News for Extraordinary Times
Thursday July 29th 2010

‘superstition’ Archives

More witchcraft hysteria

So...  I guess I really have to admit that the Thursday blog has turned into an Every-Other-Friday blog as of late. I had a good friend who used to say "a bad excuse is better than no excuse." Right now, though, my only excuse is "I've been crazy busy and preoccupied." Lame, I know. But an excuse, nonetheless. So for this edition of the [...]

Monkeypig

Monkeypig

Just, wow...

African Witch Stories

African Witch Stories

Some of my favorite news stories come out of sub-Saharan Africa. When looking at African newspapers (or news sites in our modern digital world) it isn't uncommon to see a story on the development of environmentally friendly technology solutions like solar powered laptops and cooking stoves that run on recycled paper pellets sharing space with [...]

Because it’s Thursday

I'm going to try and start a new tradition around here. Every Thursday we're going to post random links to strange tid-bits in the news that you may have missed, may have seen elsewhere, or may know more about than any of us could begin to. I'll need your help to keep on task. Sometimes there will be a theme. If I can't come up with a [...]