Perhaps you are too young to remember the Blob. 50s horror movies featured him/it, along with a host of unpleasant aliens (think the original and far better version of ‘The Day the Earth Stood Still’). Shucks, someone in the 50s or 60s even dreamed up creating harmless green or blue goo which you could buy…

In the ‘its about time department’ the following is from the Biblical Archaeology Society website today. I’m thinking its about time to print up the bumper stickers saying “Free the Ossuary”. BW3 *Special Report* James Ossuary Trial Continues to UnravelApril 01, 2009A recent development in the James Ossuary trial taking place in Jerusalem has highlighted…

America’s continued idolizing of major sports figures goes on apace, and unabated, even with the recent steroids scandals and the like, with athletes and even coaches now commanding enormous salaries. In economic times like these, it might be wise to recognize that such sports figures are in fact seldom role models, except perhaps for how…

Since I was a child I have always enjoyed illusionists (not to be confused with magicians who practice the black arts), because they remind us that our empirical senses are not totally reliable. They can be deceived. Certainly one of my favorite illusionists of recent memory is David Copperfield, who has made all kinds of…

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