Comments on: Strange stories, amazing facts http://www.greatwhatsit.com/archives/124 The daily organ of the Northeast Corridor Social Club Sun, 14 Mar 2010 01:54:33 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: William http://www.greatwhatsit.com/archives/124#comment-49755 William Wed, 22 Aug 2007 22:20:00 +0000 http://www.greatwhatsit.com/archives/124#comment-49755 Wow, I've told people for years about that book. When I was seven and my sister was nine we got a copy of Strange Stories, Amazing Facts. We completely devoured it and read stories to each other all the time from it. Wow, I’ve told people for years about that book. When I was seven and my sister was nine we got a copy of Strange Stories, Amazing Facts. We completely devoured it and read stories to each other all the time from it.

]]> By: Bryan Waterman http://www.greatwhatsit.com/archives/124#comment-225 Bryan Waterman Fri, 10 Mar 2006 12:43:32 +0000 http://www.greatwhatsit.com/archives/124#comment-225 Pandora -- I thought of your comment here when I read <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/aaron-freeman/martyr-love_b_17063.html" rel="nofollow">this piece on Huffington Post</a>. Pandora — I thought of your comment here when I read this piece on Huffington Post.

]]> By: Pandora Brewer http://www.greatwhatsit.com/archives/124#comment-189 Pandora Brewer Tue, 07 Mar 2006 03:58:54 +0000 http://www.greatwhatsit.com/archives/124#comment-189 It is weird what you connect with as a kid and what it probably says about how you constructed your world. I was always bored by the Big Foot, Loch Ness stuff (of course there are vestiges from prehistoric times, duh), incredulous of the space age stuff (jet packs, whatever), but now stigmata, that was cool. I read the accounts of Father Pio and Saint Francis and Theresa like a primer text, staring at my palms intently . . . waiting. Up until the late 19th century stigmatics always bled from their palms and then when histocial research showed that the Romans actually crucified their victims through the wrists, they started bleeding from the wrists. For some this may push the verdict closer to psychosimatic (sp?) phenomena than divine manifestation, luckily as a mixy Catholic Mormon, I chalked it up as modern revelation. And never doubted the trueness of the experience. I am with you Adriana, it was about figuring something out, controlling the mystery in hopes that you might be touched by it. And therefore special yourself. It is weird what you connect with as a kid and what it probably says about how you constructed your world. I was always bored by the Big Foot, Loch Ness stuff (of course there are vestiges from prehistoric times, duh), incredulous of the space age stuff (jet packs, whatever), but now stigmata, that was cool. I read the accounts of Father Pio and Saint Francis and Theresa like a primer text, staring at my palms intently . . . waiting. Up until the late 19th century stigmatics always bled from their palms and then when histocial research showed that the Romans actually crucified their victims through the wrists, they started bleeding from the wrists. For some this may push the verdict closer to psychosimatic (sp?) phenomena than divine manifestation, luckily as a mixy Catholic Mormon, I chalked it up as modern revelation. And never doubted the trueness of the experience. I am with you Adriana, it was about figuring something out, controlling the mystery in hopes that you might be touched by it. And therefore special yourself.

]]> By: Adriana Velez http://www.greatwhatsit.com/archives/124#comment-171 Adriana Velez Thu, 02 Mar 2006 17:53:03 +0000 http://www.greatwhatsit.com/archives/124#comment-171 It's interesting how kids love weird stuff like this. Maybe it has to do with sorting out how the world works and reconciling all the ways in which it doesn't. And perhaps reading about slightly scary phenomena gives kids a sense of mastery over it. I know I felt a lot safer knowing what to do if I ever encountered a poltergeist! Adriana It’s interesting how kids love weird stuff like this. Maybe it has to do with sorting out how the world works and reconciling all the ways in which it doesn’t. And perhaps reading about slightly scary phenomena gives kids a sense of mastery over it. I know I felt a lot safer knowing what to do if I ever encountered a poltergeist!

Adriana

]]> By: Dave Barber http://www.greatwhatsit.com/archives/124#comment-162 Dave Barber Thu, 02 Mar 2006 03:55:31 +0000 http://www.greatwhatsit.com/archives/124#comment-162 Maybe that's 'cause Dean Kame let your ride his personal Segway. I loved stuff like this when I was a kid. There was the obsession with freaky things: I checked out every book on the Loch Ness Monster, Bigfoot, psychic phenomena, and UFOs that our elementary school library held. And the obsession with a glorious future: There was a particular volume at the main branch of the city library called something like the Kids' Whole Future Catalog that was filled with drawings of monorails, eco-friendly cities of tomorrow, even AIRSHIPS the size of football stadiums that carried passengers around the world in luxury. Damn, that was a nice future. Maybe that’s ’cause Dean Kame let your ride his personal Segway.

I loved stuff like this when I was a kid. There was the obsession with freaky things: I checked out every book on the Loch Ness Monster, Bigfoot, psychic phenomena, and UFOs that our elementary school library held. And the obsession with a glorious future: There was a particular volume at the main branch of the city library called something like the Kids’ Whole Future Catalog that was filled with drawings of monorails, eco-friendly cities of tomorrow, even AIRSHIPS the size of football stadiums that carried passengers around the world in luxury. Damn, that was a nice future.

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