Monthly Archives: August 2010

Screwing Messiahs & Screwy Coffins

I love living in Somerset. Not only does it have some of the most beautiful English countryside, it is also full of history and craziness. Everywhere there are stories of ghosts, black magic and all manner of spookiness. It is … Continue reading

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Double Standards When It Comes to Mosques

The big hallabahoo over the planned Muslim centre two blocks from Ground Zero that I blogged about a couple of days ago appears to be heating up. Charlie Brooker wrote a hilarious piece on this in today’s Guardian that pulled … Continue reading

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Britain’s Most Disgusting Woman?

Following the theme of sacred sites from the last post, it was interesting to hear about Wendy Lewis who has been called ‘Britain’s most disgusting person’ by members of the Royal British Legion. Wendy went on the run today from … Continue reading

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Ground Zero Has Become A Sacred Site

The “Coalition to honor Ground Zero” organization is set to hold a rally on Sunday, August 22, in order to prevent construction of the planned mosque situated two blocks away from Ground Zero. The mosque is part of a proposed … Continue reading

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Glastonbury Illuminated

Still at the bottom of my doldrums but was sent this by a bunch of young Southampton film-makers who I helped out with one of their final year projects. I bumped into them again behind the comic tent at Glastonbury … Continue reading

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Still a False Sense of Security in Iraq

Once again we learn of more depressing news of suicide attacks in Baghdad yesterday where scores of civilians were killed in a series of suicide bombings. There were bombings last Saturday as well but as the death toll was comparatively … Continue reading

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Friday the 14th?

Alton Towers re-opened their ride “Thirteen” today under the new name “Fourteen” in a bid to qwell superstitious visitors who would not want to take the ride on Friday 13th. To mark the occasion they have a new banner as … Continue reading

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Feline Covers

When I was originally asked about what to put on the cover, I said “Please, no superstitious tokens.” Well that plea feel on deaf ears but now I am kinda of warming to the feline flavour – especially as some … Continue reading

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Christian Computer Video Games

I followed up a tweet from Carl Zimmer to discover a most bizarre and unsurprising US company, Left Behind Games, who specialize in “faith-based” computer games. Here of course, by faith they mean Christian ( is there any other?). One … Continue reading

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From Me to You Tattoo

I’ve been thinking about tattoos quite a bit recently. I suppose it started when I went to TAM and saw so many people with them including the former JREF president Phil Plait who has meteor on his shoulder that he … Continue reading

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