As many of you may remember, TGA used to have a forum, but it made the site slow as balls (and was generally not being used enough to justify the bandwidth). I promised that as time went on, I would bring the forums back, and I have....sort of. I've actually re-launched a forum on my other site, jacobfortin.com. I've made this site the temporary home (which explains why it's so damn plain) for all things re ...

In case you haven't had the chance to listen to Episode 306 of the podcast, Carisa and I are no longer a romantic couple. I've moved back to the east coast, and despite us both being sad at this recent development, it was a mutual decision. Obviously, this has some pretty serious consequences for me, and the podcast in the future. To make up for the expense of moving again, I'll probably need to find a part ...

If you've listened to my shows recently, you know how big a fan of Pinker I am, including his most brilliant work "The Better Angels of our Nature: Why Violence has Declined". If you haven't read this lengthy beast, this talk actually covers the basics really well. A must listen! ...

If you don't know who Scott Lively is, he's the monster who authored The Pink Swastika, a book I've derided in the past for its pseudo-historical claim that Nazis were a secret gay organization intent on destroying heterosexuality. It ranks about as high as The Protocols of the Elders of Zion in terms of historical verisimilitude. In March of 2009, Scott and a posse of other Evangelical Christians traveled ...

A few months ago I wrote about a major scam called "Advanced Cell Training". As the bullshit name implies, this pseudo-scientific claptrap purports to heal without the use of antibiotics or other medicine. While the specifics of this escape me (since I refuse to give these scammers even one penny), there is no doubt that encouraging people with serious illnesses - like Lyme Disease - that antibiotics are no ...

Video streaming by Ustream Not sure if you'll be able to stomach the whole thing, so I'll give you the gist of this man's argument (and I'll let you decide what he's secretly obsessed about) 1. The anus is exit only 2. Women use gadgets like bananas and other produce to simulate the male penis You should just watch this guy doing the pumping motion when talking about lesbian sex. Sure sounds to me like he's ...

It's hard to believe that after all these years, a mundane technical problem can effectively shut down your operation pretty effectively. My work computer, which has been getting on in age, recently lost the use of its final USB port. This being a laptop, I've been profoundly frustrated by the fact that I have no way to actually interface with my system to allow me to record my shows. In a sense, I am dead ...

I hope by now all of you are familiar with my stance on Poe's Law; if you are attempting to parody Christians but cannot give any indication that you don't actually believe this stuff, then you might as well not be a parody at all. I call this 'Jake's Law', so as to avoid any further confusion on this issue. The following video is exactly the kind of thing 'Jake's Law' was invented for. While the rest of yo ...

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There are a few articles on TGA that invariably attract the kinds of crazy comments that have to be read to be believed. Sometimes you have to spend some time trying to decipher through their insanity, and attempt to understand exactly what these deranged individuals are trying to communicate. This recent comment seems especially difficult to make out (which I haven't altered in any way): Clearly The Scienc ...