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For the next Winchester SitP on the 26th of August we are pleased to host, from Improbable Science, the most excellent Prof. David Colquhoun. .

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Crispian_JagoCrispian_Jago: This weeks FRIDAY QUIZ is relatively easy, so you'll need to be quick. T-29 mins
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Crispian_JagoCrispian_Jago: The FRIDAY MUSIC quiz will be at 10am sharp
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paddyrexpaddyrex: @peterrowlett brilliant. I love @brum_skeptics but it'll be nice to be at one where somebody else is doing the running round #sitp
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paddyrexpaddyrex: Delivering training tmorrow, better start winding down. Just edited post #sitp chat with @tkingdoll. @PenguinGalaxy you are next mwah ha ha!
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dts1970dts1970: @paddyrex @christheneck next week I formally start my bid to join the #sitp 92 club ;) or 20 odd club, however many we have :)
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paddyrexpaddyrex: @christheneck Road Trip!!! Not like @dts1970 though who's turned into a #sitp junkie. He's going to need treatment.
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paddyrexpaddyrex: @unfortunatalie it was a fine #sitp which would've been even better with your presence :)
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Crispian_JagoCrispian_Jago: Will be publishing a new "children's book" this evening
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mikehall314mikehall314: RT @SkepticPoet: @mjrobbins is at @GMSkeptics #SitP right now! If you're sitting at home watching Phil Mitchell burn a pub down on crack, get up and leave!
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Crispian_JagoCrispian_Jago: Take a look at our Humanist Heritage: http://bit.ly/aCpYt8
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Crispian_JagoCrispian_Jago: @MrMMarsh I have a spare bedroom that you are welcome too if stuck, but I'm quite a way out of London #tamlondon
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SkepticPoetSkepticPoet: @mjrobbins is at @GMSkeptics #SitP right now! If you're sitting at home watching Phil Mitchell burn a pub down on crack, get up and leave!
16 hours ago from web
shell_hereshell_here: For some reason I'd never seen Richard Wiseman's Colour Changing Card Trick: http://bit.ly/fPQdk Finally looked it up thanks to #sitp y'day!
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UFO Spotted over Basingstoke !

Breaking news just in.
An amazing UFO sighting over Basingstoke, specifically over my back garden, tonight just after I came home from the pub. There it was. And most unlike other “alleged” UFO sightings I had my camera with me. Now it’s a professional camera with a professional lens and I am a semi-professional photographer so [...] [...]

Posted by Dave on September 1st, 2010 | Tags: | Category: Fun | 3 comments

Question. Explore. Discover. Prt. II

Hello everyone,
I just wanted to include a few update details regarding this conference.
Confirmed Speakers
http://www.qedcon.org/speakers/
Eugenie Scott
Jon Ronson
Jim Al-Khalili
Bruce Hood
Kat Akingbade
Chris Atkins
Wendy Grossman
Colin Wright
Simon Singh
And it is being compered by George Hrab.
I am sure there are more big names to be added to the list so if you fancy joining Dave, Crispian and the rest of the [...] [...]

Posted by James on September 1st, 2010 | Category: Fun, Hampshire Skeptics, Science, Skepticism | One comment

Question. Explore. Discover.

Nice to see my cryptic post raised some eyebrows in puzzlement.
And it was all about a fantastic new conference put together by the MSS and GMSS. It sounds like great fun so I’m straight off to reserve my ticket, I suggest you do the same :
Announcing QED: Question. Explore. Discover.
As part of the 2011 skeptical calendar [...] [...]

Posted by Dave on August 18th, 2010 | Tags: , | Category: Activism, Fun | Leave a comment

SitP Woo Machine Fun

Thanks to all for coming to last night’s SitP where Andy Lewis gave a fantastic talk and also had a go at electrocuting some of our members ! And I even have pictures of the crime fun err,  incident.
We also saw the ultimate in woo machines with a fascinating battery powered pocket device that is [...] [...]

Posted by Dave on July 30th, 2010 | Tags: , | Category: Fun | 2 comments

TAM London

Got my tickets for TAM London less than 20 mins ago.
And Crispian you’re sorted mate, got yours too.
So if you haven’t booked yet then get on the site and get yourself some tickets to the most highly anticipated, enjoyable, awesome and desirable skepticfest/nerdfest/geekstock there’s ever going to be in the UK.

DO IT NOW !
You know [...] [...]

Posted by Dave on May 29th, 2010 | Tags: , | Category: Fun | Leave a comment

Happy New Year

Seasonal felicitations to you all.
Here’s hoping this year we can do more to promote rational and critical thinking, science and humanism.
Plenty of things on the cards for this year. We have the first Winchester Skeptics in the Pub, the big and ongoing campaign to increase the public awareness of what homeopathy actually is. We have [...] [...]

Posted by Dave on January 1st, 2010 | Tags: | Category: Fun | Leave a comment

Nine Lessons and Carols for Godless People

Hammersmith Apollo 20th December 2009
Finally I got to go to one of the best events of the year. I missed last year’s Nine Lessons due to a combination of circumstance and muppetry. But this year, this year I made it. I even managed to get a ticket close to the front in the stalls. In fact [...] [...]

Posted by Dave on December 23rd, 2009 | Tags: , | Category: Fun | 8 comments

Brilliant

This had me laughing for ages.
http://xkcd.com/666/

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Posted by Dave on December 7th, 2009 | Tags: | Category: Fun | Leave a comment

Winchester Skeptics In The Pub

[ Thu 28 Jan 10; 19:30 to 22:30. ] Okie cokie. After a long assessment and selection process to find the best venue for the StiP meetings we finally chose the place with the best beer. No that’s not right. This is a skeptics society. Try again. *clears throat* We finally chose the place with the best beer. Umm. Might need to reassess this.

Actually it [...] [...]

Posted by Dave on November 29th, 2009 | Tags: , | Category: Activism, Events, Fun, SitP | 7 comments

SitP Scout Report

And here’s the result of the first trip into Winchester to see if we could find a place to hold the Winchester Skeptics In The Pub meetings.
Crispian and I arrived at the station to find three other splendid skeptical chaps called Andy, Gerald and Steve already waiting there. Very nice chaps they are too. Steve had been [...] [...]

Posted by Dave on November 26th, 2009 | Tags: , | Category: Activism, Fun, SitP | 3 comments
 
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