Aug 01 2012
A Bear submitted a bit o’ a puzzle. Good thing, too, as I am deep in frantic research and prep for a trip to Mount St. Helens this weekend, so I haven’t time for anything gorgeously detailed. Especially not since WordPress ate my gorgeously-detailed prior post. Grr. I’ll just quote from his emails: Artifact or …
Jul 21 2011
Well, brain dead, anyway, because how else are they going to transfer money from your wallet to theirs? Take water. Just yer basic water. Now, I’ve fallen for the SoBe Lifewater scheme, not because of its supposed health benefits but because they add things to it that make it very tasty, and so I can …
Apr 04 2011
I’m constantly amazed by the crazy shit people will believe. Comes to that, I’m constantly amazed by the crazy shit I used to believe. There was a time, for instance, where I believed that there might be something to Complementary and Alternative Medicine (CAM). That, of course, was before I began reading about it. Really, …
Feb 21 2011
For a brief and all-too-memorable two years of my life, we lived in Sedona, Arizona. It’s a beautiful place, red rock country that will dye your white socks a nice shade of rust whilst hiking. It’s also a total magnet for oddballs. When we first moved there, back in the late 80s, an alarming number …
Jan 16 2011
Do not subscribe, or give someone you love a subscription, to Mothering Magazine. Mothering magazine: Peddling dangerous health misinformation to new mothers Thank you.
Dec 18 2010
Kimball Atwood’s been kicking the arses of all those who like to babble that because alt med’s popular, even the most implausible, most wootastic woo should be studied. We’re talking folks who think that homeopathy should be studied, despite the fact the basic science isn’t behind it at all – you’d have to overturn pretty …
Dec 08 2010
Dr. Crislip’s outdone himself. He very nearly got me in trouble at work – riotous laughter in the call center isn’t strictly forbidden, but it draws attention. I dare you to read this title without at least a chuckle: “Sky Maul.” It’s the best takedown of the products in the SkyMall catalog I’ve ever read …
Nov 17 2010
Read. Weep (with laughter and outrage). Then sign the petition, unless you already have, in which case: go, you! Tell your friends to get their arses on it. What a fucking world.
Oct 25 2010
By now, the more perceptive of you may have realized I haven’t been writing about pollyticks lately. That’s not because I’ve lost interest, it’s because I’ve been awash in a target-rich environment. After so many hours of exposure to ever-increasing stupidity, day after day, my poor brain crawled out a convenient ear canal and ran …
Oct 17 2010
I came across this last night whilst reading the comments on Orac’s masterful takedown of laser Reiki, and it’s too damned funny not to share. Click for a larger image, and find that special alt med that suits you best!
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