star in The Men Who Stare At Goats, shooting to start very soon. [...]
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Enjoyed The Men Who Stared At Goats? Three years in the making, Jon Ronson’s Crazy Rulers of the World explores the apparent madness at the heart of US military intelligence. With first-hand access to the leading players in the story, Jon Ronson examines the extraordinary – and plain bizarre – national secrets at the core [...]
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Ah, just after I get cozy with Dr Tatiana’s text and Dawkins’ sex-posed on YouTube – it’s time for Mary Roach to return from the dead with some shagging. And what a comeback! Now, I’m a keen reader of Roach’s work after getting into Stiff (which was recommended by Penn Jillette on his ‘books enjoyed [...]
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