Archive for the ‘Humor’ Category

NASA wants your junk

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While driving in Los Angeles recently, I was surprised to see this out my passenger window:

Wow. I know NASA’s budget is small, but this seems a bit unnecessary. I wonder if Harry Broderick was driving?

November 20th, 2009 11:31 AM by Phil Plait in Humor, NASA | 14 Comments » | RSS feed | Trackback >

Hippo critic

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Will I be able to use this picture sometime in the future?

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Yes. Yes, I think I will.

Tip o’ the lens cap to franki_.

November 16th, 2009 2:00 PM by Phil Plait in Humor, Skepticism | 31 Comments » | RSS feed | Trackback >

PRECIPITATE! PRECIPITATE!

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I am the king of all nerds. There can be no other.

What else is a guy supposed to do after a big snowfall and while waiting for "Waters of Mars" to air here in the States? And of course TLA helped, sawing the snowballs in half and shaping the body.

And hmmmm. Dalek and dork both start and end with the same letters. Coincidence?

[More pictures are in my Flickr Snow Dalek set.]

November 16th, 2009 10:00 AM Tags: , , , ,
by Phil Plait in Cool stuff, Geekery, Humor, SciFi, TV/Movies | 73 Comments » | RSS feed | Trackback >

Why we fight

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Lack of skepticism can kill.

[NSFW language and some effects.]

November 14th, 2009 8:00 AM by Phil Plait in Humor, Skepticism | 35 Comments » | RSS feed | Trackback >

Some jabs are deeper than others

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vaccines-unicornI wouldn’t be surprised at all that, if Jenny McCarthy were impaled on a unicorn’s horn, she’d blame vaccines. After all, her organization Generation Rescue has shamefully blamed them on totally unrelated things before, and no doubt will again.

This is a serious topic, since the antivaxxers are a public health menace, and the rise of preventable diseases can in many cases be traced back to their propaganda. But sometimes, just sometimes, mocking them is the way to go.

November 13th, 2009 2:00 PM Tags: , ,
by Phil Plait in Alt-Med, Antiscience, Humor | 41 Comments » | RSS feed | Trackback >

Craig Ferguson takes on the Apollo deniers

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Last week I posted about Adam and Jamie on Craig Ferguson’s TV show. I also found this little gem, where he talks about Apollo deniers. The whole thing is funny, but the space stuff starts at 3:00.


I love that guy.

November 12th, 2009 8:00 AM Tags: , ,
by Phil Plait in Antiscience, Astronomy, Humor, NASA, Skepticism | 35 Comments » | RSS feed | Trackback >

The Stonemaker’s nitpicking Argument

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Clearly, the artist behind The Stonemaker Argument is after my heart. And his daughter is an awful lot like mine…

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[Click to see the whole thing...]

The link to this cartoon was left in the comments to an earlier post of mine, but deserves its on post, so tip o’ the Treknobabble to Andrew.

November 2nd, 2009 2:00 PM Tags: ,
by Phil Plait in Astronomy, Humor | 65 Comments » | RSS feed | Trackback >