Ah, SkeptiProm. It’s going to be the night of our dreams! We’ll eat, drink, and be merry! We might even remember it the next morning! So what to wear to this fabulous shindig? So many options, so few SkeptiProms… Here are some ideas, but remember, there are no rules! (Well, Read more…
We are delighted to introduce Sheree Renée Thomas to the Skepticrowd! Sheree writes in Tennessee between a river and a pyramid. How cool is that? Honestly, we’d have her speak just to talk about the pyramid. Not only does she have great taste in property, but she has great taste Read more…
The Community Blood Center of the Ozarks Bloodmobile will be at Skepticon again for a blood drive! If you want to help save lives while you’re having a blast at Skepticon 7, please consider helping us fulfill our goal of 25 units/donors!!!! If you donate blood, besides helping someone else, Read more…
Cara Santa Maria has dedicated her life to improving science literacy by communicating scientific principles across media platforms. You probably recognize her from her weekly science podcast called “Talk Nerdy.” Science, education, and talkin’ nerdy? Cara is right up our alley!!! Her published research has spanned various topics, including clinical Read more…
We’ve been looking for some creative new fundraisers because we’re still pretty short of our fundraising goal. Lauren’s been having us listen to her “Ladies Power Hour” radio station during all our meetings, so it was a no-brainer to take a page from Beyoncé’s book- we’re going to “Upgrade U”!!!! Read more…
PZ Myers is definitely one of our more infamous cohorts. PZ (Which stands for Paul Zachary–thanks Wikipedia!) has been here since day one after we plied him with a pirate hat and beer. He regularly blogs over at Pharyngula and can be found at the University of Minnesota, Morris teaching the next Read more…
It’s official, the Ramada Oasis Hotel and Convention Center is ENTIRELY OURS for the weekend! BWA HA HA HA HAaaaaa!!! We’re not really sure they know what they’re getting themselves into, but so far so good! This is great for us, because it means we have the run of the Read more…
AHHHHH!!!! FREAK OUT!!!! There is only ONE MONTH UNTIL SKEPTICON!!!!! We don’t mean to scare you, but there is really and truly only a month left until Skepticon 7!!!!! Well, we suppose you Skeptipeople are probably a lot more excited than freaked out. AS YOU SHOULD BE!!!! We have SO MUCH Read more…
Good news: if you register online by the end of the day today, we’ll give you one for free!!! Best news: they’re pretty pretty bad-ass, brightly colored, and the VERY FIRST SKEPTICON BADGES IN EXISTANCE, so we’re sure you can sell yours for a lot of dollars in 50 years Read more…
With the final days of Skepticon approaching, we need to finalize all of your goodies! We’re finalizing your T-Shirt pre-orders with SWAGBOT today!!! If you want your official Skepticon 7 shirt, you need to place YOUR order immediately! Remember, we cannot guarantee size availiability at the event itself, so if Read more…