How great is my friend Kitty? She’s THIS great: I found a padded envelope stuffed into my mail box this morning. I had not ordered anything recently (except these totally awesome shoes from Fluevog), but I squealed when I saw… Read More ›
Skeptic
Hitler’s Wind Farm
Adolph Hitler was a man responsible for anywhere from 7 million to 48 million deaths, depending on who is counting (or none, if you believe certain conspiracies). While experts disagree about the exact number, Hitler is easily on anyone’s list… Read More ›
The JREF Forum Scholarship, and an Internet Family
The Forum Scholarship Auction and the Support of an Internet Family I have been in charge of the James Randi Educational Foundation (JREF, randi.org) Forum Scholarship Auction for The Amazing Meeting (aka “TAM”) for the past few years. It’s a… Read More ›
Art History, or how cats make any painting better.
Art is one of those classes where students either love it or hate it. Like gym and music, for some students it’s the break of the day. For others, it’s the class to suffer through. As an art teacher, I… Read More ›
Fine Dining in Oil Country: Skeptic Alert, or Veggies Can Dissolve Fat Clumps
You can’t make this stuff up, guys. When we ate breakfast at the Main Track Café, that I discussed yesterday, I was so enamored of the menu that I asked Sparkle-Server if I could keep one. The menu was side-barred… Read More ›
Texas Tough
I had never been to Texas. I wasn’t really sure I even wanted to go to Texas. However, that is where my dearest friend Naomi lives. She kept inviting me down, and a girls weekend with some of my skeptic… Read More ›
Fine Dining in Oil Country: Main Track Cafe & Lounge
SKEPTIC ALERT TO FOLLOW! For our last breakfast in Weyburn this trip, our locals advised that we go to the restaurant at the truck stop for breakfast. This place, sitting on the edge of town by the gas station, featured… Read More ›