Via PZ, a Facebook argument on whether Batman or Jesus would win in a fight. On the pro-Batman side, “Roland” argues that “You’re all neglecting the fact that Jesus has no inherent power of his own. It’s all from his father.” This, however, overlooks the fact that in The Book of John, Jesus states that [...]
Category Archives: humor
This week in unfortunate event titles
Posted by Chris Hallquist on December 28, 2009
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Skepchick advertises an event titled how to have more sex with Richard Wiseman. The advertising emphasizes the fact that he is the author of a book titled “59 seconds.”
The male angst theorem; or, male whorishness and its consequences
Posted by Chris Hallquist on October 8, 2009
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There’s a sort of emerging conventional wisdom that men have it pretty bad in the 21st century. The success of novels like Fight Club are a sign of the times. There’s always been a market for stories of men who have fist-fights and commit random violence, but only in the 21st century do we have [...]
New Agers
Posted by Chris Hallquist on September 8, 2009
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I just discovered a comment left on the blog from someone claiming to be a high school classmate. Go ahead, click the link–I thought it was hilarious for reasons I couldn’t quite pin down. But that’s not the reason for this post, the reason for this post is what I wrote in response: Yes, my [...]
Carnival of the vacationing blogger #2
Posted by Chris Hallquist on June 26, 2009
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Hey, welcome to the second edition of the “Chris is on Vacation” blog carnival. This is going to be a lot of goofy stuff, though there are a few serious things I´ll start out with. First–something I almost can´t believe I´m typing–Chris Mooney has put up a post effectively admitting that Jerry Coyne is right [...]