Yankee Skeptic

Friday Fun Flick! Lola shows off her gams at TAM!

Coming out of the closet, or maybe not as I’m having an anxiety attack and this feels safe.

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May 9, 2013 by kittynh

If anyone complains about the internet, and how social media is ruining our lives, I smack them. Well, in my …
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Category: Uncategorized | Tags: 6 harsh truths, anxiety, being left out, Bloggess, coping, Cracked, depression, depression lies, Hyperbole and a half, out of the closet, Panic attack, the Bloggess, travelling, treatment

Ruppelt of Project Blue Book Prediction.

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May 8, 2013 by kittynh

Edward J. Rupplet is probably one of the most important names in the early history of modern UFO history. Rupplet …
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Category: space, UFO, Uncategorized | Tags: abduction, Betty Hill, France, Hill, Hills, James Randi

Don’t be a Dick, unless your name is Richard, or why I often don’t read the comments

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May 6, 2013 by kittynh

I’d like to first off say, that I always read the comments to be posted to “Yankee Skeptic”. This is …
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Category: atheist, Uncategorized | Tags: Atheism, Bad Astronomy, Dawkin, Dawkins, DBAD, Deism, Don't be a dick, inclusion, Phil Plait, Religion and Spirituality, Richard Dawkins, TAM, Thomas Paine

Friday Fun Flick! TAM 10 forum welcome table

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May 3, 2013 by kittynh

This is where you’ll find me much of TAM. Sara Mayhew, Naomi Baker and Natalie at the Forum Welcome Table …
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Category: Uncategorized | Tags: flying pigs, forum, forum welcome table, JREF, Naomi Baker, Natalie, Sara Mayhew, TAM 10, Vegas

Professional vs. amateur, successful skeptics can’t be defined by a label

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May 1, 2013 by kittynh

Hayley Stevens, UK skeptic and ghost hunting expert, recently felt the need to take a short break from her well …
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Category: Bigfoot, James Randi, skeptic, Uncategorized | Tags: alternative medicine, amateur, Bigfoot, education, expert, Hayley Stevens, James Randi, panel, professional, QED, Robert Sheaffer, skeptic, skeptics, Squatch, Sylvia Browne, Tim Printy, UFO, Unidentified flying object, vaccination

Thomas Paine and the Time that Try Men’s Soles

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April 28, 2013 by kittynh

When I was a young child in 7th grade studying the American Revolution, the class touched only briefly on Thomas …
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Category: atheist, Uncategorized | Tags: American Revolution, Atheism, atheist, author, Benedict Arnold, cobbler, dance, Deism, Foundation Beyond Belief, France, French Revolution, hate, heel, heels, initials, Lafayette, London, P, Paine, Paris, story, T, Thomas Paine, Tom Paine, United States

Fun Friday Flick! Nice shoes! (Sherlock Holmes would know who is wearing them)

Used demon possessed is always better than expensive new!

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April 23, 2013 by kittynh

Recently Pat Robertson weighed in on the question of buying used clothing. He wasn’t against saying a prayer over your used …
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Category: ghost, Uncategorized | Tags: antiques, bed, Billy Bob Thornton, bunk beds, butter churn, demons, furniture, ghost, haunted, lamp, made in China, New England, phobia, poc, possess, possession, Salvation Army, sofa, used clothing, vintage, Wisconsin

Quilts I’ve made for Skeptics

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April 21, 2013 by kittynh

I’m not a great quilter, I sort of fell into making quilts when friends that owned a quilt shop asked …
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Category: James Randi, Uncategorized | Tags: bunny, card trick, cards, Crimefighter, gift, intern, James Randi, magic, magician, Moxie, Penn, Penn Jillette, quilt, quilts, Randi