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Meat Party 2.0
Last night was the second iteration of the aptly-named “meat party”. The goal: eat as many different exotic animals (or animal parts) in a single meal. Here are the results: Pictured: Chicken Hearts Meats Consumed Boar Pâté Quail Pâté Duck … Continue reading
Michael Shermer at UofT
Last night, Michael Shermer spoke on the topic of “Why People Believe Weird Things”, at the University of Toronto. I had a fantastic time hosting the event, and it was an amazing experience to finally meet one of my favourite … Continue reading
Blasphemy Day & New Blog
On September 30, 2005, the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten published a series of twelve editorial cartoons, some of which depicted the Islamic prophet Muhammad, which sparked one of the largest collective shit-storms of censorship and free speech rights the world has … Continue reading
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Tagged blasphemy, blasphemy day, censorship, danish cartoons, free speech, Jyllands-Posten, Muhammad, religion
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The Amazing Meeting: Day 1
Today was the first “official” day of The Amazing Meeting 7. So far, I’ve managed to meet, and get my photo taken with: Phil Plait, Penn Jillette, and Yau-Man Chan. There was a live recording of the Skeptic’s Guide to … Continue reading
Pringles: A Riddle Wrapped in a Mystery Wrapped in a Cardboard Tube
I had always heard, and thus assumed, that Pringles were not classified as potato chips because they were prohibited from doing so due to their mostly non-potato make-up. It’s well known that Pringles are not manufactured like ordinary chips. As … Continue reading
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Tagged biscuit, cake, chips, crisps, potatoes, Pringles, VAT
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Religion Can Be Fun
Even though I’m not religious, it doesn’t mean that I don’t find religion interesting. This BBC interview of Hanif Kureishi echoes a lot of the sentiment I feel towards religion. It’s a fun, and short, read. — BBC.co.uk: ‘Most religious … Continue reading
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We Don’t Care What You Believe In, As Long As You Believe In Something
Despite successfully running in several cities in Canada, including London, Calgary, and Toronto, the Atheist Bus Campaign was blocked from running in Ottawa (Link). Despite the city staff’s approval of similar Christian bible study advertisements, the ads were disallowed from … Continue reading
Video Games Make Me So Angry…
Here’s an interesting perspective on the debate about violence in media. The media likes to run stories linking violent behavior to video games, but a new book is offering up the theory that fantasy violence is actually good for children’s … Continue reading
Good Question
These somewhat-mysterious posters have been popping up around the University of Toronto campus lately. So far, I have no information about who’s putting them up, or why. More information to follow.
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Why The RIAA Is Going To Win
Professor Charles Nesson wants to broadcast his upcoming trial against the RIAA on the internet, according to this article. While this is all fine and dandy, I couldn’t help but notice one of the paragraphs near the bottom of the … Continue reading
