Daily Archives: February 11th, 2008

Skeptic Circle reminder

Just a reminder I’m going to be hosting the Skeptics’ Circle here Feb. 14th. Romance! Insects! Skepticism!
For example: I’m skeptical this dude’s sword is really that big. And….um….he’s oiled up enough to catch a lot of gnats standing outside like that.
Yeah.
Well, hopefully the actual circle will pull together a bit more smoothly.

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More entomophagy in the news

Hey, there’s a really nice article about bug food in the New York Times today:
“In the kitchen at Toscanini’s Ice Cream, David Gracer plunged a spoon into various insect-and-ice-cream concoctions. Wielding a grasshopper covered in burned caramel, he said: “Insects can feed the world. Cows and pigs are the S.U.V.’s; bugs are the bicycles.”
Provocative as [...]