Hot Randi Frauds Online!

James Randi has put the whole of his Encyclopedia of Claims, Frauds, and Hoaxes of the Occult and Supernatural online as an HTML document. He's taken a page from The Baen Free Library, which has repeatedly demonstrated that making free eBooks available via the Internet increases rather than decreases an author's sales.

This looks like a useful, interesting reference work, but be forewarned: Randi tends to assume that any "Claim" of the "Occult and Supernatural" is in fact a "Fraud" or a "Hoax" -- or just gullibility. The work, therefore, is not entirely sarcasm-free.

Hot Randi Frauds Online!

James Randi has put the whole of his Encyclopedia of Claims, Frauds, and Hoaxes of the Occult and Supernatural online as an HTML document. He's taken a page from The Baen Free Library, which has repeatedly demonstrated that making free eBooks available via the Internet increases rather than decreases an author's sales.

This looks like a useful, interesting reference work, but be forewarned: Randi tends to assume that any "Claim" of the "Occult and Supernatural" is in fact a "Fraud" or a "Hoax" -- or just gullibility. The work, therefore, is not entirely sarcasm-free.

Public Service Announcement

I have just accidentally ingested something containing cocoa. For those of you who don't know, I'm allergic to chocolate.

Don't panic; this is not an "omigawdI'mgonnadie" post. It was a small quantity, and thus far, chocolate has never triggered anything worse than skin irritation or congestion and sneezing.

Lacking any other antihistamines in the house, I have taken two Unisom, which has the same active ingredient as Benadryl. I will probably pass out within the hour.

Oooh. There's the first hint of the sinus headache.

Lesson for today: just because it's not a chocolate flavor of Pocky doesn't mean that it doesn't have ANY chocolate in it.

Public Service Announcement

I have just accidentally ingested something containing cocoa. For those of you who don't know, I'm allergic to chocolate.

Don't panic; this is not an "omigawdI'mgonnadie" post. It was a small quantity, and thus far, chocolate has never triggered anything worse than skin irritation or congestion and sneezing.

Lacking any other antihistamines in the house, I have taken two Unisom, which has the same active ingredient as Benadryl. I will probably pass out within the hour.

Oooh. There's the first hint of the sinus headache.

Lesson for today: just because it's not a chocolate flavor of Pocky doesn't mean that it doesn't have ANY chocolate in it.