The second Skeptics Circle...

is now in session at Orac's Respectful Insolence:

Away from the revelry of the main bar, in a dark, wood-paneled meeting room in the back of an old tavern frequented by scholars and scientists, the smell of beer and hamburger mixed with the musty but odor of the old wood paneling as the gathered members of the Skeptics' Circle murmured among themselves. The air was ripe with anticipation, as St. Nate, Founder and President of the Skeptics' Circle approached a podium set up at one end of the long table around which everyone sat...