Why, Sithmas, of course! Just ask Palpatine if you don’t believe me: Yeah, this beats Squidmas hands down. Also, the Star Wars geek in me can’t help but mention that Emperor Palpatine is more than happy to answer many other of your questions, including “Why didn’t you kill Jar-Jar Binks?“; the sex lives of emperors; […]
Month: November 2008
I don’t read ScienceBlogs.de for the simple reason that I don’t understand German beyond a few words and phrases. Consequently, I don’t know what our German counterparts are up to. However, a reader sent me a link that gives me reason to be very concerned about at least one of the blogs in the German […]
Having finally hosted the Skeptics’ Circle myself last week after a long absence and having had a blast doing it to celebrate the 100th Meeting of the Skeptics’ Circle, I know it’s time for me once again to turn over the reins to the next host, who will inaugurate the beginning of what will (I […]
You know what my answer to this question would be. But what about puppet Steve Colbert’s answer? He disagrees. Or does he: “Now sure, she’s not the kind of expert who relies on facts and figures….She knows what she feels is true. She’s that kind of expert.” Heh. Oh, damn. PZ beat me to this. […]
Believe it or not, sometimes even Orac has a life. I know, I know, between the ridiculously logorrheic blogging here and other online activities, coupled with even more ridiculous long hours working at his day job, it’s hard to conceive. However, my wife and I had a whole passel of relatives over, several of whom […]