Also, Melannen was kind enough to compile all the Agnostica information she could find into one page.

Happy Agnostica 2008! So, there's not so much new this year, but as always, you can participate in the RANDOM BAG OF FUN, now in its FIFTH YEAR!! That's right, I've been doing it longer than most webcomics have even lasted. Participation is the same as years past, with a few differences: Simple. Just send a cool, groovy, hopefully educational unwrapped gift to: RANDOM BAG OF FUN c/o Dr. Darren Bleuel P.O. Box 4735 Berkeley, CA 94704-4735 Do this before December 21 and it will be added to the Bag. You will then in late December or early January receive one random selection from the Bag! Send it in as early as possible, as I will send out two waves of gifts: One for contributions received before December 21 and one after. What kind of gift, you may ask? It should be: about $10-$25 non-perishable (no food, drinks, pets, etc.) something you might like yourself accompanied by your name and address (see IMPORTANT notice below) Optionally, the exceedingly lazy among you can also receive a gift from the Random Bag with a $20 donation via PAYPAL. Paypal cash is preferred over credit card donations, so that all of your donation will go towards better gifts for the bag and not to Paypal fees. Since Paypal takes fees out of all transactions on their business accounts (which are required to accept credit card payments), I've set up two addresses. For donating Paypal CASH, send it to randombag (at) nukees (dot) com. For donating via a credit card, send it to randombag (at) agnostica (dot) com. I'll go shopping for you and find nifty gifts myself to add to the bag. Be sure to tell me your shipping address and phone number (for FedEx if I choose to use them). All money received will go towards buying items for the bag. None ends up in my pocket. In fact, I usually shell out extra money each year myself. IMPORTANT: If you send me something directly from an online company like Amazon.com, BE SURE YOUR ADDRESS IS INCLUDED IN THE SHIPMENT!!! Amazon.com does not include your return address in its shipments. I cannot stress this enough. You can add your name/address to a "Gift message" at places like Amazon. In years past, people have sent presents for the bag directly from Amazon and other places and I've not known who to send a return gift too. DO NOT EMAIL ME YOUR ADDRESS INSTEAD! It's too complicated to coordinate and never works.

Happy Agnostica 2007! Last year, there were no new changes to the Agnostica website for the second year in a row. This year, I'll be adding a page on Agnostica decorations. Unfortunately, QM Day finds me smack dab in the middle of a big experiment at the cyclotron (where I work). So creation of that page will have to wait until next week. To tide you all over, here's an animation (based on the Nukees comic from this year's QM Day) detailing schematically how you can make your own construction-paper atomic orbitals. Of course, these are stylized orbitals. To make real orbitals, you would probably be better off just crumpling up the paper, setting fire to it, then not observing it.

Happy Agnostica 2007! In 2005, there were no new changes to the Agnostica website. We continued that trend in 2006, which I suppose made it officially a tradition. The establishment of an Agnostica tradition, then, was a signficant change. Chew on that paradox for a while.

Agnostica news (2004) (12/21/2004) Ian McDonald asked an important question in The Rothland Tribune (sorry, it's no longer there), to which I answered, Yes, Ian, there is a Christmas!