Category Archives: Silliness

Introducing Full Professor SkySkull!

Posted on May 3, 2016 by

For those who don’t follow me on Twitter, I thought I should share the news here: I received word from my department chair today that my promotion to Full Professor of Physics and Optical Science at UNCC was approved! If … Continue reading →

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Ted Cruz attempts to be human

Posted on April 8, 2016 by

A quiet week on the blog, as I’m traveling.  In the meantime, I’ve been thinking again how Ted Cruz has such an unnatural demeanor that he is either the Zodiac Killer or an alien infiltrator, seeking to destroy our planet … Continue reading →

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The Gun-Fight Before Christmas

Posted on December 15, 2015 by

Been busy at work and struggling to finish new science posts for the blog.  In the meantime, here’s some silliness that I did on twitter. So what does Christmas mean to you? Birth of the savior?  A day to strive for … Continue reading →

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The Muslimoclockobomb conspiracy: connecting the dots

Posted on September 20, 2015 by

By now, you have all no doubt heard about 14-year-old Ahmed Mohamed, who brought a home-made “clock” to his Texas school to show to his engineering teacher and was arrested when he was unable to explain why it was not a bomb … Continue reading →

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The Lost Skeleton Walks Among Us! (hopefully)

Posted on June 19, 2014 by

Proving once again that you can’t keep a good undead down, at least not the first or second time, it was recently announced that there will be a third film in the Lost Skeleton of Cadavra (soon-to-be) trilogy! Being that … Continue reading →

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The Curse of “Asshole Ra”

Posted on March 31, 2014 by

Updated with even more assholeness of Ra! Twitter is a great place to waste time, but it is also a great place to get inspired with really ridiculous ideas.  After I pointed out that a sequel to the movie Prometheus … Continue reading →

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George Gabriel Stokes in love! (1857)

Posted on June 4, 2013 by

Been very busy the past few weeks with work, house buying and selling, and life in general.  Catching back up on blog posts; here’s a bit of sweetness connected to a prominent physicist. With the weather finally turning nice at … Continue reading →

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