I was nosing around some back-issues of the Skeptical Inquirer on the CSICOP website, and came across a stunt that made me laugh my ass off. Seems that last year, the Belgian insurance companies decided to partially cover the cost of homeopatic remedies, in spite of arguments from the scientific and skeptical communities that the entire practice ( Read more... )

I woke up today with my frontal lobes feeling like tiny neon-green tapioca balls floating around in some bottled, flash-in-the-pan soft drink called "Oort" that you drink once for the novelty, decide it maybe tastes okay, and get a strange craving to try again a month later only to discover that it has vanished from the face of the Earth, and in ( Read more... )

Some months ago, I first encountered the trailer for Casshern, a very pretty-looking Japanese sci-fi film involving cyborgs, giant robots, the terrible toll of warfare upon the collective soul of mankind, and angry white-haired men in red capes. In other words, a live-action anime ( Read more... )

So, after actually *calling* the establishment, it now turns out that the cheap rates are on Sundays after 6 pm. I returned to their website, which now appears to corroborate this information. Some might claim that I was simply wrong, and moreover, possibly mad, but I've decided to adopt the far more plausible hypothesis that the Big Lasertag ( Read more... )

I had temporarily abandoned this project, as my internet ad seemed to be pulling in a lot of prospective roommates. However, none of these panned out, so I have gone ahead and finished it. I apologize for the giant images; they were to be shrunk down for the poster proper, which was to have the beneficial side-effect of concealing my sloppy ( Read more... )

Why is it that everyone seems to remember my birthday, except me ( Read more... )

So it looks like my roommate has found a place of her own, and will be moving out at the end of September. Which means I'm back in the market for a roommate. If you or any mild-mannered alter-egos with whom you are acquainted are looking for an apartment in the Lougheed Mall area, drop me a line. Rent is $350/month plus half utilities. ( Read more... )

So it turns out that there is a farm on Denman Island that sells produce. Because you can buy it straight from the source, it is possible to acquire very large quantities of very tasty farm-fresh corn for very small amounts of Earth-monies ( Read more... )

[Note: For those who are unaware, Jhayne, Ian and I are off camping, and Victoria and Kyle have started a deadpool on which of us will come back alive ( Read more... )

The Beast is finally gone ( Read more... )