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Forum: History, Literature, and the Arts Yesterday, 11:44 AM
Replies: 149
Views: 11,014
Posted By Spektator
Mazard. Hamlet makes a speech whilst holding...

Mazard. Hamlet makes a speech whilst holding Yorick's in his hand.
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 12th March 2024, 09:52 AM
Replies: 42
Views: 718
Posted By Spektator
Write "I want to be an Illuminatus" in black ink...

Write "I want to be an Illuminatus" in black ink on whIte paper, sign it, and at noon on either a solstice or an equinox take the application outside, hold it face up for a full hour, then burn it....
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 10th March 2024, 02:51 PM
Replies: 1,869
Views: 45,559
Posted By Spektator
It's always pulling, but it involves a different...

It's always pulling, but it involves a different anatomical locus.
Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal 9th March 2024, 09:55 AM
Replies: 28
Views: 646
Posted By Spektator
That was the goal of "Assignment:...

That was the goal of "Assignment: Earth."
Forum: History, Literature, and the Arts 5th March 2024, 11:46 AM
Replies: 1,340
Views: 233,995
Posted By Spektator
It probably wouldn't be on the curriculum of any...

It probably wouldn't be on the curriculum of any schools, with the exception of those run by and for fundamentalists! I'd read about it, but never actually read the book until taking a set of...
Forum: History, Literature, and the Arts 4th March 2024, 09:15 AM
Replies: 1,340
Views: 233,995
Posted By Spektator
John Bunyan, The Pilgrim's Progress, because...

John Bunyan, The Pilgrim's Progress, because years ago I did a research project on it in grad school and got nostalgic, I suppose. Once one of the two books that nearly every literal Colonial...
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 3rd March 2024, 11:34 AM
Replies: 1,869
Views: 45,559
Posted By Spektator
"I have seen them in the cages of the park...

"I have seen them in the cages of the park menagerie, I have learned that all but one are in the Birch society, right now I'm in the process of investigating me...."

MAD magazine had it nailed.
Forum: History, Literature, and the Arts 27th February 2024, 01:05 PM
Replies: 1,340
Views: 233,995
Posted By Spektator
Anatomy of a Murder, by Robert Traver (John...

Anatomy of a Murder, by Robert Traver (John Voelker), mostly because I really liked the James Stewart, Ben Gazzara, Lee Remick, Eve Arden movie and the ebook was on sale for less than two bucks. It's...
Forum: History, Literature, and the Arts 27th February 2024, 12:57 PM
Replies: 419
Views: 12,512
Posted By Spektator
About fifteen years ago, I inherited a set of...

About fifteen years ago, I inherited a set of audiotapes, including almost all of the John D. MacDonald Travis McGee series, narrated by Darren McGavin. Had to buy an old Walkman to have something to...
Forum: History, Literature, and the Arts 27th February 2024, 12:49 PM
Replies: 48
Views: 1,076
Posted By Spektator
Cat Ballou. The movie is a full-on comedy, with...

Cat Ballou. The movie is a full-on comedy, with incidental music. The novel, The Ballad of Cat Ballou, is a dead-eyed, trying-to-be-serious melodrama, the characters flat, the dialogue dull, the plot...
Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal 24th February 2024, 07:04 PM
Replies: 29
Views: 1,133
Posted By Spektator
Some time around 2000 astrologists decided to...

Some time around 2000 astrologists decided to call themselves astrologers instead, so astrologer is the newer and preferred term, on the argument that it is more consonant with astronomer and might...
Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal 18th February 2024, 06:38 PM
Replies: 29
Views: 1,133
Posted By Spektator
There's nothing to astrology. We Scorpios are...

There's nothing to astrology. We Scorpios are very skeptical.
Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal 18th February 2024, 12:30 PM
Replies: 29
Views: 1,133
Posted By Spektator
Forum: Social Issues & Current Events 13th February 2024, 04:46 AM
Replies: 683
Views: 15,697
Posted By Spektator
Taylor Swift was on camera for less than one...

Taylor Swift was on camera for less than one minute of a 4,500 minute game, or .02%. In the words of Abraham Lincoln, "Big whoop."
Forum: History, Literature, and the Arts 9th February 2024, 06:44 PM
Replies: 51
Views: 1,124
Posted By Spektator
My college roommate was a theater major. I was...

My college roommate was a theater major. I was majoring in chemistry but I had a car. During our first year I drove him to three auditions. He always got a part. I auditioned too and always got a...
Forum: History, Literature, and the Arts 9th February 2024, 04:49 PM
Replies: 51
Views: 1,124
Posted By Spektator
My experience, too. I quickly discovered how much...

My experience, too. I quickly discovered how much fun small roles were because they are much easier to memorize, the actor can fool around with them, and he or she gets to take a bow. In three...
Forum: History, Literature, and the Arts 7th February 2024, 03:40 PM
Replies: 51
Views: 1,124
Posted By Spektator
It involved standing outside the dressing room,...

It involved standing outside the dressing room, yelling " Master William, I beg forgiveness" three times, then when the leading lady asked from inside "Tell then the title, pray?" Then I had to say,...
Forum: History, Literature, and the Arts 6th February 2024, 06:04 PM
Replies: 51
Views: 1,124
Posted By Spektator
I acted in community and college theaters for 25...

I acted in community and college theaters for 25 years, taking strictly character roles except twice, when I got talked into major parts only because I could do dialects. The superstitions the more...
Forum: USA Politics 27th January 2024, 06:14 AM
Replies: 482
Views: 12,560
Posted By Spektator
We can be fairly sure it contained a faux lawyer.

We can be fairly sure it contained a faux lawyer.
Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal 27th January 2024, 05:49 AM
Replies: 2,321
Views: 471,300
Posted By Spektator
Yeah, back then you could give the big guy a can...

Yeah, back then you could give the big guy a can of beans and a screwdriver to open it and gain a friend for life.
Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal 16th January 2024, 10:12 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 602
Posted By Spektator
Who picked a peck of pockets....

Who picked a peck of pockets....
Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal 12th January 2024, 01:32 PM
Replies: 64
Views: 3,998
Posted By Spektator
Mine was accurate.

Mine was accurate.
Forum: History, Literature, and the Arts 9th January 2024, 06:28 AM
Replies: 1,340
Views: 233,995
Posted By Spektator
Smile Good for you, old sport!

Good for you, old sport!
Forum: History, Literature, and the Arts 4th January 2024, 02:43 PM
Replies: 419
Views: 12,512
Posted By Spektator
John Dickson Carr and Ellery Queen frequently...

John Dickson Carr and Ellery Queen frequently supplied floor plans. SS Van Dyne was fond of family trees.
Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal 3rd January 2024, 11:33 AM
Replies: 2,321
Views: 471,300
Posted By Spektator
Warning: photos of dead road-killed animals. ...

Warning: photos of dead road-killed animals.
Coyotes (https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo/roadkill-coyote.html?sortBy=relevant). Wolf....
Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal 30th December 2023, 03:27 PM
Replies: 2,321
Views: 471,300
Posted By Spektator
On the cover,...

On the cover, (https://skepticalinquirer.org/volume/no-1-vol-48/) "Bigfoot Is Dead." Inside, "Is Bigfoot Dead." I did say "cover story." :D
Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal 30th December 2023, 03:18 PM
Replies: 2,321
Views: 471,300
Posted By Spektator
BTW, the current Skeptical Inquirer (Jan-Feb...

BTW, the current Skeptical Inquirer (Jan-Feb 2024) includes a cover story by Benjamin Radford, "Bigfoot Is Dead."
Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal 30th December 2023, 02:16 PM
Replies: 2,321
Views: 471,300
Posted By Spektator
BTW, the current Skeptical Inquirer (Jan-Feb...

BTW, the current Skeptical Inquirer (Jan-Feb 2024) includes a cover story by Benjamin Radford, "Bigfoot Is Dead."
Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal 30th December 2023, 02:07 PM
Replies: 2,321
Views: 471,300
Posted By Spektator
BTW, the current Skeptical Inquirer (Jan-Feb...

BTW, the current Skeptical Inquirer (Jan-Feb 2024) includes an article by Benjamin Radford, "Bigfoot Is Dead."
Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal 30th December 2023, 12:41 PM
Replies: 2,321
Views: 471,300
Posted By Spektator
You're welcome! Over time I learned that many...

You're welcome! Over time I learned that many writers and researchers whose work fascinated teenage me (Frank Edwards, Hans Holzer, Carlos Castaneda many others) turned out to be overly credulous,...
Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal 30th December 2023, 11:32 AM
Replies: 2,321
Views: 471,300
Posted By Spektator
Duplicate post, sorry.

Duplicate post, sorry.
Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal 30th December 2023, 11:31 AM
Replies: 2,321
Views: 471,300
Posted By Spektator
AmyStrange was probably thinking of Jon-Erik...

AmyStrange was probably thinking of Jon-Erik Beckjord, who believed that Bigfoot was a paranormal inter-dimensional creature capable of dematerializing and mind-reading as well as time travel. He...
Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal 29th December 2023, 03:29 PM
Replies: 467
Views: 65,344
Posted By Spektator
Wink Missed JoeMorgue's joke, did we?

Missed JoeMorgue's joke, did we?
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 14th December 2023, 07:40 AM
Replies: 1,869
Views: 45,559
Posted By Spektator
Auto-correct discriminates against Discworld...

Auto-correct discriminates against Discworld terms,
Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal 9th December 2023, 12:45 PM
Replies: 467
Views: 65,344
Posted By Spektator
I know, right? Hebraic, Etruscan, Greek, Roman,...

I know, right? Hebraic, Etruscan, Greek, Roman, USMC? I liked the MAD variant "Shazoom" better: Strength, Health, Aptitude, Zeal, Ox (power of), Ox (power of another), Money. :boggled:
Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal 7th December 2023, 05:40 PM
Replies: 467
Views: 65,344
Posted By Spektator
"Shazam" has been around since 1940 and the first...

"Shazam" has been around since 1940 and the first installment of the Fawcett version of the Captain Marvel comic. It stands for Samson, Hercules, Atlas, Zeus, Achilles, and Mercury. And yes, Gomer...
Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal 6th December 2023, 02:53 PM
Replies: 467
Views: 65,344
Posted By Spektator
Yet millions of us think it's spelled Looney...

Yet millions of us think it's spelled Looney Tunes.
Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal 5th December 2023, 12:34 PM
Replies: 467
Views: 65,344
Posted By Spektator
"Sehr guten tag, mate!"

"Sehr guten tag, mate!"
Forum: History, Literature, and the Arts 2nd December 2023, 05:09 PM
Replies: 1,340
Views: 233,995
Posted By Spektator
Just reread Robinson Crusoe (vol. 1 only) after...

Just reread Robinson Crusoe (vol. 1 only) after several decades. I had forgotten lots of the Dissenter-style Protestant meditations. Book holds up, though the part set in the Pyrenees gets carried...
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 20th November 2023, 01:47 PM
Replies: 1,488
Views: 54,701
Posted By Spektator
An AI source assured me that the major characters...

An AI source assured me that the major characters in Daniel Defoe's Robinson Crusoe are Crusoe, Friday . . . and Ebenezer Scrooge, a kindly Portuguese sea captain who rescues Crusoe.
Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal 11th November 2023, 07:48 AM
Replies: 385
Views: 10,522
Posted By Spektator
Five will get you eight they're wrong.

Five will get you eight they're wrong.
Forum: Science, Mathematics, Medicine, and Technology 7th November 2023, 10:15 AM
Replies: 1,390
Views: 235,020
Posted By Spektator
And an LP as well!

And an LP as well!
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 5th November 2023, 02:33 PM
Replies: 44
Views: 2,799
Posted By Spektator
In the CT world, every day is the first of April.

In the CT world, every day is the first of April.
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 2nd November 2023, 07:20 AM
Replies: 44
Views: 2,799
Posted By Spektator
Maybe Putin isn't "dead," but "Putin" is dead. Or...

Maybe Putin isn't "dead," but "Putin" is dead. Or . . . Putin "is" dead!
Forum: Conspiracies and Conspiracy Theories 29th October 2023, 09:31 AM
Replies: 1,764
Views: 43,579
Posted By Spektator
In 2017, three homeless men stated a fire beneath...

In 2017, three homeless men stated a fire beneath a bridge on I-85 north of Atlanta. The fire spread to a stack of polyethylene pipes, which generated enough heat to weaken the steel in the bridge...
Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal 24th October 2023, 04:07 PM
Replies: 77
Views: 3,536
Posted By Spektator
True. I can have some sympathy for the victims -...

True. I can have some sympathy for the victims - they may be searching for comfort, for relief from grieving, and their willingness to be fooled is understandable. As we can see in the USA today,...
Forum: History, Literature, and the Arts 22nd October 2023, 05:08 AM
Replies: 1,340
Views: 233,995
Posted By Spektator
I also recommend Bill Bryson's One Summer:...

I also recommend Bill Bryson's One Summer: America, 1927.
Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal 17th October 2023, 10:23 AM
Replies: 77
Views: 3,536
Posted By Spektator
Duplicate post deleted.

Duplicate post deleted.
Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal 17th October 2023, 09:52 AM
Replies: 77
Views: 3,536
Posted By Spektator
Not quite. The marks filled out a card specifying...

Not quite. The marks filled out a card specifying what disease or condition they wanted Popoff, a faith healer, to cure them of. Popoff wore an inconspicuous hearing aid that was actually a radio...
Forum: General Skepticism and The Paranormal 16th October 2023, 12:03 PM
Replies: 77
Views: 3,536
Posted By Spektator
Three of my own true experiences: 1. In high...

Three of my own true experiences:

1. In high school one of my classmates was a big believer in telepathy. He used to test other students by having them sit across the table from him while he...
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