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pharyngula | July 10, 2011He's been dead for 68 years, but I'm sure that if we just applied enough voltage to his grave he'd rise up and party with us today.
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pharyngula | July 8, 2011I think you've seen this video before, but take it to heart this time. Just watch the slow gentle build, let your mind cool, savor a scene from the mysterious deep dark sea.
This is the way my drugs have made me feel all afternoon. I could be that coleoid.
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pharyngula | July 6, 2011We all know it is auto-tuned, and that many of you hate autotuning, so for those of you who can't stand the stuff, don't listen to this, and that way you won't have to complain to the rest of us. At least this isn't like those damned chimes going off every 15 minutes in the cemetery down the street all day — I have no control at all over that crap, and I'm going to have to dynamite a set of loudspeakers some day. You just have to refrain from clicking.
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pharyngula | July 5, 2011If you have delicate ears, you might want to skip this video: Billy Connolly will blister them with either the sacrilegious content or that ferocious Scottish accent. I liked 'em both.
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pharyngula | July 4, 2011Good news! Several people have been working hard to get the most awesome YouTuber Christina Rad to visit the US, and she has just been issued a visa to allow her to come to TAM this year!
So the legal hurdles have been cleared, and now the next step is a fundraiser to cover her travel costs.
If you're wondering who the heck she is, go spend some time browsing her channel: she's a fierce and eloquent pro-science atheist. Here's a sample:
Of course, her first view of the United States is going to be Las Freakin' Vegas, which is a little depressing, but whatever — TAM is going to be a…
pharyngula | June 30, 2011I'm off to Convergence, which has a steampunk theme: I've got lots of leather for a sorta costume, just to blend in, and my wife looks very hot in a bit of jungle explorer garb. The place will be swarming with Skepchicks, too! Also, you may recall, there was a little bet involving my daughter, so there may be some photography going on, and maybe even a bit of shaving. It will be a busy weekend!
Here's a homage to GirlGenius, the wonderful steampunk webcomic:
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pharyngula | June 27, 2011Nice song.
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pharyngula | June 24, 2011The New York legislature has just approved a same-sex marriage bill, and it just awaits the governor's signature to become the law. Six states now offer marriage equality — only 44 more to go. Congratulations to New York for finally doing the right thing.
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pharyngula | June 20, 2011Since I ran into this on that furry blog, I knew it had to go here. A perfectly distilled 8 minutes of nothing but the Kraken scenes from Pirates of the Caribbean — no plot, no dialog, just tentacles everywhere. Yay!
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pharyngula | June 17, 2011We don't need no hymns, we just need songs like this.
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pharyngula | June 14, 2011And is that such a bad thing? Neil Patrick Harris shows why he is awesome.
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pharyngula | June 11, 2011Oooh, Evil Science and Evil Technology. You know this clip is nonsense, though, because there is no Evil Biology.
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pharyngula | June 7, 2011I do love taking the train — it's such a civilized way to travel. I did this yesterday:
And I get to do it in reverse today!
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pharyngula | June 4, 2011Manal al-Sharif has been arrested for the crime of driving a car in Saudi Arabia while having a vagina. Sign the petition, watch the video, talk about it.
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pharyngula | May 14, 2011I understand some of you might recognize the tune.
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pharyngula | May 12, 2011YAAAAAAAAAAAY!
Maybe I should show my students this video on the first day of classes next fall, though.
Now I just need to grade this big stack of papers sitting next to me.
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pharyngula | May 10, 2011The deity gets lessons in how to dazzle the hoi polloi.
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pharyngula | May 8, 2011There's been a lot of sniping and arguing and angry vituperation in the last several endless thread instantiations. Let's all come together like a big happy family on this day, at least.
There is nothing cynical in my choice of videos at all.
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pharyngula | May 6, 2011Don't watch this video unless you really want to lose all hope for humanity. Remember when all the great musicians were composing religious music? (OK, it was long before our time, unless you're a few centuries old, but you know what I mean.)
And hey, what's with all the chattiness? I'm off at a conference and haven't had time to put up much content, so the comment threads are all exploding. Should I just shut up permanently?
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pharyngula | May 6, 2011Does it help if we strip out the strange costumes and the vocals?
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