Comments on: Random Encounters with Woo

By: decius

decius — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 09:17:05 +0000

The American Girls collection are meant to be collector’s items

duh

By: Calli Arcale

Calli Arcale — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 17:49:56 +0000

They have a hair salon for your dolls. Seriously, I could have paid $10 to stand in line and wait for my daughter’s doll’s hair to be combed. So don’t be shocked that Steve’s daughter got a pedicure, at least he wasn’t as much of a sucker as I was.

Regarding American Girls dolls, this actually isn’t as silly as it might sound. The American Girls collection are meant to be collector’s items, along the same lines as the Madame Alexander dolls and other high-end dolls. One problem with all of them is the synthetic hair. It gets tangled very easily, especially if a child plays with the doll. Untangling it is a nightmare, and it is very easy to damage it. Hence, the doll hair salon. They’ll undo the horrendous snarls for you. Honestly, having spent hours trying to unsnarl the hair of my Kirstin doll, I’d consider $10 a bargain.

By: Orac

Orac — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 13:50:50 +0000

Happy birthdays.

Actually, the town where I live is packed full of woo. There are multiple chiropractors; there’s a “health store” that sells the Kinoki Detox Footpads and many other forms of woo; etc.

In fact, mocking me as I drive to and from work each day is a large and prominent “energy healing center,” as well as a psychic advertising “psychic and angel readings.”

By: Roy Niles

Roy Niles — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:34:26 +0000

Pec’s problem lies is in trying to figure out why the presumed suckers at the table are all having such a streak of luck.

By: jeffhsu3

jeffhsu3 — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 17:37:05 +0000

Happy Birthday,
I’ve been reading your blog for a while now and I really enjoy it!

By: Tom Nielsen

Tom Nielsen — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 16:00:07 +0000

Happy birthday, Steven.

You have to plant seeds everywhere. I sure as hell use all opportunities I get to spread the skepticism around.

Pec, have you ever heard the poker phrase “If you can’t spot the sucker at the table, you are it.”?… Well Pec, we can sure as heck spot the sucker, can you?

By: Febo

Febo — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 13:51:41 +0000

Happy Birthday, Ste- Wait, wait wait…

You’re saying there is NOT a small elf or goblin in my stomach???

What is it then, a Gnome?

By: Nitpicking

Nitpicking — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 13:02:36 +0000

Happy birthday, Doctor.

Oh, and why apologize for this excellent blog post?

By: weing

weing — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 12:37:58 +0000

Fifi,
I noticed that too. It’s probably just a coincidence, but…

By: Fifi

Fifi — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 12:23:28 +0000

Chris – No not just you, there seem to be some technical difficulties since yesterday and sometimes I can access it and sometimes not. I suspect it’s just coincidence but it is worth noting that this happened just after everyone had agreed to just ignore pec (who claims to have a degree in computer science and to write code, though this may be quite untrue). It did provide a nice glimpse into what discussions in these blogs would be like without the trolls – you know, constructive!