“Worst Science Article Ever?”
This, from Discover Magazine, is just for fun: You don’t have to look to hard to find bad science writing. Here at Discoblog, we do our...
March 2, 2009
The Longest Year of My Daughter’s Life
Yes, 2008 is going to be the longest year of my daughter’s life—because she was not born yet in 1992, which was the last time a...
December 31, 2008
“Over Three Hundred Disproofs of God’s Existence”
Some pre-holiday fun for you to enjoy: Over Three Hundred Disproofs of God’s Existence (Hat Tip to Victor Reppert. Merry Christmas, Victor!)
December 21, 2008
Do You Suppose She Really Meant To Say That?
There’s a pretty funny typo in this headline, published today in a Bay Area GLBT publication: [Link: San Francisco Bay Times] I think she meant “whither,”...
November 20, 2008
Warning to Canadians: Duck!
This news just in from EurekAlert (quoting the actual headline): New comet discovered in Canada To be more specific: [A] comet has been discovered at the...
October 14, 2008
The Commentators Missed This!
My college football team, Michigan State University, just beat Northwestern 37-20. That means MSU has had two victories this year over teams that are otherwise undefeated...
October 11, 2008
Monton Responds
Bradley Monton has answered my response to his earlier blog entry, including this: For these people, their behavior is deeply at odds with their professed beliefs,...
September 18, 2008
“May be confusing or unclear”
I laughed when I saw this: “Please help clarify the article.” To anyone who tries, I wish you lots of luck!
July 18, 2008
Language Log » Flowchart of the week
Here’s something you might never have expected me to agree with: Academics are very culturally conservative. The source is Mark Liberman at Language Log: If you...
July 15, 2008
