Friday, July 31, 2009

Blog Find: Virgin Mary (again)

I found a very nicely designed and presented blog that tracks appearances of the BVM's image on things like trees, truck windows, etc. It's called Virgin Mary (again). It's a useful resource, but it is definitely a skeptic blog; the blog author or authors have no patience with the phenomena. Here's an example from her post "Our Lady of Looks Like an Ordinary Potato:"
Usually I add some salt and pepper too. I use kosher salt most often. If a potato is actually an apparition of the Holy Virgin Mother of God with Perfectly Intact Hymen Covering Her Virtuous Virginal Vagina holding her son is that still kosher food? I know Jesus was always telling people “Eat me”, so I guess it would not be rude. If I nuked this potato and took it out onto the patio would that constitute eating out the Holy Virgin Mother of God with Perfectly Intact Hymen Covering Her Virtuous Virginal Vagina holding her son? So many questions!

Not for the delicate, certainly not for the religious and the faithful, and woos like myself probably won't like it either, unless you're like me and expect that kind of thing :)

Sunday, July 19, 2009

Taking it to the People, Tricksters ...

My new Trickster's Realm column for Binnall of America will be up sometime tomorrow: Seeing the Virgin: Tricksters Take it to the People.