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Amusing and/or interesting
Stuff I find other people might find funny or just plain interesting.
Who is going to San Diego Comic-Con?
Jul 18th
I AM!
Wednesday CJ and I fly out mid-afternoon for San Diego. We’ll be staying at 500 West, which I hear is not great but it is less expensive. I can deal with anything for 4 days.
Thursday night is W00tstock.
Friday night is the Tweet House Tweetup.
I know my friend A lives there, and Katie and Tyler will be in town.
So who else is going?
I should sue
Jul 16th
I love McDonalds’ hot apple pies. I know they’re not really apple pies, but two for $1? You can’t beat that. Well not anymore.
Kira and I ran up to McDonalds (indoor play area, duh) for dinner last night. I had a chicken Caesar salad and while I was picking out the teeny tomatoes (shut up, tomatoes are gross) Kira said “I like those!”
There was an entire conversation where she wouldn’t say tomato, she called them potatoes. So I fumbled with my mobile to try and recreate it. I should know better, right? You just can’t recreate funny childhood moments.
The important part of the video is the last couple of seconds. That’s when Kira’s chewing away at her half of my apple pie and comes upon the surprise ingredient. A long blond hair. She just kept pulling and pulling, it must have been eight inches long.
GROSS!
I should sue. Not the local store, as these things are pre-packaged elsewhere. Do I sue corporate? The kid got over it pretty quick, but their hot apple pies are ruined for me forever! Pain and suffering, PAIN AND SUFFERING!
Highlights of TAM8
Jul 12th
These are the panels I actually attended. Unfortunately I couldn’t physically sit through all the panels I wanted to see.
Friday:
- Simon Singh talking about his libel court battle in London with the Chiropractics. Excellent.
- Joe Nickell talking about his interviews with sham paranormal practitioners. Okay
- Adam Savage talking about atheism and science. Great, but the best part was his response to the over-hostile moon landing conspiracy guy.
- Skeptics Guide to the Universe Dinner. Mr. Deity.’nuff said.
Saturday:
- James McGaha droning on and on about the improbability of aliens among us. And I mean drone.
- Paranormal Investigations panel was pretty good.
- Paul Provenza was funny. I may even spend a dime on his book Sataristas.
- Skepchick Wild Wild West Bordello party was the shit. A little hot and crowded but lots of fun.
Sunday:
Was a day of papers. I only went to a couple as my back had had quite enough of that sitting thing. One was Dr. Ryan Shaffer talking about his investigation of Sylvia Browne. Proof that in 115 televised specific “predictions” she got zero correct. Or even close. The other was Kevin Folta pointing out that EVERYTHING we eat has been genetically altered in one way or another. Science is NOT teh evil. Did you know bananas originally had lots of seeds?
When I wasn’t at the conference, I was either at the pool or at the bar. What I really want to know is how, in the same general hot-as-shit environment as we have here, they keep their pool freezing cold. It must be magic.
