a camp just for patriots

An outlaw took a stencil and spray paint and decorated the locker room at my health club. The black interior of many of the lockers had a message: “Google fema camps.” I did. It turns out that the vandal was actually a patriot, bravely and desperately trying to spread the word about the coming overthrow [...]

the sources of nothing

1. This blog is a excellent source of nothing. Or at least has been for several weeks. My spare time has been close to zero.
2. Nothing is also produced by the vacant stares of the people at Jiffy Lube. I won’t go into detail here, but the workers decided to pretend I was invisible, which [...]

cosmic puzzles–easy answers

The following questions appeared in New Scientist magazine. They are allegedly the seven unanswered questions that most frequently keep physicists awake at night. I can answer all seven because I have friends with authority on these matters. I decided to put these questions to either the Master Nashwan or my Ouija board mouse pad. [...]

deadly secret

I read the news article recently about two people who died while participating in a sweat lodge ceremony. I didn’t realize until today that the event was sponsored by James Arthur Ray, author of Harmonic Wealth: The Secret of Attracting the Life You Want. This new age how-to-get-rich book was endorsed by Oprah. Ray was [...]

noble ancient ones in harmony with nature

Maggie sent me this interesting link about the end of the Mayan civilization. The explanation for the disappearance of their culture is a matter of some speculation, but recent evidence provides strong clues about what did them in. Among the biggest culprits: deforestation, over-farming, and drought. By stripping the surrounding countryside of trees, they helped [...]

“i saw it with my own eyes”

There’s a wonderfully clear explanation of why important medical treatments ought to be based something more than, “Well, it worked for me.” Harriet Hall does it in this blog post. If you want get right to it, scroll down to the heading, “Sometimes We Get It Wrong.” Nicely stated, convincing, not condescending, just sensible.

2012: not the movie, but the actual year, coming to planet near you

“I think things are going to get really bad,” he said. “I mean really bad, way beyond just warming.” This man was hooking electrodes to my scalp and other strategic locations on my upper body for an overnight sleep study. The technician and I exchanged small talk, which of course included the weather. This [...]

some TAM 7 details

I told you I’d get back to this eventually. Here are a few other tidbits about my trip to Vegas.

As with the other time I attended, the presentation of papers on Sunday morning was at least as good as the rest of the conference. The paper about marketing skepticism was particularly interesting.
I watched [...]