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Carl Sagan was born 80 years ago today. Although we’re still mourning his passing, he left a legacy of curiosity and optimism worthy of celebration.

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ingram
n. one who is ignorant

stupex
n. a stupid person

ignotism
n. a mistake due to ignorance

incogitant
adj. that does not think

insulse
adj. lacking wit or sense

crassitude
n. gross ignorance or stupidity

parviscient
adj. knowing little; ignorant

antisocordist
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More charity time! This one with the folks over at yoursiblings starring Nicole Oliver (Celestia) and Ingrid Nilson (Celestia).  Expect it on the 15th of November! Full details below the break.


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It looks like we ended up losing in the end on the Toy Hall of Fame choices.  While we seemed to have dominated the poll, a few of the lower rated ones were eventually chosen as the top 3.

Rubiks Cube, Green Army Men, and Bubbles in general have come out on top.  Maybe next year!

You can find their full listing over here.

Thanks to SleepySteve, PinkiePie97, and everyone else for sending it!

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Did you take your kids trick or treating last week? Did they come back possessed by demons? I don’t mean a sugar buzz, I mean real, actual demons — you know, the kind that don’t actually exist. Rick Wiles thinks you have no one but yourself to blame, you should have known it would happen.

After arguing that Christians cannot participate in Halloween traditions like dressing up in costumes or trick-or-treating because the day is “dedicated to Lucifer and death,” Wiles said that those who partake are “opening yourself up to demonic possession.”

“The demons are moving, they’re stirring in this country right now,” he warned.

“I am admonishing you to stop it, come out of it, do not be part of pagan America’s rituals, walk away from it, disavow it, renounce it, it is evil, it is wicked,” he added, regretting that “they are doing the most vile acts on live television,” including what he perceived to be “live demonic rituals on television shows.”

“The demonic spirits are moving about in this country.”

Yeah, you might wanna stop watching scary movies. They aren’t real.

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Canadian doctor Samuel Bean created a curious tombstone for his first two wives, Henrietta and Susanna, who died in succession in the 1860s and are buried side by side in Rushes Cemetery near Crosshill, Wellesley Township, Ontario. The original stone weathered badly and was replaced with this durable granite replica in 1982. What does it say?

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