27 February 2011

Divine Plan... Really?

I have three sisters.  All of us have divergent religious ideologies.  Kaye (the oldest) is Wiccan.  Shannon (next after me) is kind of ambiguous.  I think she mentioned Buddhism at one time.  Erin (the youngest and Shannon's twin) is Christian.

Last night Shannon, who is 21 weeks pregnant, went to the ER because she started bleeding.  The outlook doesn't look good.  She's fully dilated and it doesn't seem as if there's anything the doctors could do to halt the labor.

She and her boyfriend have been keeping the family up to date on the situation through posts on Twitter and Facebook.  The rest of us have been reposting these updates for the benefit of other family members.  As can be expected, there have been replies from friends along the line of "I'm praying for your sister and the baby" or "You and your family are in my thoughts."  These kinds of comments don't bother me.  What gets me is when the Evangelicals on Erin's wall start stating things like "I agree we don't know HIS plan we just have to trust HIS plan."

Divine plan?  Really?  What part could the death of a 21-week old fetus possibly have to play in ANY plan - divine or other?  And don't give me that "God needs another angel" bullshit.  I would prefer to have a healthy, active nephew, thank you very much.

And then there's my sister.  She's not exactly out of the woods yet.  While she's in a pretty good hospital (from what I understand), complications could set in that threaten her life as well.  While I'm not exactly close to my family, I don't want any of them dead, either.

Is there really any wonder why I'm not a Christian?

22 February 2011

The Encyclopedia of Witchcraft and Demonology

My parents had a copy of this exact edition of Robbins' "Encyclopedia of Witchcraft and Demonology" in the living room bookcase while I was growing up.  It followed me out of the house when I left for college.  I don't think they've even noticed it's missing...


The full-sized version of the ad can bee seen here.

18 February 2011

Oedipus

Oedipus... starring vegetables (2004).

14 February 2011

Happy St. Valentine's Day

Massacre, that is...

13 February 2011

Keys to the Zebra

This is truly one of those things that makes you go, "What the fuck?!"

10 February 2011

Deep Throating the Devil

06 February 2011

Jožin z Bažin

Swinging on a Star

05 February 2011

Snowlord

What the... ?

03 February 2011

Southerners and Snow


02 February 2011

Save the Tree Octopus!

If you don't help to save this magnificent creature, who will???


Click here for more information.

01 February 2011

Bitchcraft