by podblack on May 2, 2010
Yes – that’s the Carnival of the Godless Blog Carnival for May 9th! If you have something you’d like to contribute, please get it in to this Blog Carnival site, which does all the little tricky things involving filling in the blanks and sending it nicely as a package to me.
by podblack on October 13, 2009
…and he’s so CUTE too! BBC News: The regulation of hypnotherapists in the UK is so lax that even a cat can become accredited, the BBC has found. Chris Jackson, presenter of Inside Out in the North East and Cumbria, registered pet George with three industry bodies. Each one accepted a certificate from the non-existent [...]
by podblack on November 5, 2008
Hat-tippage to talented Aerik!
by podblack on November 4, 2008
One white foot, buy him; Two white feet, try him; Three white feet, look well about him; Four white feet, do without him. From “Popular Beliefs and Superstitions: A Compendium of American Folklore“ Yes, indeed: it’s true that within horse races and politics, including the camps of both Obama and McCain, there are ‘lucky charms’… [...]
by podblack on September 25, 2008
You can check it out at ‘Endcycle’ – right over here! I’m really quite flattered to be the first entry up for this round of the Skeptic’s Circle; I do suggest you check out the blog entries by Perky Skeptic (who is new! And fantastic!); Happy Jihad’s House of Pancakes (flat! But nutritious!); Greta Christina’s [...]
by gazza666 on July 15, 2008
Previous Podblack ‘The One’ Episode breakdown is here and here — enjoy! “Who Will Be — The One…” Second episode — the show starts with a lovely overhead helicopter shot of the contestants of Australia’s Next Top Psychic, about to throw themselves off a cliff — in order to repent for their bad acting and [...]
by gazza666 on July 14, 2008
The following post is for On The Shoulders of Giants — if you’re interested, my earlier entry is here! Traditional board games (such as chess, checkers, Scrabble, Parcheesi) have involved no role-playing on the part of the players, and some have involved a very minimum amount of role-playing within a board setting (such as Monopoly, [...]
by podblack on July 10, 2008
Sorry, I’m very much biased in this case – it’s a LolCat edition of the Tangled Bank! And you already know how much I love a LolCat in a blog carnival… Some great features include: Pamela Ronald printed in The Boston Globe: The new organic and how the future of food may depend on an [...]