Hey! A New Book!
With me in it! How did I not write about this yet? The Young Australian Skeptics have put together a Skeptical Blog Anthology, which is now available–proceeds from sales go directly to the Young...
View ArticleTimes Square Jumbotron Strikes Again
Via James Randi’s Swift, a time-sensitive message. Remember when the National Vaccine Information Center ran ads this past April, on the Times Square Jumbotron? They’re baaaack: (Important stuff, after...
View ArticleNH Primary, Written In The Stars
The stars and the planets don’t give half a fuck For the fates of the people on earth But astrologers think they can tell us the luck Of the candidates, based on their birth. Who will win? Who will...
View ArticleReading Asparagus
We’ll fathom what becomes of us By tossing some asparagus; Examine it; determine, thus, The path we’re bound to take. A path we know; we need no scouts! We know it well; we have no doubts! We heard it...
View ArticleNebraska Ghosts! (This Way To The Egress!)
They heard the museum was haunted! Undaunted, They brought their equipment, to see for themselves. Recorders and other such get-up were set up Midst Indian artifacts filling the shelves You might,...
View ArticleIt Just Goes To Show You, It’s Always Something…
I once met a fellow whose face would turn blue As he thundered “I’m tellin’ ya, brother— When I look at the things people tell me are true… If it isn’t one thing, it’s another.” “To doubt the Big...
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On Open- And Closed-Mindedness
They’re calling us “closed minded”, cos we say we don’t expect Any evidence for god to come along Their sycophants agree with them, or did last time I checked, But their use of “open-mindedness” is...
View Article21 Burned, In Clear Lack Of Faith
All the misses and the misters Who walked barefoot over coals And whose tootsies got some blisters In defiance of their goals Will be told they lacked conviction Or they’d overcome the heat— It’s a...
View ArticleOlympic Placebos
The reality’s hard to escape: It’s just sticky and bright-colored crepe. It’s absurd, or it’s funny; It’s made lots of money— The placebo, Kinesio Tape Just a few observations, prompted by a post on...
View ArticleOn Origins
The atheists, in arrogance, say man evolved from slime From nothingness to everything, and all you need is time With no one there to witness it, they simply cannot know The truth is, they are idiots…...
View ArticleToo Good To Be True
This is Bob, from Widget Industries—I work in personnel— I’m just checking up on references for one Ignatius Shell, Who assures us, as his manager, you really knew him well So I’m hoping you can help...
View ArticleTechnology VS Superstition
All the aliens and angels, all the monsters that we feared, All the things that made you scared to be alone All the poltergeists and angels, why, it seems they’ve disappeared… Ever since they put a...
View ArticleThis Bullshit Is Brought To You By The Letter “A”
A is for Alligator—look at that bite! A is Albino—he’s totally white A, Acupuncture; let’s poke him with pins A, Anecdotal; the evidence spins A is for Alt-Med, which doesn’t do shit… A is for Asshole:...
View ArticleUnknown Unknowns And Atheism
You atheist types are an obstinate sort You could choose to believe, but you won’t You say there’s no god in the world we can see… Ah, but what of the world that we don’t? What percent of reality...
View ArticleYet Another Case Of Ignorance = God
Science looks for laws by which The real world is constrained But, gee willikers—free will occurs, Which physics can’t explain! So… physics must be incomplete; A reasonable conclusion— Of course, there...
View ArticleConversation With A Christian…
So… I had a long talk yesterday with someone. It was a ranging conversation, in which we touched on some issues near and dear to FtB readers (I doubt, though, that this person knows FtB exists). He...
View ArticleContaining Atheism, In Saudi Arabia
There’s a piece decrying atheists— “Contain them!” it opines— But it’s quite a different story If you read between the lines… There’s a very strange article in the Saudi Gazette. On the face of it,...
View ArticleJesus… In… Space!!!
We’ve conquered all the continents With missionary zeal Convincing unwashed heathens that Our fantasy was real When they die, they’ll go to heaven When they would have gone to hell Now it’s time to go...
View ArticleThere’s Miracles, And Then There’s Miracles
The stories in our narratives Grow stranger in re-telling— Man, you should have seen the fish that got away! And a parent’s tale of family lore Can often be compelling— You’d have seen it, if you...
View ArticleReally? Only $660?
I wish I could talk to the animals— To the lions and tigers and bears To hear all their animal worries And soothe all their animal cares I wish I could talk to the animals— To koalas and quokkas and...
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