Thinks'a'lot

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If you were to know me personally, I would hazard a guess that you would think my magazine subscriptions bizarre - not that I read Bizarre (much too crass) - but I am more inclined to the more alternative thoughts and opinions that people lay grace to paper.

For example, I read a most intriguing article the other day about the Phelps' Family and how they had reasoned that Obama was the anti-Christ (and, thusly, the world would end soon, that is if God doesn’t 'tarry) - apparently, just after he was elected, they watched him on TV and... They just KNEW he was the anti-Christ. And from that day forth...

You get the idea? Not that I agree with most of the views I read: I do it purely to experience something new; to try to ascertain the answer WHY somebody would think that way.

For the Phelps'... it is simple - an abusive father. A Patriarch who ruled with a rod of iron and installed an AWEsome fear within his children.

I digress though. Sitting in the paper rack of my coffee table, you are more likely to find the latest issue of Fortean Times or Paranormal Magazine than you would... Men’s Health and... I dunno... gay porn?

I was reading a very long (seven fucking pages) laughable article on Bram Stoker (and how he came about with his Dracula book) which was accompanied with really bizarre pictures of a woman (headshot) who was drooling blood and had a bite mark on her neck. They were not even good pictures, she looked about 45 trying to be 35 - I digress again though! - The article was by some amazingly pretentious chap (whose name I have forgotten) and... Well, he didn’t tell us anything that hasn’t already been written about Bram Stoker.

"I was looking for connections to Bram Stoker and Freemasonry - turns out he wasn’t a member... or was he and it’s all a big conspiracy?" - As you can imagine, it was truly gripping stuff.

I doubt anybody would care if Mr Stoker was a Freemason though... and if they did well... he's kind of dead now (Or is he? WhooooOooOoOoOo!) And is less than forthcoming about his experiences about it.

So what was the point of this seven pages article (which summarized the book itself for 3 pages!)? "We already knew pretty much everything but here it is again JUST INCASE!"

They pay people for that. I sit here giving out spiel in my blog for free and this chap is making a mint giving out spiel in magazines. How is that fair?