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Tomorrow is Drinking Skeptically!

Just a quick reminder that Drinking Skeptically Pittsburgh is tomorrow!
I probably can’t make it but I hope you’ll join the folks who’ve RSVP’d on Facebook and Meetup and say hello to our new organizer Bill C. He’s keeping DS alive on those sites as Laura and I are no longer able to (hence the [...]

September’s Drinking Skeptically

So this monthly thing we do? The one where we get together for drinks and fun? It’s tomorrow, Friday September 18th, at 7:30, in the usual spot –The Bar on E. Carson. [More details & rsvps at Facebook and Meetup.]

You should come out, especially if you’re interested in taking over this much neglected site, as [...]

August Drinking Skeptically Pittsburgh!

You are invited to join our monthly social gathering this Friday at The Bar @2132 E. Carson (South Side) for drinks and a swell time. Last month we had a ton of folks and 4 out of 4 Steel City Skeptics had an awesome time. (Polling sample of 4.) (Kidding! I didn’t ask anyone and [...]

Drinking Skeptically – Anniversary Edition!

It’s our anniversary! Not just of Drinking Skeptically, but also of Steel City Skeptics! Come out and party with us at The Bar (2132 E. Carson) this Friday at 7:30pm!
We’re going to try something wild and crazy this time. We’re not moving tables. When a table fills up, people will just have to split [...]

Presented without (much) comment

I am late to the party on this one (mistakingly thought it was next week). I’m just pasting in the only info I have from an email I was forwarded. All online info I’ve been able to find on this comes from ID websites and is the same cut n’ paste job. (No link love [...]

New Digs for Drinking Skeptically!

We are thrilled to announce a fabulous new change to our favorite monthly social gathering! We’re moving to The Bar at 2132. (That’s E. Carson St. — A Pittsburgh phrase meaning “where the bars live.”)
The owner has not only graciously let us reserve the front section of this posh place on a Friday night, but [...]

Rob Sherman talk this Tuesday

This month’s Center for Inquiry discussion group offers a talk and Q&A with journalist and atheist activist, Rob Sherman.
You remember Mr. Sherman — Illinois Representative Monique Davis interrupted him while he testified before the Springfield House State Government Administration Committee to spectacularly flip her shit:
I don’t know what you have against God, but some of [...]

Drinking Skeptically, April edition

Orbs, dust, April showers, or have you just been Drinking Skeptically?
Come and join us at Claddagh’s Irish Pub, for an evening of drink and merriment. The Facebook invite is here, or you can find us on Meetup. (Or you can comment here. We’re flexible!)
Hope to see you there!

How about an Awesome Friday?

Oh hey! This Friday our friend Hemant Mehta1, The Friendly Atheist, will be speaking at Carnegie Mellon, hosted by CMU’s AHA group. Pasta will be served!
More deets at the AHA’s Facebook invite and also at Hemant’s site.
Oh hey Part Two: Internet podcast talk show host The Infidel Guy interviewed local “paranormal investigator” John Lewis2 who [...]

It’s official: Post-Gazette has lost it

“It’s official: Ghosts Haunt Slippery Rock auditorium” reads the Post-Gazette’s headline from Friday, March 20th. There’s even a video. Here’s just a bit of this questionable article:
It’s official, folks. Miller Auditorium is haunted. But the good news is, they’re friendly ghosts.
“Almost everyone on our team had personal experience,” Mr. Lewis, owner of Titusville-based Baelfire Paranormal [...]

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