Monthly Archives: April 2007

Kids These Days

April 30, 2007 – 11:49 am

’nuff said Photo by カランドラカス. (License: Creative Commons Attribution)Before we go any further, there is something you should know about me. I was one of those kids. The scary, weird kids that you try to keep an eye on, ’cause you know there is something wrong, but you don’t know what to do about it. [...]

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Poltergeists, Superpowers, and The Tao

April 25, 2007 – 2:11 pm

The superhero lurking within… Photo by Kevin Tostado. (License: Creative Commons Attribution)When I was about ten years old, my Mom laid down the law: I was old enough to sleep in my room with the door closed and the light off. I don’t know exactly why she felt compelled to declare such a policy at [...]

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Vampire Mythology and Corporate America

April 18, 2007 – 7:45 pm

The fiends lurk in the most unimaginable places… Tales of vampires have been with us for thousands of years. The Babylonians had Lilith, who reputedly had a thing for sucking the blood of babies. The fiends lurk in the most unimaginable places…The Greeks had the lamaias, also with a penchant for the little ones. The [...]

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