A Disease Which Affects Only Atheists?
American Atheists have filed papers with an official government body claiming that they, American Atheists, suffer from a debilitating illness from which only the government has the power to cure.…
The Well Dressed PI — Guest Post By Thomas H. Humphreys, Private Investigator
Meet Thomas H. Humphreys, the best-dressed PI since Nick Charles. Humphreys, like Charles, knows what that hole in the lapel is for---and what ingredients make the best Montgomery Fizz. Humphreys…
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A Synthetic What? Lady Who Won Lotteries Is Statistician, More
Last big travel day. Off to the blue crammed into motorized sardine cans. I'll begin looking at comments and email tomorrow. Medical Science Advances On Bottoms Turns out that I…
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The Saga Of The Stones
Still on the road... I had just finished hauling the sand away from under a now-dismantled porch. It had been made of stone and wood, but not well. My dad…
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String Theory Confirmed By Airline
String theory begins by telling its audience that most of nature remains hidden from us in tiny, curled up dimensions of space. You can't see them, but they're there. I…
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Beavering Away Will be engaged busily this week; posts may become sporadic, confused, nonsensical. More then usually, I mean. Now is the chance to send in a Guest Post (200…
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Traveling Day Quiz
Off once again into the wild blue yonder. So today a quiz, inspired by the Cnet article whose over-stated title is "Researchers build DNA neural network that thinks." The piece…
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Obama Wants Statisticians!
"Politics as done by Martians." That's Peggy Noonan's phrase, to describe President Obama's call for and use of statisticians and data miners in his re-election campaign. The hiring of such…