If you’re one of those people I’ve caught saying “I read Blag Hag before boobquake,” then have I got news for you. An old friend is back: Pastor Tom Estes of the blog Hard Truth. If you’ve forgotten Pastor T. Estes, don’t worry – I had to dig through the archives to remember why the [...]
Archive for the ‘humor’ Category
Apples – you can’t explain that!
May 3rd, 2012
Jen More tweets I get from Christians: I replied with this link. Next someone’s going to try to make the argument that bananas were designed by God to perfectly fit in our hands! Ha! …Oh wait.
The secret to getting a flood of angry Christian tweets
May 1st, 2012
Jen No, it’s not to spend years blogging about atheism, giving talks about how fucked up religion is, or helping run atheist organizations. It’s to get retweeted by Dan Savage. I know not all of you follow me on twitter, so I thought I’d share the highlights. Dan retweets someone: I make a quip, which Dan [...]
#mencallmethings: r/atheism edition
April 18th, 2012
Jen Ted Cox sent me a friendly email this morning alerting me that I made the front page of reddit. It was a photo of me with my Reason Rally sign, and it was being upvoted in r/atheism. I was actually kind of surprised by the comments. While the photo had garnered a lot of upvotes, [...]
Another thing fruit flies and humans have in common
March 15th, 2012
Jen I’m kind of loving this research published in the latest issue of Science, titled “Sexual Deprivation Increases Ethanol Intake in Drosophila.” Science NOW has a good general summary of the paper: Offer a male fruit fly a choice between food soaked in alcohol and its nonalcoholic equivalent, and his decision will depend on whether he’s mated [...]
The genetic “proof” for ancient aliens
March 12th, 2012
Jen I have a new, horrible obsession – the History Channel’s show Ancient Aliens. On Saturday I found myself drinking with a group of my boyfriend Sean’s friends, when one of them announced that we must play an Ancient Aliens drinking game. I had no idea what the show was, but became intrigued when they started [...]
I have angered some sort of water god
March 8th, 2012
Jen Remember how my car randomly flooded a couple of weeks ago? Well, now it’s my apartment’s turn! The apartment above mine had their bath tub’s plumbing leak, resulting in water draining down the wall into my apartment. My hallway carpet is grossly soaked, and is currently covered in towels and has a fan blowing on [...]
Amazon knows me better than Groupon
March 7th, 2012
Jen The title of the advertisement email I received from Amazon today: World’s Largest REESE’S Peanut Butter Cups The title of the advertisement email I received from Groupon today: 79% Off Acupuncture Sessions I think someone’s algorithm is working better.
Happy Darwin Day!
February 12th, 2012
Jen And an early happy Valentine’s Day: But during both holidays, remember to only participate in evolution if you’re ready: use contraception.
Out of context quote from last night
February 11th, 2012
Jen PZ: She was a witch and had a snake that popped out of her hoo-ha to bite people. Me: Wait, doesn’t everyone?




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