This is so not a thing I have time for today, but five people emailed me overnight regarding the Paracas skulls. Five! I’m a little bit touched that people would want my opinion on something or even assume that I […]
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The Whisky Rant
Presidents building robot armies that can murder without trial, Nazi inquisitor popes climbing back down off the cross, meteors smashing into Russia, billionaires constructing private space stations, children's authors being …
Let's return to the opening metaphor of an oceanic journey following the promise of some old maps and unfamiliar stars... You hear some strange tales in the dive bars by the …
"Your head's like mine, like all our heads; big enough to contain every god and devil there ever was. Big enough to hold the weight of the oceans and the …
My father's eyes narrow and I can't tell if it's from rage or thoughtfulness. He picks up his gin and sips slowly on it. We are having our weekly drink at …
Does it not fascinate you that there was a first sorcerer, a first shaman, a first act of magic? There is considerable, understandable interest in how our art tumbled down from …
This isn’t an alien rant... aliens aren’t anymore rant-worthy than leeks or sparrows. Have you ever had to convince anybody that aliens exist somewhere in our mediocre universe? Even Dawkins thinks …
Seven day cycles don’t exist in nature. Which is why, when we find them, we have to make the qualified assumption that they are anthropogenic. You know how it always seems to …
If you woke up this morning with Queen Elizabeth II as your head of state then you probably have an opinion about rugby. Or if you woke up this morning in …
The greatest challenge when engaging with pseudohistory is its persistent need to speculate beyond the data. Take the Paeleolithic Renaissance. There is currently no universally accepted -or even verifiable- explanation for this …
From your own experience, ask yourself this honestly: how successful are surprise parties? How about this one: how long does it typically take for a workplace-based extramarital affair to become common …
For Scribs. As a teenager it became apparent that getting boys to make out with you required a substantially different strategy than getting girls to. With girls I would just add wine …
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Look! He’s Over There!
