This week, Skepchick asked the question “what kind of skeptic are you?” This question comes at an interesting time for me, but has been apt for quite a while. I’m often frustrated by my lack of capacity to do more with my interest in skepticism. Being as ravenous as I am to learn more about it, I feel I’m missing out on a lot of cool events that take place in Southern California’s robust skeptical community. (Of course, back when I was healthy, I was working and going to school, and didn’t have the time to do much more than attend a Skeptic Society conference.)
Surly Amy, Surly Johnny, carr2d2, and Tim3P0 listen to Brian Hart of the Greater L.A. Skeptics Meetup Group (not pictured)
Last week I had the great pleasure to enjoy some delicious shabu shabu and some even more delicious skeptical banter with an awesome group of people. It reminded me that, per Monday’s post, I really need to damn the torpedoes and go full speed ahead a little more frequently than I do now, because it’s just too much fun to be around like-minded people who also love to talk about this stuff. I’m lucky that Paul is also a skeptic — he comes to it from his engineering background and love of magic — so we can go to events together which makes it easier on me physically, not to mention how great it is to have a partner who shares my enthusiasm!
Of course I will still be blogging about skepticism (among the usual other things) here, and in February I will be returning to Skeptically Speaking‘s “Speaking Up” segment. I’m also very happy to mention that I’ve joined the team at Grassroots Skeptics as its editorial manager — doesn’t that sound fancy? — so I get to scratch that itch to volunteer my time for a cause I believe in.
I’m looking forward to upping the “active” quotient of my skepticism this year by continuing to connect and work with passionate and talented people, both online and offline. To illustrate the point, I send you off with a comic from the community favorite Tree Lobsters! by Steve DeGroof, whom I met during a Virtual Drinking Skeptically chat. I was in on I believe the first Twitter chat about confectionopathy, a treatment I am seriously considering. And by the way, Tree Lobsters! is running a fundraiser right now to benefit Engineers Without Borders.
