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Monthly Archives: October 2013

Grocery store water aisle, skeptic educational opportunity
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October 31, 2013 by kittynh

My two daughters are adults now, but they learned their skeptic lessons well. Skepticism and critical thinking should be part …
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Category: skeptic, Uncategorized | Tags: baby water, Bottled water, Business, Critical thinking, Drink, Fiji, fluoride water, grocery story, learning, new age, new age beverage, paranormal, skeptic, skeptic parenting, water, Water bottle, woo
Bigfoot Art? Culture could be the next “proof”?
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October 28, 2013 by kittynh

As the least physically active member of the Bigfoot Club, I sometimes get stuck with answering questions from locals about …
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Category: Bigfoot, Uncategorized | Tags: Anomalies and Alternative Science, art, Bigfoot, Bigfoot club, cryptozoology, culture, DNA, DNA profiling, McDowell colony, Mother Nature, Native American, New Hampshire, Unknown Primates
The Best Photograph of a Ghost in New Hampshire, is me!
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October 25, 2013 by kittynh

Originally posted on Two Different Girls:
Photoshop helps! Boo I’m a member of the Granite State Skeptics. Skeptic groups are usually like…

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Betty Hill’s Junior
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October 23, 2013 by kittynh

This is “Junior” the well loved alien head sculpted by Marjorie Fish (who also constructed the “star map” based on …
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Category: aliens, UFO, Uncategorized | Tags: abduction, alien, alien abduction, Barney Hill, Betty, Betty and Barney Hill abduction, Betty Hill, Carl Sagan, education, Hill, Junior, Marjorie Fish, New Hampshire, Star Map, UFO, UNH, Unidentified flying object, United States, University of New Hampshire
Who knows what went wrong with the Doctor Who jello mold?
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October 20, 2013 by kittynh

My friend Natalie is a huge Doctor Who fan. Maybe fan isn’t enough of a word for her expertise and …
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Category: travel, Uncategorized | Tags: adventure, Angel food cake, BBC, blob, Brand Name Recipes, convention, cooking, doctor, dr.who, failure, fan, home, jello, Long Island, mold, Natalie, Shots, Sugar substitute, tardis, the doctor, who fan
Darwin Award Winners? Or Just Plain Unlucky Safe Crackers?
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October 18, 2013 by kittynh

Living in rural New Hampshire, my favorite news sources are the local free newspapers. You know the ones, the content …
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Category: bomb, TAM, Uncategorized | Tags: Darwin, Darwin award, death, Explosion, Fireworks, Hopkington, Mythbusters, New Hampshire, Pyrotechnics, safe, safe cracker, TAM, Technology, theft, theif, United States, Villager
The Joy of a Train and Skepticism, for the non Dr.Sheldon Cooper types
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October 16, 2013 by kittynh

I often laugh when Dr.Sheldon Cooper on “The Big Bang Theory” speaks of his love of trains. I am married …
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Category: James Randi, skeptic, TAM, train, Uncategorized | Tags: Big Bang Theory, European train, husband, James Randi, James Randi Educational Foundation, JREF, Polybahn, Rail transport, Railroad engineer, riding, Science in Society, Sheldon Cooper, skeptic, skepticism, Star Trek, Switzerland, TAM, train, train layout, welcoming, Zurich

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