War Liberal Mac Thomason sent along this careful debunking of the Mothman myth, courtesy of Joe Nickell, special to the Skeptical Inquirer (March-April 2002). Here’s a sample: But what about the red-eyed ‘Mothman’ sightings? The creature at the old munitions area ‘had two big eyes like automobile reflectors,’ and others echoed that description, including one man who, alerted by his dog in the direction of his hay barn, spotted it

So let’s see… I watched The Mothman Prophecies the other night — the blurbs on the DVD case promised me a “creepy” and “unsettling” film, but the blurbs lied, stupid, stupid blurbs — and, though Richard Gere was decent and Laura Linney passable (though just barely so — not my favorite actress, Ms. Linney; Congo sealed her fate as far as I’m concerned), the movie itself was a disappointment. Debra

Anybody else as excited as I am about Interleague play? I mean, Phillies-Tigers! Yup. Hard to beat that.

Anybody else as excited as I am about Interleague play? I mean, Phillies-Tigers! Yup. Hard to beat that.

So I was checking out some pictures from the latest D.C. Blogfest, and I noticed a bunch of the guys in the photos drinking wine. Guys. Wine. Unfortunately, none of the photos have captions identifying the shamed offenders, so I’ll just have to be content with snorting at them in the abstract. Note: Anybody caught drinking wine at the upcoming Rocky Mountain Blogger Bash (anybody, that is, with a penis

Marc Weisblott — busy with present day teevee pilots and obsessed with ABC mini-series The Hamptons’ resident pseudo-celeb, Jaqueline (“Like, I am like, sooo not the airhead I was like, totally portrayed as”) Lipson — passed along to me this item from Orange County Weekly: “

Marc Weisblott — busy with present day teevee pilots and obsessed with ABC mini-series The Hamptons’ resident pseudo-celeb, Jaqueline (“Like, I am like, sooo not the airhead I was like, totally portrayed as”) Lipson — passed along to me this item from Orange County Weekly: “

For those of you interested, here’s a link to the XBox commercial that American censors have banned from U.S. television. You’ll need a media player of some sort to view it. Personally, I think it’s kinda cool, the commercial — and not in any way demeaning to anyone in particular. If anything, it renewed my profound respect for the power of, er, womanhood. Phallocentric, vertical science — particularly physics —

For those of you interested, here’s a link to the XBox commercial that American censors have banned from U.S. television. You’ll need a media player of some sort to view it. Personally, I think it’s kinda cool, the commercial — and not in any way demeaning to anyone in particular. If anything, it renewed my profound respect for the power of, er, womanhood. Phallocentric, vertical science — particularly physics —

Toledo – “Nick and Sarah Arena gave birth to a baby boy early Thursday morning at St. Luke’s Hospital. They’re huge Detroit Red Wings fans, so when they found out they were having a boy, they decided to name him Joe Louis…as in the stadium where the Wings play. Add in thier [sic] last name and he’s Joe Louis Arena.” ‘When I started watching the Red Wings, I put two