Category Archives: superstitions

Ghouls or Phi on the Loose

October 31, 2016 – 7:08 pm

If you ask Thais if they’ve seen a ghost, most will timidly say NO, indicating the fear that any mention of a spirit might endanger their luck, yet Thais love horror movies popularized by such famous ghosts such as Phi-pop who eats livers, phi tai hong who died due to violence, and phi kraseu who […]

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The Sum Of 2014

January 2, 2014 – 10:29 am

The ever-lovely Ann Magnuson wished everyone a happy New Year on Facebook. “2014 is going to be a good year! It has to be, it has a 4 in it!” I hoped that she was right, since 2013 was an annus miserablis for me, however I wrote the hillbilly performance artiste that 4 is not […]

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The End Of The World

December 12, 2012 – 12:27 pm

Early Christians expected the return of the Man from Nazareth to Earth. Their Messiah failed to show up to save them and converts gave up on the 2nd Coming for the End Times or ‘days of vengeance’, when their persecution would be revenged by fiery angels. Revelations in the Bible forecast the horrors of the […]

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B’ak’tun Tsunami

December 12, 2012 – 12:25 pm

Doomologists have pinpointed the end-date of the Mayan’s 5,125-year-long cycle as 13.0.0.0.0 or December 21, 2012 without predicting the cause of Armageddon. Various options for the B’ak’tun have been offered by opposing camps. Fundamentalists are hoping for the Second Coming of the Messiah and survivalists are arming up for collapse of the New World Order, […]

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High Ground

December 12, 2012 – 12:06 pm

12-21-12 is nine days away and doomsday believers hoping to survive the predicted end of days are flocking to Mount Rtanj in Carpathian range, which supposedly has a ‘special energy according to the late Arthur C Clark. A French town in the Pyrenees has also been targeted by cultists and the village authorities of Bugarach […]

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