I hope the person responsible for this gets cancer. Asshole.
(via The Friendly Atheist)
Vatican exorcist expels “real life” demons
April 5th, 2012 by Thomas
Demons, monsters, vampires … I love that stuff. I read about it, I write about it, I watch it on television and in the movies.
But I know that it isn’t real. I know that these are stories we tell each other, to scare and excite and entertain. Once upon a time, sure, people really believed this stuff, but now? We’ve moved on. We no longer live, as Carl Sagan said, in a demon haunted world.
Except for people like this, and their hundreds and thousands of followers. This is a documentary, not a fantasy, about a man who claims to battle the devil, and the people who believe him. Instead of getting real help from a real doctor, they turn to this man and his make-believe powers.
The man interviewed is right: this is a battle between good and evil. But the priests are on the wrong side.
(via io9)
This Week on the Web
December 19th, 2011 by Thomas
This Week on the Web brings you a chance to win a signed copy of Sire, a sad farewell to Christopher Hitchens, dispatches from the front lines of the eReader wars, the real job creators, a whole bunch of Vampire Diaries news, and more!
This Week on the Web
December 12th, 2011 by Thomas
This week on the Web brings you the latest (badass) Batman poster, Klaus’ Original siblings, Breaking Dawn (ten times shorter and one hundred times more honest), Voyager hauling ass for interstellar space, Verizon and Amazon being dicks, a raging bigot running for President, and more!
This Week on the Web
December 6th, 2011 by Thomas
This Week on the Web brings you more of our wedding photos, how PayPal stole Christmas, a bunch of Top Three moments of TVD Season Three (they’re all wrong of course, because internet), the trailer for Joss Whedon’s Cabin in the Woods, a fifteen inch MacBook Air, the Obamacare Bomb, and more!
This Week on the Web – 28 November 2011
November 28th, 2011 by Thomas
This Week on the Web brings you The Lady’s first batch of wedding photos, the Battle of the Corgi Names, Black Friday brawls, Dianne Sylvan’s top three moments of TVD Season Three, the end of the Batman franchise, a sweet-looking new eReader, and more!
This Week on the Web
November 16th, 2011 by Thomas
This Week on the Web brings you The Evil Blood Sluts, love interests for Alaric and Bonnie (not each other, you sickos), the story of a man and his buffalo, Barnes & Noble telling Microsoft to fuck off, and Michele Bachmann telling you what Jesus would do: let your lazy ass starve. And some other, less depressing stuff!
This Week on the Web
November 1st, 2011 by Thomas
This Week on the Web brings you Hunger Games character posters, an awesome Batman costume, rumors of a new Nook Color, the continuing War on Science, and more!
Wednesday – Link Blast – 26 October 2011
October 26th, 2011 by Thomas
This Link Blast brings you people facing their worst fears, cars that drive themselves, Amish on Amish violence, the best hobbit costume ever, and more!
This Week on the Web: 6 September 2011
October 6th, 2011 by Thomas
I’m getting married tomorrow! So expect postings from me to be… not, for the next week or so. But to hopefully tide you over, here are a bunch of links!