George Hrab: Skeptical Rockstar

If you've been listening to the 365 Days of Astronomy podcast, you've heard the abridged version of George Hrab's "Far". Here's the even more awesome full version:



George is one of my favorite musicians. He's also wicked smart and one of the most fun critical thinkers around. He was at Dragon*Con last year and will return in 2009.

Homologous Links

Dallas Morning News columnnist Steve Blow has a piece on the eyebeams guy who won a Pigasus Award recently.


Speaking of James Randi, here's a link to the JREF website. Chances are, you already know about it but just in case. :)

Skeptico has an excellent piece on the non-excellent Melanie Phillips.

And to celebrate The Perky Skeptic's recent trip to the Memphis Zoo, I present cute, baby meerkats!

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Atheism's gone mainstream

Why I love Cat and Girl.


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Jenny McCarthy Bodycount

Things have been slow over here at Homologous Trend HQ for several reasons. The largest of which is that my laptop died. It has recently been fixed and it works so much better than before.

Actual, factual content will come but until then, check out the Jenny McCarthy Bodycount site.

Thank you and be excellent to each other.

From The Onion: Intelligent Falling

This is a few years old but it's worth bringing up again:

Evangelical Scientists Refute Gravity With New 'Intelligent Falling' Theory


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More studies of religion and the brain

Not as entertaining as "Pinky and the Brain" but more peer-reviewed, comes an article publised in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences about the things in our brains that are active during religous thought. Scientific American's excellent "60-Second Psych" podcast has a bit about it, too.


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From The Onion: Earthquake Deniers

San Francisco Historians Condemn 1906 Earthquake Deniers


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Happy Darwin Day!

To celebrate, here's an episode of Scientific American's Science Talk podcast in which Hofstra University religion professor John Teahen discusses the study of religion from an evolutionary psychology perspective.

Being A Detective Who Talks To Ghosts Not As Exciting As It Looks On TV

Being A Detective Who Talks To Ghosts Not As Exciting As It Looks On TV

From The Onion: Genetic Experiment Goes Horribly Right

Genetic Experiment Goes Horribly Right