Hot, cold and dry! October 9, 2013. Last time, we covered the extremely humid and wet areas of the planet, the rainforests. Today we go to the other extreme, the desert, and semi-desert climates. Hot desert regions, BWh in the Koppen Climate Classification. Well, arid climates f.

Shut Up, Bitch! Thoughts on feminism, religion, politics, queer issues, animal rights, skepticism, and anything else that gets me going, from a secular humanist perspective. Friday, September 6, 2013. I Am a False Rape Allegation Statistic. This was originally a comment left on a post by Jason over at Lousy Canuck. I decided to post it here, as well. Descriptions of rape and the aftermath, police abuse, victim-blaming. Focused on my mental health history! Even got on the ground and acted out.

Conversations with a Nigerian Bank Scammer. The famous Nigerian Bank Scam. One can hardly be on the Internet these days with a Hotmail or Yahoo mail address and not get about two or three of these a week. If not, let me bring you up to speed. Travel to Amsterdam, you will. Open the bank account, and for your troubles, you will.

Musing on science, skepticism, history, mythology, and more. And now up on Amazon.

Promoting skeptical inquiry in vegan spaces,. Robert Johnson is a British ethicist and moral philsopher. And commissioning editor of Ockham Publishing. He kindly agreed to allow me to pester him with misspelled, sophomoric questions. This week, I asked him about the difference between causing and preventing harm.

Scientist, Brewer, Gardener, Chicken Coop-Builder. The mushroom logs inoculated last spring are still sitting in the yard. Straw bag day 1 inoculation.

8220; A professional hunter is facing criminal charges in Zimbabwe in the. Death of a beloved lion. Was found beheaded and skinned. Outside the Hwange national park in early July. The hunter, Theo Bronkhorst, of. Was charged by police in Victoria Falls after officials said they determined the hunt was illegal. Told The Guardian in a statement.

Wednesday, February 18, 2015. Wednesday, January 21, 2015. A strategy for achieving vegan critical mass. It focuses especially on the difference between principles and strategy, and talks about real impact.