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Followup on Skeptics’ Circle announcement

On Friday, I made an announcement about the Skeptics’ Circle scheduled for July 31 in the light of having learned some very bad news, namely that the planned host, Jeff of Blue Collar Scientist, had recently been diagnosed with liver cancer. I wanted to verify that Jeff wasn’t going to host (as I assumed he […]

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Announcements Complementary and alternative medicine Medicine Skepticism/critical thinking

Skeptics Circle announcement and a plea to fellow skeptics

It’s that time again. Round and round the Skeptics’ Circle goes, coming rapidly around to arrive yet again in less than a week. This time around, it’s set to land on next Thursday, June 19 at Ionian Enchantment. Blog-specific instructions for submitting your pearls of skepticism, science, and critical thinking can be found here, and […]

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The 88th Meeting of the Skeptics Circle at the 11th hour!

I must admit that I was getting a bit worried. Morning came today, and there was no Skeptics’ Circle. I went to work. Every so often throughout the day I checked again. Still no Skeptics’ Circle, at least as of early afternoon. I got home from work around 8 PM, and to my relief, there […]

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The 86th Meeting of the Skeptics’ Circle: A bitch of a meeting. Really.

Sometimes being a skeptic can be a real bitch. And no one knows that better than the host of the latest installment of a blog carnival that has, believe it or not, been running over three years now, the ever-popular Skepbitch. She’s served up a heaping helping of the best skeptical bitching from the last […]

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Best two months ever!

Forgive me if you find bloggers trumpeting their traffic numbers to be painfully boring. Truth be told, sometimes I find them boring too. However, I hope you’ll indulge me just this once, given that regular readers know how rarely I do posts dedicated to discussing my traffic. (Just remember that blogging is an exercise in […]