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Meandering thoughts on ghost stories and the paranormal/paranatural Part 2

Trigger Warning: This is part two. Part one was yesterday. Just like yesterday, for the sake of simplicity I lump all stories of the paranormal/natural together as a ghost story. This includes faeries, demons, ghosts and everything else. It's just easier that way for me. I wrote about lizard-men, shadow people and black-eyed kids. These are weird things that don't have an explanation that I know of, that explains them in their entirety. If you can't handle scary stories, then skip this one, too. These are more creepy things, but I don't want to set off anyone's anxiety. I do try to be rational. I read these stories with a 50 pound bag of salt; rarely do I take them at face value. I know there are things that I don't know, and don't understand-- but I also know that sleep paralysis is not caused by a hag sitting on you, and that you're not being sexually molested by an incubus if you have a sexy dream at night. That doesn't chang...

Baby doughnuts

This one is going to be short because I just don't have words enough to describe how I feel. Let's start with: " An Oklahoma lawmaker files a bill to ban the making and selling of food or products that use aborted human fetuses ." No, this isn't an Onion story, although the abortion-itorum/fun park was a good one. Some guy, in Oklahoma just ruined my hope for Southerners, and made me glad my state hasn't done that. "At least we're not Oklahoma" I can say-- and given that I live in a state that is run by troglodytes, well, it's usually, "At least we're not Mississippi". Yeah, not good when someone in Arizona says, "At least we're not..." The story continues,"State Senator Ralph Shortey says he's done research and found reports that companies have used stem cells in the research and development of food. “I don’t know if it is happening in Oklahoma, it may be, it may not be.  What I am saying is ...