October is a month that holds my favorite holiday of all — Halloween! So for any of you who reads this blog, the next month I will devote to writing about the scary, the gory and the horrifying. And I don’t mean my cooking.
Archive for September, 2008
October!
Posted in personal shots on September 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The Mark of the Witch
Posted in witches & witchcraft, tagged physical characteristics of a witch, the mark of a witch, witch's marks on September 27, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The witch is one of the scariest figures of fiction, particularly fairy tales. They were evil, cunning and deceptive and if you didn’t watch out, they’d eat your flesh and pick your bones. The witch is also one of the most misunderstood figures of our history, especially in places where they were routinely hunted, persecuted [...]
Why I Think Bitches are Over-Rated (or 10 Ways to Tell a True Bitch from a Fake One)
Posted in personal shots, tagged bitch, bitches, drama queen, how to tell a real bitch from a fake one on September 15, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Used to be that ‘bitch’ was a word used to refer to pregnant dogs, women of ill repute or those with shady characters — mean to the bone and rather evil. It was also the word used to refer to the woman from whose loins the anti-Christ will emerge. My, how things have changed.
These days, [...]
Purity as a Ring Around Your Finger: Why I Think Purity Rings May Not Always Work
Posted in personal shots, tagged opinion about purity rings, purity rings, why purity rings won't work on September 11, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Russell Brand is a very funny man but being funny, it seems, has its limits. When he hosted the recent VMAs and made a joke about the Jonas Brothers’ purity rings, his quip wasn’t exactly well received. In fact, he even had to apologize for it. So what’s the big deal with these purity rings [...]
A Single Person’s Guide to Protecting Your Children from Bullies
Posted in personal shots, tagged how to prevent bully attacks, how to protect your children from bullies on September 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I don’t have any children myself and the only experiences I have had with motherhood are vicarious at best. I have plenty of nieces and nephews – cousins from both sides of the family are blessed – so any semblance of maternal instinct I have ever felt were not directed to my own progeny. The [...]
How Lady Jane Grey Died
Posted in my favorite figures of history, tagged how lady jane grey died, lady jane grey's death, lady jane grey's speech on September 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
After her husband’s execution, Lady Jane Grey was taken to Tower Green, the same Tower in which Anne Boleyn would meet her fate. Queen Mary allowed her a private execution. The account of her beheading can be found in the Chronicle of Queen Jane and of Two Years of Queen Mary.
Before she put her head on [...]
Lady Jane Grey, the Nine Days Queen: Traitor or Pawn?
Posted in my favorite figures of history, tagged jane grey, lady jane grey, the nine days queen on September 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Lady Jane Grey was probably as much a victim of her lineage as she is of other people’s greed and ambition. Part of the reason she reigned (albeit briefly) was also her religion – Lady Jane Grey was a Protestant. Hers was a short, mostly unhappy life, in which she endured strict upbringing. Even worse [...]
