Archive for February, 2010

February 14, 2010

Sewing an Apron, Part 1

by Josh at 8:55 pm

I tried my hand at sewing today for the first time.  If you’ve been keeping track, it’s been about 5 months since we bought the sewing machine and I figured it was past time for me to make good on my commitment to learn how to sew.
I’ve decided that my first project is going to [...]

Thinking about conspiracy theories

by Josh at 12:35 pm

Salon recently published an interview with David Aaronovitch who wrote a book called Voodoo Histories: The Role of the Conspiracy Theory in Shaping Modern History.  Around the same time that this interview was published, The Geeks Guide to the Galaxy podcast also published an interview with Brian Dunning, a noted skeptic.  These two interviews got [...]

February 6, 2010

No Trip to the Moon

by Josh at 8:30 pm

Maybe it’s because I’ve been watching a lot of Star Trek recently, but I was disappointed earlier this week when I heard that Obama was killing the moon program.  Of course, along with that announcement came news that more money was going to be sent NASA’s way.  Their still going to work on really cool [...]