Archive of entries posted on 28th June 2013

Now I know why Grimm is set there

Posted by on

I don’t know if you’ve seen it, but there’s a TV show called Grimm that is set in Oregon.

The show’s alright. Little hard to follow at times with all the German critters and bogiemen running around. If you haven’t seen it, here’s the deal: All those fairy tales? They’re real. It goes on from there.

Anyway, I wondered why the show was set in Oregon. I kinda figured that the whole Twilight thing with all the gay vampires in the northwest U.S. was the inspiration. But now, I’m not so sure.

Turns out that in Wilsonville, Oregon, they’re gonna put up a memorial to 50,000 dead bumblebees.

No, I’m not making that up.

So, what are you doing this coming Sunday at 2:00 PM Left Coast Time? If you’re near Wilsonville, Oregon — that’s 25 miles south of the police station in Portland where Nick and his half-Hexenbiest captain work — you can watch a bunch of grown folks put up a monument to dead bumblebees.

I don’t know if you’ll see any Hexenbiest or Blutbaden or Fuchsbau there. But, I’m sure you’ll see a Blödmann or two.

UPDATE: Harvey has an update.

Not My First Thought Regarding Pork-Laced Bullets

Posted by on

[High Praise! to archangel]

From an article about Jihawg Ammo:

But some religious experts debate the theory that the bullets would prevent a Muslim from attaining salvation should they be shot with the pork-laced ammunition.

“There is no penalty for coming into contact with pork given by the Quran,’ said Shannon Dunn, assistant professor of religious studies at Gonzaga University, in an interview with Religion News Service. “To my knowledge, Muslims, especially unknowingly, would not be banned from heaven for eating or getting hit by pork. There are some interpreters who suggest that Muslims should eat pork than starve, if faced with that alternative.”

Archangel’s commentary from his email raises a good question:

Anyone find it odd that the religious scholar is focusing on the pork contact rather than the action earning someone the title of terrorist as the reason they aren’t entering heaven?

Amen.