I have a new post up at Minnesota Skeptics about Friday the 13th! Here’s an excerpt: The fear of Friday the 13th is called friggatriskaidekaphobia (Frigga being the name of the Norse goddess for whom “Friday” is named and triskaidekaphobia meaning fear of the number thirteen), or paraskevidekatriaphobia a concatenation of the Greek words Paraskeví (Παρασκευή, meaning “Friday”), and dekatreís (δεκατρείς, meaning “thirteen”) attached to phobía (φοβία, from phóbos, φόβος, …
Tag Archive: MN Skeptics’ Blog
Dec 04 2011
Banachek Visits University of Minnesota
I have a new post up at Minnesota Skeptics about Banachek’s recent mentalism show at the U of MN! Here’s an excerpt: The opening bit was a card/”body language reading” trick. Before I tell you the audience’s perspective, I have to go back to when the Hubby and I walked into the auditorium. When Banachek greeted us, …
Oct 10 2011
Inner Dimensional Sound Chamber
I have a new blog post up at the MN Skeptics Blog! I’d never heard of an inner dimensional sound chamber. To the interwebs! I found a website called soundheal.com and these are a few of the things that they have to say about the principles of the magic music box: Inner Dimensional Sound Chamber is …
Aug 29 2011
A Sasquatch in Minnesota
I have a new blog post up at the MN Skeptics Blog! A Bigfoot sighting in our own backyard? Cool! Thank goodness for all of the verbal interpretation of the blurry video, otherwise I never would have know that I was looking at a Sasquatch! Caution: Blurry video and huge leaps in deductive reasoning may cause nausea and/or uncontrollable …
Jul 12 2011
Metaphysical “Causes” of Illness
I have a new post up over at MN Skeptics! It’s all about one website that wants you to think yourself better: …this website wants you to understand why YOU are causing yourself to develop such emotion-triggered illnesses such as migraines, nail-biting (Crud – is this an illness? Apparently I have an illness.), anxiety and …
Jul 08 2011
Drinking Skeptically…For Night People!
I have a new post up over at the Minnesota Skeptics blog! It’s about my experiences at a local Drinking Skeptically…For Night People! event. Tonight I ended up meeting a lot of new (to me) people. Hello new skeptical friends! I met a nurse, three engineers, a past member of the Secular Student Alliance, some …
Jun 02 2011
The Challenges of Being a Skeptic
I have a new blog post up over at the Minnesota Skeptics blog! The Challenges of Being a Skeptic In 2009 I discovered The Skeptics’ Guide to the Universe. Shortly thereafter I started reading skeptical blogs and books and listening to other skeptical podcasts. In 2010 I found local meetups and attended my first skeptics’ …
May 26 2011
A Lake Monster In Minnesota!
I have a new article up over at the Minnesota Skeptics’ blog! A Lake Monster In Minnesota! We love our lake monsters, don’t we? Everyone is familiar with Nessie, but here are a few you might not know: Brosno Dragon – Lake Brosno, West Russia. Said to resemble a dragon or dinosaur, with potential sightings going …
May 23 2011
Minnesota Skeptics’ Blog
Guess what? I was invited to participate in a group blog for the Minnesota Skeptics’ meetup group! I’ll be writing with at least nine other members, so I anticipate that we’ll have a wide range of skeptical topics to blog about. Do you wanna see my first article? Do ya? Ohboyohboyohboy! 9/11 Truther Sighting and a MN Skeptics Win In …
About the Author
Sharing Biodork Content
All original content - text and photos - by Brianne Bilyeu - is free to be used under this license:
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License
This permission is given by me, Brianne Bilyeu, and only applies to original content produced by me. Please do not share photos or other content produced by Biodork guest bloggers except with permission.
Recent Comments