A Correction Last week I made a little boo-boo. I was talking about the Apollo Moon Landing missions and I got the number of men who had walked on the lunar surface wrong. I said there were six, but it was actually twelve. There were six successful Apollo missions involving a moon landing. ThereContinue reading “dimland radio 7-27-19 show notes”
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dimland radio 7-28-18 show notes
Why No New Show? A brief explanation as to why there wasn’t a new show last week. I was sick. I did put a bonus episode into the iTunes feed that was an interview with skeptic Ben Radford, originally played on 6-11-11. A Couple Follow-Ups In the show notes for the 7-14-18 show, I madeContinue reading “dimland radio 7-28-18 show notes”
dimland radio 11-11-17 show notes
I Was Wrong About Something During my talk about the World Series last week I made a couple mistakes. Hard to believe, I know. I was wrong about how home field advantage is determined in the World Series. I was correct last year, but Major League Baseball changed to the team with the best regularContinue reading “dimland radio 11-11-17 show notes”
everybody got a gris gris
Years ago, on Showtime’s Penn & Teller Bullshit, Penn introduced me to the concept of a gris gris (pronounced gree gree). I’d never heard the term before. It refers to an idea that a person so wants to believe in that it may be next to impossible to get them to accept the idea isContinue reading “everybody got a gris gris”
dimland radio 5-9-15 show notes
I Prayed For A Stranger…Sort Of The other day, as I sat in my parked vehicle, scarfing down some super healthy fast food, a fellow approached and asked me to do something for him. At first I couldn’t tell what he was saying, but he finally made it clear that he wanted me to prayContinue reading “dimland radio 5-9-15 show notes”