Science, Superstitions and Skeptical Life
Nothing To Talk About? from The Digital Cuttlefish (Inspired by PZ’s post here, and the linked article from The Age, “2500 people with nothing to talk about?” – about the Global Atheist Convention being held next month in Melbourne). My faithful friends were wondering, And I was wondering, too, When atheists get together— Just what [...]
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Yes, getting back to work and slowly directing my energies away from reflecting on the sadness from the last few months and seeing if I can get back into the office by throwing myself bodily at the door and upending the piles of research papers from the stacks that have started to collect dust. Moments [...]
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Let’s see how many ideas there are for you! Firstly – songs! Yes, Tim Minchin‘s song ‘White Wine in the Sun‘ is available as a single on iTunes from … gah, appears it’s available from 13th December according to ‘people in the know’. Darn Tim Minchin’s over-eager Twitter! If you don’t know the lyrics for [...]
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I envy the Digital Cuttlefish. You may note that I often post links to their site – not just because they are incredibly insightful as a contemporary and astoundingly topical blogger (which they are), but because they are unique as a skeptic poet, a versifying science blogger who can intelligently tackle a range of topics [...]
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If you’re a follower of the Cephalopodcast, you’d know that Cephalopod Awareness Days are held from October 8-10, 2009! Today, the 10th of October is ‘Squid Day/Cuttlefish Day, or Squidturday, covering the tentacular species’. So, here is a special interview with the award-winning, Science Blog Anthology published and regularly quoted, cited and loved blogger – [...]
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After reading over the work of Digital Cuttlefish, poet laureate of the Scientific Blogohedron, and a comment they made, long ago, I began pondering to what extent is it true that one MUST practice in order to write good poetry. Since that time, I’ve sent two friends copies of Stephen Fry’s guide to poetry – [...]
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Both winners as well!! The Open Laboratory 2008 – the winning cartoon and poem The poem: The Evolutionary Biology Valentine’s Day Poem I remembered the cartoon: …so, where does your particular career fit into it? Speaking of a career – I have a whole lot of work to catch up on, so the blog will [...]
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First, you’ll have to check out what Jennifer Michael Hecht says on the most recent episode of the podcast Point of Inquiry. You can find that here and subscribe via iTunes: “She talks about the importance of art, poetry and psychoanalysis for doubting, and how such forms of introspection and expression increase the benefits of [...]
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