tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32813088946330473812024-03-13T12:22:59.565-07:00UFO-Mary"Any entity – no matter how many tentacles it has – has a soul.” ~ Vatican astronomer Guy Consolmagno.
"We know everything . . . we're the Vatican." ~ Warehouse 13Regan Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13786586311631698822noreply@blogger.comBlogger546125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3281308894633047381.post-88212441325093018542020-05-27T19:35:00.001-07:002020-05-27T19:35:58.377-07:00Drawing of BVM and UFO<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Wow, almost one year since I've posted here on UFO-Mary. That's the problem with having so many (too many?) blogs.<br />
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I retired this year (though still working until my contract is up, and with schools closed working from home) and I've been painting and drawing a lot these days. Working on abstracts, mainly, but also a lot of UFO themed work. Including this drawing, which just came to me last night as an image.<br />
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It has a definite religious folk art feel to it, which I like.Regan Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13786586311631698822noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3281308894633047381.post-35218943088373469332019-06-22T17:01:00.001-07:002019-06-22T17:01:16.319-07:00Mary as TricksterI haven't blogged here at UFO Mary in a long time. But she's always on my mind.<br />
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I've mainly been blogging at my Orange Orb blog on WordPress, where <a href="https://orangeorb.blog/2019/06/21/mary-as-trickster/" target="_blank">I re-posted something I wrote about Mary as Trickster</a> some years ago. Take a look over there; lots of newer posts on that blog on a variety of subjects from the weird realm.Regan Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13786586311631698822noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3281308894633047381.post-11468975245851258752019-06-22T16:57:00.000-07:002019-06-22T16:57:07.976-07:00Holy Chemtrails Batman!Paul Seaburn at Mysterious Universe blogs about plans to exorcise demons from the air: <span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(26, 26, 26); color: #1a1a1a; font-family: ProximaNova, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; letter-spacing: 2px;">Holy Chemtrails! Exorcist Attempts to Purge City’s Demons From a Plane</span><br />
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Chemtrail: a visible trail left in the sky by an aircraft and believed by some to consist of chemical or biological agents released as part of a covert operation.<br /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(77, 77, 77); color: #4d4d4d; font-family: ProximaNova, "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"> </span><br />Holy chemtrail: a visible trail left in the sky by an aircraft and believed by some to consist of holy water released as part of an exorcism operation. [<a href="https://mysteriousuniverse.org/2019/06/holy-chemtrails-exorcist-attempts-to-purge-citys-demons-from-a-plane/" target="_blank">Seaburn, Mysterious Universe</a>]</blockquote>
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The billboard reads: “Our Religion Doesn’t Believe in Hitting Children.” </blockquote><blockquote class="tr_bq">“Hopefully, our billboard will give pause to passersby who will be forced to confront the fact that the school district is being operated by depraved and ignorant sadists who have no business being in education,” Greaves said, according to Patheos. “The billboard should be a wakeup call that the school district trustees, who voted 6 – 0 for corporal punishment, need to be replaced by competent and humane members of the community who have children’s best interests at heart.”</blockquote>Regan Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13786586311631698822noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3281308894633047381.post-37640616738552228242017-10-03T21:03:00.001-07:002017-10-03T21:03:25.376-07:00Israeli Police Put Clowns on Notice | Coast to Coast AMThe Israelis aren't putting up with any damn clown nonsense:<br /><br />
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In an official release on their Facebook page, the Israeli police force put the Pennywise imposters on notice, promising that any creepy clowns caught menacing citizens would "encounter strict and uncompromising police enforcement."<br />
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According to the posting from police, cops throughout Israel have already taken numerous teens into custody after they were found dressing up as clowns and scaring unsuspecting individuals.<br />
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The message goes on to implore parents to keep a close eye on their children, lest they fall in with the wrong crowd and wind up also becoming a creepy clown.</blockquote>Regan Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13786586311631698822noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3281308894633047381.post-27564123995656254302017-09-14T18:01:00.001-07:002017-09-14T18:01:12.043-07:00Hundreds Gather in Germany Hoping for a Marian Apparition | Coast to Coast AM<blockquote class="tr_bq"><a href="https://www.coasttocoastam.com/article/hundreds-gather-in-germany-hoping-for-a-marian-apparition">Hundreds Gather in Germany Hoping for a Marian Apparition | Coast to Coast AM</a>: "They were drawn to the village after a man named Salvatore Caputa, who claims to have been in communication with the Virgin Mary for the last thirty years, promised that she would make an appearance there.<br />
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According to those in attendance, Caputa dropped to his knees at the prescribed time of 4:30 PM and the distinct aroma of roses could reportedly be smelt in the air by some witnesses."</blockquote>Regan Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13786586311631698822noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3281308894633047381.post-7922937228964122092017-05-07T21:04:00.001-07:002017-05-07T21:04:31.734-07:00Folk Art: Joan of AngelsGreat folk art here of angels from "Joan of Angels" -- <a href="http://joanofangels.com/">Home * Joan of Angels</a>.<br /><br />
She's the guest tonight on Coast to Coast. I don't know anything about her, but her work is obviously very personal and in the folk art genre.Regan Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13786586311631698822noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3281308894633047381.post-14752360315573546102017-01-05T17:02:00.001-08:002017-01-05T17:02:45.474-08:00Elderly Catholic woman has mistakenly been praying every day to Elrond from ‘Lord of the Rings’ – DeadState<a href="http://deadstate.org/elderly-catholic-woman-has-mistakenly-been-praying-every-day-to-elrond-from-lord-of-the-rings/">Elderly Catholic woman has mistakenly been praying every day to Elrond from ‘Lord of the Rings’ – DeadState</a>.<br /><br />
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A grandmother in Brazil has been praying to a statue of Elrond, the elf from Lord of the Rings, and not St. Anthony, as she had thought.<br /><br />
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<blockquote class="tr_bq"><i>St. Anthony of Padua is one of the Catholic Church’s most popular saints. Saint Anthony of Padua, patron saint of lost and stolen articles, was a powerful Franciscan preacher and teacher. He’s typically portrayed holding the child Jesus—or a lily—or a book—or all three—in his arms. Many people give alms to St. Anthony Bread in thanksgiving to God for blessings received through the prayers of St. Anthony. St. Anthony of Padua’s life is what every Christian’s life is meant to be; a steady courage to face the ups and downs of life, the call to love and forgive, to be concerned for the needs of others, to deal with crisis great and small, and to have our feet solidly on the ground of total trusting love and dependence on God. (Source: <a href="https://www.stanthony.org/st-anthony-of-padua/" target="_blank">St. Anthony of Padua</a>)</i></blockquote>Regan Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13786586311631698822noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3281308894633047381.post-15272364971134953402016-07-21T16:56:00.001-07:002016-07-21T16:56:11.807-07:00Alien MaryAnother alien-as-BVM artwork, or, BVM-as-alien. Artist unknown, found on Facebook (Lesley Gunter, another Queen of the Fortean Blog-o-sphere.) I would like to credit the source -- if anyone knows the artist I'd appreciate the info.<div>
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Regan Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13786586311631698822noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3281308894633047381.post-65799033031302549042016-05-28T14:42:00.001-07:002016-05-28T14:42:11.023-07:00 Le Coeur et la Mer by Alley Valkryrie at The Wild HuntBeautiful and personal account of meeting "Sara-la-Kali" from Alley Valkryrie, a person I much admire for her openness and activism, as well as her writing. I don't really know Alley personally but we are Facebook "friends" and I met her briefly at the Holiday Market where she was selling her ceramics. (Very nice work too, I bought a cool little dish with a raven which I use on my altar.) (Did I mention she is also an artist?)<br /><br />
<blockquote class="tr_bq"><a href="http://wildhunt.org/2016/05/column-le-coeur-et-la-mer.html">Column: Le Coeur et la Mer | The Wild Hunt</a>: I’m being visited by someone, and I have no idea who she is. I have no idea what she wants. But she won’t leave me alone. It all seems very intrusive, frankly.”<br />
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“You don’t know who she is?”<br />
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“No, and I have no idea where to start.”<br />
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No, actually, I hadn’t. Of course. How obvious. And so the next time I caught a glance of her, I demanded to know who she was and what she wanted. That night, she came to me in my dreams and provided plenty of answers. (Alley Valkryrie, The Wild Hunt)</blockquote>Regan Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13786586311631698822noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3281308894633047381.post-91784303201400701342016-02-07T17:15:00.003-08:002016-02-07T17:15:53.379-08:00Medjugorje Discussed on Coast to Coast<blockquote class="tr_bq"><a href="http://www.coasttocoastam.com/show/2016/02/07">Spiritual Healing/ Concepts of God - Shows - Coast to Coast AM</a>: In the first half, George Noory welcomes author, consultant, and speaker, Dr. Rick Sheff, who'll discuss his 40-year pursuit of the truth about inexplicable spiritual phenomena and healing including John of God in Brazil and the Marian visions in Medjugorje… (Coast to Coast.com)</blockquote>Regan Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13786586311631698822noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3281308894633047381.post-34930526585662749822016-02-07T17:15:00.001-08:002016-02-07T17:15:52.414-08:00Medjugorje Discussed on Coast to Coast<blockquote class="tr_bq"><a href="http://www.coasttocoastam.com/show/2016/02/07">Spiritual Healing/ Concepts of God - Shows - Coast to Coast AM</a>: In the first half, George Noory welcomes author, consultant, and speaker, Dr. Rick Sheff, who'll discuss his 40-year pursuit of the truth about inexplicable spiritual phenomena and healing including John of God in Brazil and the Marian visions in Medjugorje… (Coast to Coast.com)</blockquote>Regan Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13786586311631698822noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3281308894633047381.post-77401605237008852622015-11-24T12:42:00.001-08:002015-11-24T12:42:43.839-08:00Quote<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
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Regan Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13786586311631698822noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3281308894633047381.post-8121290604676285082015-11-24T12:37:00.001-08:002015-11-24T12:37:52.245-08:00Professor Daniel Wojcik: Spirits, Apparitions, and Traditions of Supernatural PhotographyThis article was published online in September 2010. Written by Daniel Wojcik, folklore professor at the University of Oregon. Wojcik was one of my favorite professors at the U of O when I was studying folklore. In this article, he looks at the history of spirit photography, including the Bayside apparitions caught on camera. Link to pdf: <i><a href="http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/01973760802674390" target="_blank">Spirits, Apparitions, and Traditions of Supernatural Photography.</a></i>Regan Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13786586311631698822noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3281308894633047381.post-57701250952500498412015-11-24T12:25:00.001-08:002015-11-24T12:25:04.647-08:00Greg Taylor: The Cult of Mary: How Supernatural Apparitions and Miracle Healings Led to Veneration of the Mother of Jesus | The Daily Grail<br /><br />
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Nice review by<a href="http://www.dailygrail.com/Religion-and-Spirituality/2015/11/The-Cult-Mary-How-Supernatural-Apparitions-and-Miracle-Healings-Le" target="_blank"> <i>Daily Grail's</i> Greg Taylor on <i>National Geographic'</i>s current piece</a> on Marian apparitions. I haven't read the item yet, but looking forward to doing so. Naturally, I was curious if the article would address the Fortean aspect; Taylor says this about that:<br /><br />
<blockquote class="tr_bq"><a href="http://www.dailygrail.com/Religion-and-Spirituality/2015/11/The-Cult-Mary-How-Supernatural-Apparitions-and-Miracle-Healings-Le">The Cult of Mary: How Supernatural Apparitions and Miracle Healings Led to Veneration of the Mother of Jesus | The Daily Grail</a>: One aspect unfortunately not covered in the story is the Fortean interpretation - are these apparitions actually Christian/Islamic, or are they something else, simply being interpreted through that lens? Jacques Vallee covered some of these thoughts in his book Passport to Magonia, in which he discusses VM apparitions of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Mexico, and another at Knock in Ireland, and how some elements also match those found in sightings of other strange phenomena, such as UFOs and 'fairy folk', throughout history. (I also specifically covered the similarity in 'sounds' heard during these sightings in my article "Her Sweet Murmur: Exploring the aural phenomenology of border experiences".) From spinning disks to falls of 'angel hair', there are some distinctly strange aspects to a number of 'Virgin Mary' apparitions. (Greg Taylor, The Daily Grail)</blockquote><br /><br />
Speaking of Taylor, if you haven't read his <b>"Her Sweet Murmur: Exploring the aural phenomenology of border experiences"</b> <a href="http://darklore.dailygrail.com/samples/D1-Taylor.pdf" target="_blank">you can find it here.</a>Regan Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13786586311631698822noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3281308894633047381.post-58082837693519398352015-11-15T16:52:00.001-08:002015-11-15T16:52:07.993-08:00Daily Beast: "Inside Virginia’s Creepy White-Power Wolf Cult" Don't know anything about this group, other than what I've read in the article linked below. One thing is very clear, this is a group that gives neo-pagans a bad name. And wolves.<br /><br />
<blockquote class="tr_bq"><a href="http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2015/11/12/inside-virginia-s-creepy-white-power-wolf-cult.html">Inside Virginia’s Creepy White-Power Wolf Cult - The Daily Beast</a>: Wolves of Vinland is a small but increasingly well-connected group based outside Lynchburg, Virginia. Members of the group—as well as their admirers in the white supremacist Internet-sphere—are surprisingly candid about their practices, beliefs, and goals. Some of the group’s activities are par for the course, at least as far as neo-pagans are concerned. But other elements of their community are deeply disturbing, especially in light of the recent arrests of two neo-pagan white supremacists who lived just two hours north of them and allegedly conspired to bomb black churches. (Betsy Woodruff,Daily Beast)<hr /></blockquote><br />Regan Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13786586311631698822noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3281308894633047381.post-9392097567538983182015-11-15T16:28:00.001-08:002015-11-15T16:28:25.264-08:00Chicago Tribune Report: "Nordstrom pulls controversial Hanukkah sweater"From the "What were they thinking?!" department, this faux pas from Nordstrom's:<br /><br />
<blockquote class="tr_bq"><a href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-nordstom-pulls-hanukkah-sweater-1113-biz-20151112-story.html">Nordstrom pulls controversial Hanukkah sweater after Facebook firestorm - Chicago Tribune</a>: The festive blue women's sweater by Faux Real features a large menorah and the words "Chai Maintenance" across the chest. The Hebrew word for life, chai is pronounced "high." The characterization unleashed a flood of negative comments on Nordstrom's Facebook page.<br />
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"I'm very disturbed by this sweater and the negative stereotype of Jewish women," said one poster, calling it anti-Semitic.</blockquote>Regan Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13786586311631698822noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3281308894633047381.post-51711466422923353102015-11-15T11:57:00.001-08:002015-11-15T11:57:05.175-08:00National Geographic: 500 Years of Virgin Mary Sightings in One MapThanks to <a href="http://www.dailygrail.com/" target="_blank">The Daily Grail </a>for the link -- National Geographic's map of BVM sightings, and mention of MiracleHunter, which I posted about yesterday:<br />
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<a href="http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2015/11/151113-virgin-mary-sightings-map/">500 Years of Virgin Mary Sightings in One Map</a>: MiracleHunter.com keeps a catalog of sightings. The map below shows where the sightings have been reported, and how they've been classified by the church. You can read about how the Virgin Mary has become the world's most powerful woman in our latest magazine cover story,and see how obsession with Mary can be taken to extremes on Explorer: The Cult of Mary,which premieres Sunday, December 13, at 8 p.m. (7 p.m. CST) on the National Geographic Channel.</blockquote>
Regan Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13786586311631698822noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3281308894633047381.post-7787089209541897582015-11-14T22:33:00.001-08:002015-11-14T22:33:14.940-08:00Blog Find: The JinnFound this site while surfing UFO Mary type items:<br /><br />
<blockquote class="tr_bq"><a href="http://www.thejinn.net/index.htm">Jinn/ djinn/ jinns - UFO, alien, spirit, demon, ghost, Grey, poltergeist, Ascended Master, Fairy, incubi, Men in Black, reptilian, nephilim, doppelganger, space brother, monster</a>: The JINN are beings with free will, living on Earth in a world parallel to mankind. The Arabic word means to conceal. They appear to include juvenile pranksters as well as powerful superior beings with an agenda we don't understand. They have influenced mankind's religious and cultural beliefs from antiquity to the present. Jinn can create UFOs, hallucinations, psychokinetic effects, cattle mutilations, crop circles, apparitions and other paranormal phenomena. (The Jinn.net)</blockquote><br /><br />
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There is a lot there! Much to explore. I'm not sure where the person is coming from --which perspective he or she has, or what religious, if any, beliefs they have -- but it's an interesting collection of articles and links referencing Vallee, Keel, Crowley, Parsons, and many others.<br /><br />
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In the post below where I linked to the article on the use of 1900's military technology to manipulate religious beliefs and political agendas, I commented that this human interference in affairs, under the guise of the supernatural, seems to be a reality. That doesn't mean that the supernatural doesn't exist however. Both exist, and both interact. Who manipulates whom? The answer seems obvious...Regan Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13786586311631698822noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3281308894633047381.post-68100704254982727112015-11-14T17:38:00.001-08:002015-11-14T17:38:54.980-08:00"Our Lady of the Stereopticon"From Haunted Ohio Books, very interesting piece on early 1900s visions of holy figures and other apparitions in the skies above war torn lands. Were these truly supernatural events, or projections created with military technology? From the article:<br /><br />
<blockquote class="tr_bq"><a href="http://hauntedohiobooks.com/news/our-lady-of-the-stereopticon/">Our Lady of the Stereopticon - Haunted Ohio Books</a>: In Przemysl and the surrounding country there are thousands of persons, many of them claiming to be eye-witnesses, who are positive that visions of the Virgin Mary and the Christ Child repeatedly appeared in the sky above the beleaguered city, and who are convinced that these visions were of supernatural origin. It is believed, however, that the officers in charge of the defenses simply took advantage of the latest developments in flying craft and projection apparatus to spread the conviction through the ranks of both armies that the city was under divine protection. (Chris Woodyard)</blockquote>While this is probable and in fact, no doubt true in some cases (it's my opinion that the military-industrial complex has long been aware of, not only the "superstitions" of the masses, but the presence of supernatural elements, including entities, and manipulates both for their own purposes) but sightings like these go back centuries. Well, the Trickster, Cosmic Joker, "super spectrum" as John Keel called it, knows how to mix things up and present us with muddled, multiple choices.<br /><br />
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Seems like the good Christian citizens of Sycamore Township should relax with a comforting and warm cup of java in a cozy red cup at the local Starbuck's.<br /><br />
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<br />Regan Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13786586311631698822noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3281308894633047381.post-35876831089684329982015-11-07T18:29:00.000-08:002015-11-07T18:29:29.011-08:00Religious children are meaner than their secular counterparts, study finds | World news | The Guardian<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Not surprising. I find it amusing that the researchers presumed most of us assume religious kids are naturally empathetic as a "common sense"perspective:<br />
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I went to Catholic school, remember the nuns dressed in the heavy black habits, but never acting this way; great photos: <a href="http://dangerousminds.net/comments/nuns_gone_wild_vintage_photos_of_sisters_letting_their_habits_down">Nuns Gone Wild: Vintage photos of sisters letting their habits down | Dangerous Minds</a>Regan Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13786586311631698822noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3281308894633047381.post-34789426203815711882015-06-12T16:20:00.001-07:002015-06-12T16:20:33.618-07:00Why The 'Apparitions' Of The Virgin Mary In This Small Bosnian Town Are So ControversialWhile we await the Pope's verdict on the Vatican's stamp of approval concerning the legitimacy of the BVM at Medjugorje, there's this short think-and-do type of article on the who, what, why from the Huffington Post:<br /><br />
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Although the church has approved other Marian apparitions in the past, the ones at Medjugorje are widely contested. The local bishop has stated that he does not believe the visions to be authentic, descrying the "lies that are at times put into the mouth of the 'Madonna.'"</blockquote>Regan Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13786586311631698822noreply@blogger.com0