Tag Archives: skeptic
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Super Bowl Superstitions!
Leave a commentJanuary 29, 2013 by kittynh
This blog is called “Yankee Skeptic”, and our family is 100% skeptic and believes in critical thinking. We don’t read …
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Spectrum Scientifics (A science toy store and more)
Leave a commentJanuary 21, 2013 by kittynh
A few years ago a friend of mine (and all skeptics) did a very brave thing. He opened a science …
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Cottingley Fairies, your gateway drug to skepticism (or Why I Love “Flim Flam”)
Leave a commentJanuary 8, 2013 by kittynh
My first introduction to skepticism, as I know it now, was through reading “FlimFlam” by James Randi. My brother had …
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BOO! Why ghost photographs don’t scare us anymore.
1December 21, 2012 by kittynh
http://www.retronaut.com/2012/12/creepy-late-19th-early-20th-century-ghost-pictures/ I was enjoying the site above, laughing at the poorly done ghost photographs and wondering why anyone would believe …
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Santa, my children didn’t myth him….
1December 16, 2012 by kittynh
This article first appeared on JREF’s SWIFT. One subject sure to start a fight with any group of skeptics …
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JREF office in Ft.Lauderdale Florida
2December 3, 2012 by kittynh
Sadly the JREF (James Randi Educational Foundation) office is no longer in Ft.Lauderdale Florida. The good part is that the …
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Pepper’s Ghost, or I accidentally scare myself
5November 14, 2012 by kittynh
It is still possible to buy a small seasonal (no heat in winter) cabin in New Hampshire for a very …
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Ghostly welcome to Sunnyside Cemetery
1November 4, 2012 by kittynh
I enjoy visiting local “haunted” spots. This cemetery in Bennington New Hampshire, seems almost too good to be true. It …
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My Friend Hashimoto (he’s a horrible friend)
7October 31, 2012 by kittynh
“My Friend Hashimoto” is not the name of the newest film from Hayao Miyazaki. It is the name of an …
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