Comments on: Skeptical Gifts

By: techskeptic

techskeptic — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 00:26:34 +0000

Holy crap, mentioned by one of the top ten skeptical ass kickers of 2008. I am happy.

By: Phil Plait

Phil Plait — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 16:19:15 +0000

TSFrost, I don’t comment much on internal JREF stuff here. There are matters of non-profit accountabilities and such, so I keep my commenting to a minimum.

By: TSFrost

TSFrost — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 06:45:11 +0000

Man I really wanted that sextant I saw on the skepchick list, but I waited too long and it’s now out of stock.

I do boycott Christmas out of principle, but I may donate to JREF in other people’s names because they fight the good fight.

Phil, I’m a little surprised you never gave kudos to your good friend, and my casual acquaintance, A Kovacs on her being appointed JREF’s Director of Operations.

By: eris

eris — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 05:52:49 +0000

I have a12 year old nephew who I am giving a copy of the the Hitchhiker’s Guide To the Galaxy books. For one they are drop dead funny and I think he will like them, but I also hope they will serve for him as they did me: an introduction to the idea that every sacred idea should be laughed at.

By: Chris

Chris — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 19:44:53 +0000

Hey, remember back during the incessant campaign when you plugged the Adler Planetarium's drive to renovate the Zeiss? Well I did so without expectation of return and now what do I find in my mailbox today? A beautiful Adler Planetarium calendar just in time for Christmas!! So another plug for the Adler Planetarium fits nicely with this topic.

By: Ken B

Ken B — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 19:17:10 +0000

Hmm… Skepchick has a link for a cephalopod necklace, but no DFTS book.

By: Carey

Carey — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 19:14:12 +0000

Do you still get a thrill out of saying you’re the President of JREF? I would.

By: Cheyenne

Cheyenne — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 18:46:57 +0000

Quick off topic – The Onion is reporting that Shaq is afraid of Supernovas. Think he needs your book BA!

By: Todd W.

Todd W. — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 18:29:44 +0000

In the comments section on the TechSkeptic site, a couple people mentioned the Child’s Play charity run by Penny Arcade. A friend told me about that a couple weeks ago, and it sounds pretty cool. From what I recall, they buy toys for terminally ill kids. 100% of the money goes to the purchase of the toys. The folks at Penny Arcade don’t skim anything off for operating expenses.