The eighth edition of the Skeptics' Circle is available for your perusal at Pharyngula. So whip out your crystals and break into your favorite chant as you roll naked through the rich, creamy skepticism.

This is a big one, folks. How big? We don't know — it was too big to count the entries (well, it's been a long week for us). In particular, we liked acw's post pissing on astrology and how it, like the other "tell me one insiginificant thing about you and i'll tell you everything about your personality," is maddeningly stupid and annoying. We also felt pangs of angry outrage (not just plain outrage here) learning about the religious bullshit being peddled as science tools for home schoolers in Michael Stiber's post.

And why is it that St. Nate's posts always seem to be left out of his own carnival? Coincidence?!?!

Yes.