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Look Around You: Robogeist!

Posted on : 07-09-2009 | By : Joshua | In : Blog Post

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So, I was out in the park, taking some random photos of an old mill. (Old mills are everywhere in the Northeast. Think about it. It’s probably true.) Everything seemed normal, but when I got home I noticed something weird in the photo. It was a ghost! Not just any ghost, though, it was a ROBOT. A robogeist, if you will.

Holy shit, guys, a hainted mill!

Robo-geist!

In case it’s not clear, I’m talking about the weird boxy thing peeking around the lower left corner of the mill. What is it really?

Look Around You: UFO!

Posted on : 23-08-2009 | By : Joshua | In : Blog Post

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Hey, skeptics! Let’s play a game. I’m gonna post a photo, and you tell me what it is. I’ll try to do this on a semi-regular basis, since rants about abortion protesters and silly pop psych op-eds take too much out of me to be doing them all the time.

So yes, here’s the photo:

Look Around You UFO

What the heck is that? This should be an easy one… and those of you who were with me when I took it are disqualified. Post your guesses in the comments!