David F

David F (2031)

Red Circles in Rio

Well, here we go with another installment in the long, proud tradition of athletes' superstitions. What's that in the intersection of Quackery and Pseudoscience, just below Anti-vax? Why, it's a particularly ugly specimen of magical thinking called, Cupping. The Skeptic's Dictionary is way nicer about…

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Tired

Of making political posts. Of explaining over and over why it really DOES help Trump if you promote Jill Stein for President. Not going to debate that again for a week. I am putting myself on a moratorium. No politics for a week. To get…

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Patti Labelle

First Tina Turner, and then Patti Labelle. . . https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhQBEzWiXAY This song gets a lot of breaks.

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Mr. Holmes

Death is commonplace. Logic is rare. https://youtu.be/FJwgItmobFE A lovely little movie, and with Ian McKellen.

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Olympics!

That's the average sentiment in our home now that the Olympics are starting. Jill's a huge fan. I wish they had stopped about 30 years ago. But they go on. Every Olympics the past twenty years or so seems to begin not with the Opening…

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