Author Archives: oddemperor

You correctly pointed out that my weblog’s been locked for the last few weeks,… well; mostly correctly. I turned off open comments because of a sudden high volume of spam that I had to wade through. Anyone can comment if … Continue reading →

Cognitive Dissonance; I keep running across this term over in King Alfred’s various writings. When I do, this quote from The Princess Bride comes to mind…“ You keep using that word — I do not think it means what you … Continue reading →

Couple of funny articles from that other skeptic some of you wackos love to hate! Jersey devil folklore delivers entertainment, little else. Creationism thought deconstructed with air conditioners. Enjoy (or not!)

It’s called FLOWERS FOR ALGER-EMPIE. This of course is a play on the title of a story. Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes. It was a short story that was turned into a novel back in the 1960s. About a … Continue reading →

Behold! I give you the end of the Information Age and the beginning of– The Age of Indexing! Snarked from Matt Tonnies’s blog All human life is indexed on the web Search engines are changing the face of business forever

Some definitions Skeptic; One who instinctively or habitually doubts, questions, or disagrees with assertions or generally accepted conclusions. Cynic; A person whose outlook is scornfully and often habitually negative. Debunker; To expose or ridicule the falseness, sham, or exaggerated claims … Continue reading →

A short time ago, some UFO update aficionados put together the UFO Blog Coalition, Terry Groff one of the founders and master of ceremonies of the UFC put it this way. The UBC is kind of a one-stop-shop for UFO … Continue reading →

Aaron Sakulich did an interview with David M. Jacobs (PhD.) He’s an associate history professor at Temple University. It’s a fascinating piece. True to form Sakulich does something here that’s a bit unorthodox. He doesn’t edit his interview, he allows … Continue reading →

Here we go again! Meteorology expert, trained RF-remote sensing and climatologist Richard Hoagland has found evidence that hurricane Katrina is indeed an artificial hyper-dimensional storm that was hurled into the midsection of the US like a large soggy baseball into … Continue reading →

A very nice piece from the Harvard Gazette, “Alien abduction claims explained Sleep paralysis, false memories involved” By William J. Cromie Many of the people who believe they have been abducted by aliens are bombarding Susan Clancy with hate e-mails … Continue reading →