"A statement of fact cannot be insolent." The miscellaneous ramblings of a surgeon/scientist on medicine,
quackery, science, pseudoscience, history, and pseudohistory (and anything else that interests him)
Orac is the nom de blog of a humble pseudonymous surgeon/scientist with an ego just big enough to delude himself that someone, somewhere might actually give a rodent's posterior about his miscellaneous verbal meanderings, but just barely small enough to admit to himself that few will. (Continued here, along with a DISCLAIMER that you should read before reading any medical discussions here.)
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February 28, 2006
Category: Humor
Although the images used are a bit out of date (for one thing, that looks like a first generation iPod on the box), this video is spot on hilarious. Pray this never happens......
Posted by Orac at 5:58 PM • 4 Comments
Category: Announcements • Blog carnivals • Grand Rounds
Grand Rounds, Vol. 2, No. 23 has been posted at the blog of a fellow surgeon, the pseudonymous Dr. Bard-Parker (the significance of which you would know if you were a surgeon or worked in an O.R.) at A Chance...
Posted by Orac at 9:25 AM • 0 Comments
Category: Politics
While driving into work this morning, I was a bit disturbed to hear a news report about a speech New Jersey Senator Frank Lautenberg gave yesterday to a group of dockworkers in Newark who were protesting the proposed takeover of...
Posted by Orac at 8:08 AM • 1 Comments
Category: Anti-Semitism • Holocaust denial
Well, that didn't take long. Only a few days after his conviction for Holocaust denial, David Irving has reverted to form: Far-right author David Irving's repudiation of his views on the Holocaust and Hitler's role in it has not lasted...
Posted by Orac at 7:47 AM • 5 Comments
February 27, 2006
Category: Television
After the last blog carnival I mentioned, here's one I can really get behind. Regulars around here know that I'm a 24 junkie. I have to get my fix of Jack Bauer's adventures (including his uncanny ability to get to...
Posted by Orac at 8:35 PM • 1 Comments
Category: Evolution • Intelligent design/creationism • Pseudoscience • Science
I love blog carnivals. In fact, I love 'em so much that I hosted four of them took one over when its creator decided to retire from blogging. But here's one that PZ, RPM, Afarensis, and all of the other...
Posted by Orac at 5:39 PM • 14 Comments
Category: Humor • Medicine • Personal • Surgery
Nonmedical people always seem to have a conception of surgery as being a particularly glamorous profession. So did I to some extent before I entered medical school, although my surgical rotations quickly disabused me of that impression. Somehow, working from...
Posted by Orac at 7:52 AM • 16 Comments
Category: Paranormal • Pareidolia • Skepticism/critical thinking
Ya gotta love it. Whether it be the Virgin Mary under a freeway overpass on W. Fullerton Avenue in Chicago or on a window in Perth Amboy, NJ, or the face of Jesus on a shell, on the wall of...
Posted by Orac at 12:01 AM • 12 Comments
February 26, 2006
Category: Entertainment/culture • Humor • Popular culture
Sent via e-mail: Paris Hilton prepares for Mother Theresa role. I almost choked on my ice tea when I read that. Please tell me this is a sick joke. It sure sounds like one, and certainly the source doesn't look...
Posted by Orac at 11:33 PM • 9 Comments
Category: Skeptics' Circle
Time really flies, doesn't it? In fact, the next meeting of the Skeptics' Circle will soon be upon us this Thursday. I'm anticipating that it will be...huge, as it's being hosted by none other than The Huge Entity. The Huge...
Posted by Orac at 12:29 PM • 0 Comments
Category: Autism
An autistic teen named Jason McElwain made the most of his chance to shine. How long before this is a movie of the week or even a feature film?...
Posted by Orac at 12:10 PM • 16 Comments • 1 TrackBacks
Category: Announcements • Blog housekeeping
Well, that didn't last long, did it? I've only been on ScienceBlogs for less that two weeks, and already I'm no longer the new kid on the block. Nope, that honor now goes to William Connolley. Welcome Stoat to the...
Posted by Orac at 11:49 AM • 4 Comments
Category: Humor • Popular culture • Television
I've always kind of liked Spongebob Squarepants, although I had always wondered about his relationship with Patrick Star. Here's evidence that my suspicions may have been correct....
Posted by Orac at 11:26 AM • 2 Comments
February 25, 2006
Category: Holocaust denial • Humor
Today, while I'm making fun of anti-Semitic idiocy coming out of Iran, perhaps I should stop being so upset over the free speech infringement that I've railed about regarding David Irving's three year sentence for Holocaust denial in Austria. It...
Posted by Orac at 12:22 PM • 2 Comments
Category: Anti-Semitism • Holocaust denial • Humor • Movies • Politics • Television
You can't make stuff like this up. You really can't. Did you know that Tom and Jerry are in reality a clever secret nefarious plot by the Jews? That's what Professor Hassan Bolkhari, who teaches philosophy of art at Tabatabaei...
Posted by Orac at 11:43 AM • 18 Comments
Category: Miscellaneous
Here's a guy who really could use some anger management training, clearly the roomate from hell....
Posted by Orac at 9:14 AM • 3 Comments
