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Congratulations Digital Cuttlefish For Darwin Limerick!

by podblack on November 28, 2008

Very proud to point out that my bloggy-friend DC has just got some recognition for their poetry skills! Winners of the Darwin Limerick Contest! 1st place: Cuttlefish, with: The object of all my affection Just told me I failed her inspection! So I guess that this means It’s the end for my genes— There’s a [...]

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Online Psychics Boom In Popularity?… Huh, Really?

by podblack on November 8, 2008

This interests me, because it was actually one of the questions that Dr Martin Bridgstock and I did for our survey of over a thousand Australians on paranormal, pseudoscientific and conspiracy theories. Yes, it’s forming the basis of my M.Ed dissertation, so you’ll just have to read my blog-posts to get an idea of my [...]

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Little Kitten – Scratchy Tag… Scrtich Scritch…

by podblack on November 7, 2008

Now, apparently this ‘Musings and Rants – The Goddess of the Gaps blog reads me! But I’m not in their blogroll… I’ll add them to mine, however. I do like their url name: http://www.blackcatthursday.com The Ground Rules are apparently: 1. Link to the person who tagged you. (done) 2. Post the rules on your blog. [...]

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Send In The Clones – Films And Science

by podblack on May 10, 2008

Couple of films I’m going to try to catch before my work starts hotting up again… and also before I head off to the hot zones to ask a lot of questions to students and teachers! According to Salon.com – this is what Austin Powers could have done if it were French and funny: Do [...]

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Acupuncture And Hello To Adam

by podblack on February 23, 2008

Hello Adam! Sorry that this is a little overdue, but here’s what I know about acupuncture — including a bunch of links if you want to click about a bit. Get a needle, twiddle it into your skin and pain gets cured. True or false? Because that’s essentially the argument being made with acupuncture. Thing [...]

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