Oot and Aboot with Some Canadian Skeptic

 Oot and Aboot with Some Canadian Skeptic turns two years old today!  Two is my favorite thing that happens when you add one thing to another thing!

S'been a fun blog to maintain.  Although I've been maintaining an online blog since 2002, this skeptic blog was a new thing, so I was a little unsure how long it would last.  I mainly started this blog to offer a Canadian skeptic voice (two years ago there was only a small handful out there), and to learn how to write a little better.  Looking back at my writing from those early days, I can at least be certain that I've accomplished both goals reasonably well.

Over the last two years, my skeptic and science activities have granted me some notable highlights, such as...


1) Having one of my photos featured at Bad Astronomy
2) Having several of my photos featured at the new planetarium in Sudbury, Ontario
3) Having some of my writing posted at the JREF and Grassroots Skeptics
4) Two appearances on Skeptically Speaking (One, if you exclude my technical difficulties which demanded it being dropped from the podcast version)
5) An appearance on the Skeptics' Guide to the Universe
6) Giving a talk at a recent Toronto Skeptics in the Pub

Most meaningful for me in this journey has been my role as Editor-in-Chief of Skeptic North. I've spoken about it at great length in numerous other outlets, and my feelings of fondness for it are well-known.  I'd like to point out that it was primarily this blog that helped me meet most of the Skeptic North team!  I'd like to thank a ton of my colleagues and to name names here, but I won't, at the risk of accidentally excluding anyone.  You all know who you are, and I owe you each a tremendous debt of thanks (and beer....or ketchup chips).

Those of you following me on Twitter may have noticed that I've been posting "Classic" entries.  It was really just my subtle lead-in to today's post.  The ones I've been posting are the entries that have gotten the most attention, or the ones that I happen to like the best:
1) Some health care lies about Canada
2) When I was accused of anti-Semitism and threatened in private.
3) How to NOT learn the piano
4) Libertarian education gone-fail
5) Why Green is the best colour in the world (actually one of my favourite entries)
6) NASA, and the Commodification of space
7) When I fought with my old University  (and learned more about academics than I cared to)
8) Bored of Atheism
9) My Top 10 Astronomy shots of 2009
10) Exposing a Vancouver homeopath

Okay, that's enough ego-stroking for now. 

I want to thank everyone who has been reading this blog, and to those who have taken the time to write me over the past two years.  I can't get back to all of you, but I promise that do read every one that I receive.  Since launching Skeptic North, I've not had nearly as much time to update this blog like I used to.  I will keep the blog alive and active, so thanks for sticking with me! 

You can follow me on Twitter, or stalk me on Facebook. You can see some of my astro (and other) photography on Flickr, or see me rock out on Youtube.

I don't know what my next two years are going to be like, but I'll do my best to keep making entries worth reading if you keep coming back.

Thanks to everyone!





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