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When I was slightly more sprightly that I am now, I was a fan of the Essex-based female-fronted metal band SugarComa. I’ve revisited their album ‘Never Born’ recently, and rediscovered the track ‘Half Sick’. I didn’t get it when I was younger, I just saw it as a rock instrumental with samples from people talking about lizard men. But now, of course, I know that they are sampling people talking about the Illuminati, and hearing the track is like playing “Spot that bullshit!”.

How many loonies can you spot? I’m pretty sure David Icke is in there (if you are going to sample someone talking about lizard men, it’s got to be David Icke) along with Alex Jones (he mentions infowar), but if you can fill me in on the rest, please let me know in the comments!

Brian Cox and Joachim Loew: seperated at birth? Er, no.

I’ve a heard a few times on Twitter that the manager of the German football team, Joachim Loew, looks a bit like Professor Brian Cox, particle physicist and documentary maker extraordinaire. I’ve wedged them together for the hell of it.

Surprisingly, I found getting two pictures of these men making the same expression to be almost as difficult as squaring the circle. Brian Cox is nearly always grinning from ear to ear like a cheeky schoolboy, whilst Joachim Loew invariably has the stern face of the stereotypically professional efficient German.

Maybe Loew will have a smile on his face come Sunday?

Bit of a plug here: my brother Ed has just arrived in Okinawa, Japan, where he will be working whilst learning Japanese. He’s got a blog at edinjapan.com and he’s already done a couple of video diaries. He used to work in Baker’s Oven, so he calls himself “an ex sausage roll salesman”. I’m sure he’ll appreciate any comments and encouragements, so why not pay his site a visit? www.edinjapan.com

It’s Easter, where we commemorate the resurrection of Jesus by eating chocolate eggs. Whatever. Here’s some Eddie:

It’s Friday, so I thought I’d bring you something that has nothing to do with skepticism, but a little to do with science.

I’m a big fan of animation genius Cyriak Harris. He’s been producing original, funny, sometimes disturbing animations for years, and he recently made the title credits for the Dave Gorman show Genius.

Here is what happens when you interpret maths via the medium of dance:

I get the impression that skeptics are often seen as a bit dull and overly serious. Nothing could be further from the truth, as the nationwide ‘Skeptics in the pub’ event shows. To this extent, I thought I’d share with you my exploits on the marvelous Adam and Joe show on BBC 6music. Enjoy!