Odin 2024

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Norse Mythology

BBC Radio has produced a version of Neil Gaiman's Norse Mythology.

And it's free to listen to!

But hurry it's only available for one more week.

I'm a Pagan Too

This article about the increase in the number of "Heathens" in the US military made me think of the great movie Breaker Morant and the awesome heartbreaking "I'm a Pagan too" scene. It also got me wondering if potentially the increased "popularity" of the Norse Gods in the military has anything to do with the showcasing of Thor in the Marvel Universe especially in the Avengers movies.

It probably doesn't hurt that the recently published Neil Gaiman's Norse Mythology is topping many best seller lists as well.

I give the movie Breaker Morant and the book Norse Mythology two enthusiastic thumbs up!

When it's all said and done - I think I'm a Pagan too!

Flotsam and Jetsam

Miscellaneous thoughts and observations.

Did you know that the first professional baseball player was Jewish? His name was Lipman Pike - you can look it up... Gene Hackman was original choice of the show's producers to play Mr. Brady on The Brady Bunch but the studio insisted on Robert Reed... The chief Norse God Odin had two ravens who sat on his shoulders - one was Hugin (Thought) and the other was Munin (Memory). They flew around the world of men to inform Odin of goings on... Did you know that Ted Knight was the narrarator on the Super Friends?... I think I'd rather have hot wax dripped on my genitals than watch the new CBS "comedy" Mike & Molly - seriously - hot wax on my balls... Did you know that Sarah Holcomb who played Maggie in Caddyshack also played the underage girl who gets pregnant in Animal House?... Robert Redford was in a movie called Havana and it wasn't half bad - Sean Connery was in a movie called Cuba that wasn't half good...