Archive for April 4th, 2008

Win a dinner with Penn and tour his house!

I have been informed that due to some problems with the auction it was taken down, but a new one will be posted shortly.

I have just been informed by Alison Smith from Randi’s organization that they are auctioning off a tour of Penn’s house, The Slammer, and a dinner with Penn his own self. This is very cool; Penn’s house is… well, you just have to see it. I had wanted to go for years, and got my chance a while back. It’s very, very fun.

The money goes to Randi’s Educational Foundation, a worthy cause if there ever was one, and one which is sorely needed. The auction ends on April 10 at 18:10 Pacific Time. So bid early and bid often! Maybe Penn’ll dance for you. Though probably not.

April 4th, 2008 12:00 PM by Phil Plait in Cool stuff, Skepticism | 33 comments | RSS feed | Trackback >

Cool Shuttle pix

I am still filming Skeptologists, but for now, feast your eyes on these way cool pictures of the external tank of the Shuttle being delivered to Kennedy Space Center. Down lower on that page are awesome shots of the Shuttle orbiter Discovery being refitted for launch after landing.

Tip o’ the spacesuit visor to BABloggees James Jones, Brent Bender, and Tim Farley.

April 4th, 2008 8:29 AM by Phil Plait in Cool stuff, NASA | 53 comments | RSS feed | Trackback >