Who's been raising gas prices

No surprise.















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When disaster strikes

There has been some irresponsible talk that would lead a reader to believe that there are greater threats to your well-being than Olav.

Yet what do we see when disaster strikes?

Judge yourself after seeing this troubling photographic evidence (click to enlarge):















Concerned? You should be.

An archetype of violence in mythology

I was reading about Joseph Campbell and the notion of recurring archetypes in mythology. It's pretty interesting stuff!

I spent some time researching some old myths and one particular archetype -- an archetype of violence -- kept popping up.

Yeah. It's Olav. (Click to enlarge)















I can't say I'm surprised. I am concerned, though. As the evidence of the Olav threat mounts, our do-nothing government continues to studiously ignore the threat. What will it take for a genuine plan to defend us from Olav?

And will the invisible hand of the International Hallway Monitor Cabal continue to lie to people about the Olav Threat?

Welcome, visitors from Denmark!

Welcome to the blog, visitors from Denmark!

Denmark is Norway's neighbor and is thus locked in a terrible arms race over their coats of arms. Denmark's coat of arms features not one lion, but three lions with little crowns.

While this is enough to ensure peace via the theory of Mutally Assured Destruction, U.N. weapons inspectors suspect that Denmark is currently working on ax technology -- an outcome that will surely disrupt the balance of power in Scandinavia.

Denmark is also known as the setting for William Shakespeare's play Hamlet. This previously unknown play was later made famous by Arnold Schwarzenegger's portrayal of the Danish prince.

Oh, no.

Oh, no. Oh, no no no. This apocalyptic vision from the future is even more fearsome when we see just who is standing in front of the sentient tank powered by a small black hole.

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Can we do nothing to stop this apocalyptic future from occurring?!

An Olav sighting

As you know, Norway's coat of arms features an ax-wielding, cheroot smoking, little-crown-wearing lion. I choose to believe the lion's name is Olav, by the way.

Wiki says nothing about whether or not the lion rides around in a futuristic, sentient battle tank powered by a small black hole, so I'm forced to assume that he does.

Today I stumbled across this photographic evidence.

Click the picture to enlarge it and view it in all its horrifying glory.















I knew it.

Welcome to the Main Street, Norway and Iran!

Welcome, Norway and Iran! That's Norway's coat of arms to the left. It's pretty bad-ass. As near as I can tell, it features a lion. With an ax. And he's wearing a little crown, as if to say, Go ahead and make fun of my little crown. I'm a lion with an ax. I think he's smoking a Clint Eastwood-style cheroot, too.

I'm not saying that I wouldn't taunt the fella, but I am saying that it wouldn't be on my list of things to do on any given day. Getting my head caught in the gears of a steam engine would come before taunting a lion armed with an ax.

I wonder what early drafts of Norway's coat of arms looked like. Maybe an earlier draft had the lion riding around in a tank and the King of Norway said "Looks good, Sven, but maybe we should lose the tank."

Does Norway have monkeys: No. But they get a pass for the ax-wielding lion.

And welcome to the blog, Iranians! Wikipedia says the highest state authority is the Supreme Leader, currently Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Supreme Leader is a pretty sweet title, although I would've gone for Grand Poobah of the Universe.

While I'm on the subject, Persian food can be an amazing experience. I went to a place near Philadelphia called the Persian Grill and it was fantastic. I understand that it changed owners, so I need to get out there and see if it's still awesome.

Monkeys? Sadly, other than the infamous Filipino Monkey, the answer appears to be no.