The forty-eighth edition of the Skeptics' Circle is available for your perusal over at Decorabilia. If you're in a hurry, you can check out the links-only version for today's skeptic on the go.

We're planning to print out all the posts and read them between courses at Thanksgiving dinner. Well, not Tom — he actually spends the time between courses asleep in the recliner. Happy Turkey Day, and enjoy the skeptical feast!

Ah, Thanksgiving, the one thing keeping turkeys from going extinct. If we didn't raise them up to slaughter them once a year (or twice if you do that thing for Christmas), they'd have to survive in the wild. And if you've ever seen what happens when a turkey meets a shallow body of water - or it rains - you know what their chances are.