Skeptic – Page 17 – D. H. McKee

Urban Legend: Eating turkey makes people especially drowsy.

November 24, 2005 D. H. McKee

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False. Turkey does contain tryptophan, an amino acid which is a natural sedative. But tryptophan doesn’t act on the brain...

Kevin Trudeau (‘Natural Cures’ Guy) Selling Names

November 7, 2005 D. H. McKee

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A New York consumer protection agency warns the infomercial star who wrote “Natural Cures ‘They’ Don’t Want You to Know...

Halloween Urban Legends from Snopes

October 31, 2005 D. H. McKee

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A collection of 2005 Halloween-related news stories.
A suicide by hanging is mistaken for a Halloween decoration.
Accidental Halloween hangings.
Pins, needles, and razor blades in Halloween treats.
Psychic predicts a Halloween murder on a college campus.
Children are victims of random Halloween candy poisonings.
Halloween party-goer is confused by spouse's costume switch.
etc.

Urban Legend: A suicide by hanging was mistaken for a Halloween decoration.

October 31, 2005 D. H. McKee

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True. On 26 October 2005, the corpse of a 42-year-old woman was left suspended in public view for hours in...

Alien abductees prone to false memories

October 31, 2005 D. H. McKee

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Do you have memories of being abducted by aliens and whisked away in a spaceship?You wouldn’t be alone. Several thousand...

Astrology is scientific theory, courtroom told

October 25, 2005 D. H. McKee

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Astrology would be considered a scientific theory if judged by the same criteria used by a well-known advocate of Intelligent...

Behe’s 15th-century science

October 25, 2005 D. H. McKee

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Dr. Michael Behe, leading intellectual light of the intelligent design movement, faced a dilemma. In order to call intelligent design...

Urban Legend: A store made good on its offer to sell stereos for literally “299 bananas”

October 24, 2005 D. H. McKee

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Status: True. In 1986, Silo (a chain of home electronics stores) ran a television commercial in 23 markets nationwide, offering...

Urban Legend: Killer anti-terrorist dolphins were released by hurricane Katrina

October 13, 2005 D. H. McKee

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Status: Probably not. The winner for “Most bizarre rumor to come out of Hurricane Katrina” so far is the above-cited...

Military examines ‘beaming up’ data, people

September 28, 2005 D. H. McKee

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Wouldn’t it be neat, they ask, if we could nab bin Laden via teleportation? In “Star Trek,” the characters traveled...

About This Site

As a guy who occasionally curates art shows and wrangles artists together, I often have to edit and post artist bios, profile pictures, and artwork images. This can be a problem, since many artists and writers aren’t used to selling themselves. Artists rarely know how to present their art for display in a brochure, and writers aren’t used to writing about themselves.

Writers often treat the bio like it’s an interview or something. Maybe like they’re having a conversation with you, the reader. While it may work sometimes, the most common way to write a bio is to write in the 3rd person.

I’m like those writers, and I’m talking to you directly, unlike the common way to do a bio. You should see my About page. It makes sense to me, since this is a bit which describes my blog’s website. When I get famous enough that I don’t have time to talk to you, I’ll have an intern write everything in 3rd person. Until then, you get to talk to me.

Like blogs of old, this one is a personal document of the comings and goings of me. Articles I’ve written, links I’ve posted, videos I liked, etc. Here, a first-person perspective is the way to go, at least for now. So, this is my site. I’m D. H. McKee, a sometimes artist, sometimes writer. Mostly just a guy on the internet.