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"How it Works" – How it Works.

There’s a podcast called The Skeptics Guide 5×5 at http://www.theskepticsguide.org/5X5/

They’re going over the list of logical fallacies and common terms in critical thinking (Occam’s razor, straw man, Pareidolia) and I absolutely 100% recommend that everyone check these out. They’re each only 5 minutes, which according to Kolja is the amount of time it takes to convert a 3.5 monster over to 4th edition (I am skeptical).

Here’s a sample which defines the Scientific Method The Scientific Method (click here)

Meanwhile a quote from badastronomy.com:

The Indian Space Research Organization reports that their Chandrayaan-1 Moon probe has entered what’s called a Lunar Transfer Orbit (or LTO), a path that will take it to the Moon. It has been orbiting the Earth since its launch on October 22. Technically, it still is orbiting the Earth, but this new LTO is a highly elliptical path that takes the probe very close to the Moon. On November 8, Chardrayaan-1 will fire its thrusters again, and that will slow it enough to achieve lunar orbit. From there, it will settle down into a much lower, more circular orbit, and then the fun begins as it maps our nearest neighbor in space.

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Official Blurb for Historyonics Launch

And yes, I got my copies of the book if anyone wants to buy any. I almost definitely will be at the launch some time around 6:30 rather than at 1pm.

Historyonics: Stories Drawn from the Past – graffic novel launch featuring more than 15 Vancouver artists including: Jeff Ellis, Jonathon Dalton, Angela Melick, Leanne Riding, Colin Upton, Jack Hume, Jody Kramer, Toren Atkinson, Steve LeCouilliard , Caitlin Russell, Christopher Leinonen, Severine Leibundgut, Kevin Forbes, Alex and Scott Ritchings.
Join us Sunday Nov. 16th for the launch and comic jam. Launch party starts @ 1pm. Entertainment by the Viper Central.

JEM GALLERY
225 Broadway East
Vancouver, BC

www.cloudscapecomics.com
www.myspace.com/vipercentral

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Don't Do What Donny Don't Does

After not visiting my dentist for 7 years I suddenly got dental coverage at my work a couple months ago, and then a chunk of my molar fell out while I was eating a sandwich. I didn’t floss so I got gum disease and cavities and my tooth rotted and my nerve died. A sad story. Only you can prevent forest fires, or something – DON’T LET THIS HAPPEN TO YOU! Cleanings are $200 whereas root canals are over $1000, so visit your dentist if not every six months like they tell you, at least every 2 years.

Also my dentist now has actual fangs. Things change in 7 years. Did you know?

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Dream On

A group of three people woke up and had no memory. They wandered around a wasteland and a large chunk of machinery fell from the sky almost hitting one of them. They started to go a little nuts and one of them ended up with a piece of sheet metal bound to his leg, dragging it along. They thought they were walking to Alaska but they saw something in a tree – the first sign of life besides their own. It was a large monkey! They saw a building – in a fenced off area beside it was a woman glowing a soft red, wandering around like an animal. Inside they found more people, some naked some clothed, in pens. The guy with the sheet metal went nuts and started to wreck stuff. All the doors became prison bars as metal shards grew up from the ground, trapping them in a room. A faceless robot head poked out of a vent and asked “Do I win?”

“Do you win what?”

“Do I win law?”

The rest of the dream was a discussion with the robot about the nature of laws – especially how they change between cultures and over time to meet society’s needs.

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Historyonics For Reals

Okay this time I (presumably) have the correct date. Bit of a SNAFU with the old art crew for reasons incalculable, but not to worry. Apparently the start time is 1pm but I’m more likely to be there around 6 or 7 so that would be a good time to come socialize.

And possibly look at my original art along with everyone else’s.

Sunday, November 16, 2008 at 1:00pm
Location:
The Jem Gallery
225 E Broadway
Vancouver, BC