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# oddities

denver to ufologists: we don’t want to believe
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denver to ufologists: we don’t want to believe

Unsurprisingly, the people of Denver don't want to spend their money on researching UFO sightings instead of basic public services.

for some people, halloween never really ends…
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for some people, halloween never really ends…

For the vast majority of people, Halloween is an excuse to dress up in costumes and have fun. But for some, it's a time when demons walk the Earth and a perfect opportunity to fight against the modern world.

grammar pedants, language, and stephen fry
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grammar pedants, language, and stephen fry

Stephen Fry has a message for pedants who crawl through many a blog's comment threads.

preparing for hell the pseudo-scientific way
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preparing for hell the pseudo-scientific way

Just because you've been condemned to hell doesn't mean it has to be torture. All you need to do is know how to prepare for your particular damnation.

is this the golden age of conspiracy theories?
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is this the golden age of conspiracy theories?

Conspiracies seem to be all around us today. And ironically, that's the reason why most of them can't possibly be true.

cthulhu probably wouldn’t approve of this…
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cthulhu probably wouldn’t approve of this…

Here's a brief animated summary of the Cthulhu Mythos for those of you who from some bizarre reason haven't read it yet.

a look at monstrous wildlife, graboid edition
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a look at monstrous wildlife, graboid edition

A closer, more scientific-ish look at the dreaded primordial graboid...

when priests resort to insidious scare tactics
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when priests resort to insidious scare tactics

Someone should tell Reverend Robert Barro that "believe what I say or God will smite you" is not a logical or morally upstanding argument in favor of one's religion.

wait, isn’t nature a scientific publication?
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wait, isn’t nature a scientific publication?

For some inexplicable reason, Nature decided to publish a paranoid parable about tyrannical New Atheists lobotomizing Christians into depression and loneliness.

shadow nation: future shock, part three
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shadow nation: future shock, part three

The third, and for now, final installment of a sci-fi experiment focused on this blog's favorite themes.

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