Sean Tevis 2010

I am so donating money to this guy.

He is running yet another grass roots internet campaign for the Kansas House this time.

— Tony

No XKCD

I'm thinking of submitting this to the Florida Citizen's for Science stick figure contest. Any thoughts?

— Justin

There's life on Mars!...No, wait....nevermind, it's just a rock

We now have proof of aliens living on Mars. And by living, I really mean dead. And by aliens, I mean rocks.

Spirit, one of the Martian rovers, took a picture of a rock. In one of the thousands of pictures of millions of rocks, there is a rock that kind of looks like a skull. If I use my imagination, it reminds me of the crystal skull from Indiana Jones if the skull was made out of basalt and carved by an 8 year old. It is just a case of paradolia, when the mind recognizes some random thing as something familiar, like a face. The are plenty of examples of this on Mars. Like this one:



This image hit the net last year. It shows Bigfoot strolling around on Mars, that is, if Bigfoot were 3 inches tall and could survive in an oxygen-free atmosphere that is 1% a thick as Earth's. Sorry, crazy believers, just another rock. I'm sure in the future, there will be plenty more photos like these as long as the rovers continue to function. The human mind is very good at deceiving its self.

Special thanks to Kate who sent in the link.

— Justin

Congrats, Elyse

If you listened to our last episode, you would have heard Tony, Scott and I drinking beer and bullshitting with Elyse from Skepchick. You might have noticed that while we were drinking, some of us to excess, Elyse wasn't partaking. In her latest post on Skepchick, she reveals why. BBB would like to congratulate her and wish her and the world's littlest skeptic the best of luck!

— Justin

Stop Talking about Arlen Specter

Speculation that the Democrats will now have some magic 60 bullet to push legislation past a veto with the addition of Senator Specter to the fold is preposterous. He was performing poorly in Republican primary polling because he does not stick to the party platform in votes. His party line jump does absolutely nothing to change the makeup of the senate except change the color of his seat from red to blue on the little TV pundit maps.

I am assuming that the Obama administration is smart enough to know that trying to push bills through without bipartisan support with this new pseudo-supermajority is doomed to failure, I just can't understand why the news organizations don't get it.
If you check out his voting record, by the way, Arlen is an interesting fellow: Pro-choice, supports education funding, pro-gay rights (but not gay marriage), anti-gun control and pro-death penalty. I certainly don't agree with all of his positions, but I certainly respect that he sticks to his guns. (Couldn't resist the cheap pun.)

— Scott

FCBD09

The first Saturday of May for the last few years has been Free Comic Book Day in the U.S. Everybody loves free stuff, so head over to your local comic book store, grab some schwag and maybe buy something too.

I plan on picking up "Attack of the Alterna-Zombies" The synopsis of the book is made of awesome. "The zombie menace invades the Alterna-Verse in this FCBD exclusive! Alterna Comics characters have turned into zombies and it's up to Jesus and Lincoln to defeat them and restore normality to their world."

How can you go wrong with Jesus and Abe Lincoln fighting zombies ... for FREE!

— Tony

Rap Chop!

"You're gonna love my nuts." I swear I have listened to this about 50 times.

— Tony