TrueBlood: Contra-Twilight at its best

Not to say that I have anything against anyone being a fan of both: I just find TrueBlood, and it's source, the Southern Vampire mysteries of Charlaine Harris to be perpendicular to a certain almost bloodless series. Definitely created for adults -- particularly the TV series: It's on HBO, so that means "anything but tame and tweenager-safe". The hare-brained comments on Amazon.com which compare it to Twilight make me think, "Huh? are we watching the same series? Bill Compton would drink Edward Cullen like a beer, if the Rattrays didn't find Edwierd first and tap him. One good use for the Rats." Haven't gotten far enough into the box set of the DVDs to see if Eric is in it, but there's a vamp who would not stand for the Cullens' shenanigans. And I would pay good money to see a crossover fic where Tara snarks Dulla into a heap of whimpering protoplasm. I think Sookie would get a cluster migraine from listening to Bella's constant internal whineologue, and tell Lafeyette to drop her food on the floor. Ooh, Lafeyette hitting on Edwierd and creeping him out: made of win!

Yes, the Twhinelight crowd needs to be airlifted into Bon Temps and left there to fend for themselves, stat.

Harry Potter vs. the Pope

Turns out there's a whole lot more to the claim that Cardinal Ratzinger, now Pope Benedict XVI is dead set against the Harry Potter series. One of the exorcists of Rome, Father Gabriel Amorth, is against it, but he's not the Chief Exorcist of Rome as some have described him; he appears to be the Rorschach of the Church, and his constantly being on the front lines in spiritual warfare has caused him to see demons under every rock:

http://www.decentfilms.com/sections/articles/harrypotterandthepope.html