It turns out that I'm actually famous. A little bit. In a certain subculture ( Read more... )

A new podcast has been announced. DJ Grothe, the new President of the James Randi Educational Foundation, previously hosted an interview podcast called Point of Inquiry, which I rather enjoyed. Now he has a new podcast - For Good Reason, produced in association with the JREF. I'm looking forward to hearing it ( Read more... )

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My horoscope today is particularly amusing:

[Tarot.com] Your feelings about someone special are pretty straightforward now, but acting on your emotions will increase the complexity of the relationship dynamics. You might try a bit of self-restraint as a sensible strategy; however, it may be challenging to remain on the sidelines when you are so ( Read more... )

Skeptic Blog: The Name Thing Again.

Jenny McCarthy is an ex-Playboy playmate and actress who believes that vaccines cause autism. She also believes that her son "recovered" from autism, and that autism is an injury that can be healed like any other. She's all over the talk shows recently, and with her husband Jim Carrey is one of the poster children of the antivaccination movement. ( Read more... )

fossilapostle has a new page for his old, old Spellcasting 101 page. It's a good read. Check it out. Link to it. It's a new page, and it needs its Google.

PS. Be sure to check out the email feedback.

PPS. His latest Escapistcast Podcast is out.

This article surprised me. Richard Wiseman, professional magician and doctor of psychology, did a survey of magicians to see whether they, as a group, believed in paranormal phenomena. His results were very interesting. Particularly this bit:

Proponents of the paranormal might argue that faking magical powers could act as a catalyst for genuine ( Read more... )

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This is quite possibly the most insanely loopy thing I have read in my life.