Having recently joined the happy hordes of mp3 player owners, our household has been getting an object lesson in the nature of random events. For those who have yet to succumb to the charms of these ... (483 words)

I must make a point of never again flying while the All Blacks are playing in the World Cup. I was over the Atlantic for the 1995 final, and flying home from the South Island during this tournament's ... (469 words)

Wherein intrepid ace reporter Vicki Hyde spills the beans on what Skeptics get up to at their annual meetings… Perhaps Someone was trying to tell us something - why else would we end up with a ... (1426 words)

Pull up a chair and hearken to the tale of the Great Drought of '94 "Skeptical?" piped up the old timer. "Of course I'm flaming skeptical, ye addlepated mudfish! "Aye, but it wasn't always so. I was ... (825 words)

A detective with long experience in tracing missing persons gave the 1993 Skeptics Conference the word on how useful psychics are in police work. During the last 25 years a number of police ... (1424 words)

I was struggling with the vacuum hose to reach an awkward corner of the kitchen. "What's wrong? Afraid to bend your back?" my wife asked. I felt a little pain and it didn't go away. It got worse, ... (514 words)