Category Archives: Thoughts

The Amazing Meeting: Day 1

Posted on July 10, 2009 by Mitchell Gerskup

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 →

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Phishing Fail

Posted on July 3, 2009 by Mitchell Gerskup

Sometimes I get the feeling that phishers aren’t even trying any more: Note: The sender’s name.

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AWESOME!

Posted on June 25, 2009 by Mitchell Gerskup

Stumbled across this commercial on the YouTubes the other day. It is AWESOME!

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Monopolies? In Canada!? Surlely not!

Posted on June 23, 2009 by Mitchell Gerskup

I decided to track the data on my usage/billing statistics from my monthly Fido bill. Today, I decided it might be fun to perform an analysis of the collected data. I decided to plot my average monthly bill against the … Continue reading →

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Chiropractic: It’s Kind of Like Medicine… Right?

Posted on June 18, 2009 by Mitchell Gerskup

I was asked to write a post about Chiropractic. I am (obviously) not a medical professional, and so I won’t deconstruct any of the studies pointing to specific things that chiropractic can and cannot do. Instead, I’ll attempt to look … Continue reading →

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Success!

Posted on June 18, 2009 by Mitchell Gerskup

Well, of a sort:

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Movie Idea

Posted on May 19, 2009 by Mitchell Gerskup

JCVD (Jesus Christ Versus Dinosaurs) Jesus travels through time to the future, where we find out that dinosaurs have developed the technology to clone themselves and have used that power to take over the world. As he is pursued by … Continue reading →

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Biting the Bullet

Posted on May 11, 2009 by Mitchell Gerskup

I have found a new God: Just one of these had me pulling an all-nighter with relative ease. With 300mg of caffeine packed into a 2.9oz container, it’s hard to imagine anything more awesome.

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Why I Dislike Moral Philosophy

Posted on April 30, 2009 by Mitchell Gerskup

With a few exceptions, the entire field of moral philosophy seems aimed at explaining a phenomenon through positing outrageously complicated metaphysical frameworks. The number of theories of moral philosophy is roughly equivalent to the number of moral philosophers and very … Continue reading →

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Why?

Posted on March 26, 2009 by Mitchell Gerskup

Why blog? I have no illusions of fame. The simplest answer is that I do it to rant… to let the ideas bottled up in my head out before my brain reaches critical mass. It feels good to get your … Continue reading →

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