Science, Superstitions and Skeptical Life
So, what’s the story? SMH: A Chrismas CD aiming to raise funds for a Christian charity has been slammed for featuring an anti-Christian song. Faith and family groups have labelled the song, which includes the lyrics “I get freaked out by churches,” and “I’m not expecting a visit from Jesus”, as “disrespectful” and a “sick [...]
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8 Out Of 10 Cats! Hosted by Jimmy Carr with team captains Sean Lock and Jason Manford and guests Holly Walsh, Uri Geller, Jack Osborne and Tim Minchin. Yes, sorry for the spelling mistake (ARGHHHH) in the other most recent blog-post — I plead late-night blogging, far too much happening on a weekend and work [...]
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Very cool! From The Guardian: Roald Dahl fans around the country are breaking out the frobscottle and preparing for a month-long celebration of their favourite author, from an attempt to get every man, woman and child across the Black Country reading his classic novel Matilda to a special opening of his garden and writing hut [...]
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Just as I’ve been enjoying reading the very skeptically-minded breakdown (and an excellent one at that) of ‘Is that a fallacy in your pocket or can you cite some sources? A Response to “Feminism at TAM”‘ — here’s some more skepticism! From the official site: “In October 2008 Tim worked with Animator Martin White to [...]
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This is my favourite Shaun Tan book — born in Perth, like me, and from a similar neighborhood (I think he lived about two suburbs away from me and the images in some of his works are rather familiar). The film is narrated by another local — Tim Minchin! Check out the official site at [...]
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LANGUAGE WARNING! Definitely not safe to be played at work…
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Dara O Briain, Marcus Brigstocke, Nick Cohen, Shappi Khorsandi and Tim Minchin backstage at the Big Libel Gig explain why Britain has become a haven for those who wish to silence debate and why we must reform English libel law. Join them and 50,000 others by showing your support and signing up at: www.libelreform.org/sign
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