June 24th, 2008
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NEWS
Year 4 Anthology NOW AVAILABLE!
Hot on the heels of the release of the Complete Year Three Anthology, the Forth Year anthology of the famed comic strip is now available!, and if your curious you can even take a look inside.
(Of course the first three years of anthologies are still available)
What People are Saying about Oh My Gods!
“This is some seriously clever occult humor! Hey, someone had to take the piss out of NeoPaganism. Leave it to Shivian Balaris to apply his observations and critiques in the form of entertaining comic art. For a lighthearted, fun, and educational perspective of our weird and Witchy ways, Oh My Gods! is the place to turn.”
Raven Digitalis, author of Shadow Magick Compendium & Goth Craft
Litha Theme!
Since I won’t be here during official Litha (I’ll be at PSG) I turned on the Litha theme for the site. Remember, you can always change your themes in your user settings!
Year 3 Anthology NOW AVAILABLE!
The third year anthology of the famed comic strip is now available!, and if your curious you can even take a look inside.
(Of course the Complete Year One Anthology and Complete Year Two Anthology are also still available!)
What People are Saying about Oh My Gods!
“An irreverent romp through our modern pagan culture … its humor spotlights the foibles and fun of being pagan in the 21st century … it always adds a smile to my day.”
Dana Haefne, owner of Kamala Health & Beauty
Latest Updates
Not only are there new strips for all of May, but I’ve updated some of the site’s functionality as well. Hopefully now some of the problems with Captcha (et al) will be gone. Let me know if anything is broken the moment you find it broken using the contact page.
Lastly, due to the number of problems it was causing, the Fan Map has been moved to it’s own page in the Fans section. Enjoy!
Betwixt and Between
Hey everyone! I am in my first stage show in years, so I figured I’d post about it right here to all you lovely pagans and pagan-friendly people! The site (linked to below) has photos of our group, info on the members, etc. Have a look see and come check out the show! It’s a measly $15 after all, I know you can join us for that, aye?
Terra Mysterium is pleased to escort you into the land of Faerie at its Spring 2008 performance of “Betwixt and Between: A Journey Into Faerie”, at La Costa Theatre (Chicago, IL) April 11th and 12th at 8pm.

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I'm a wuss xp
I agree with Vincent xp Last time I went camping I had ten bug bites two of which were on my left boob, got a sunburn, and broke my phone xp I like camping but that was not so much good.
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lol
you should count yourself lucky. last time I went camping we decided not to use the tent and I ended up putting my sleeping bag ontop of a wasp nest, nothing like waking up in the middle of the night to a buzzing sound and to find sonething crawling up your back lol
o.o
Camping without tent = no. Got it.
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.::"...Secondly, the earth is a Libra." -Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman, Good Omens::.
Sounds like you weren't doing it right.......
A few simple precautions to drive away the bugs, prevent the sunburn, and to secure your phone and you might've enjoyed yourself more. Always remember that you are playing by Mother Nature's rules when you are camping or hiking. Follow her rules and you'll be fine. If you don't know her rules, ignorance is no protection. You'll learn by trial and error.
Sage
"Sometimes the way you THINK it is, isn't the way it REALLY is at all." --St. Orin--
"If the world is to be saved, it will not be saved by old minds with new programs. If the world is to be saved, it will be saved by new minds and no programs at all" --D
Pfffft
I was RAISED in mosquito village! One can't complain about mosquitos until you've got a bite on your perineum from using the latrine... -.-;
Seriously, though, after the first few days, they stop itching. Your body adapts. Then they go away for 6 months - and you get to do it all over again the next year.
BUT they give you an excuse to make lots of smoke on the campfire, and come home smelling like smoke that only 20 showers will clear you of!
-CHL
Try the words horsefly and butt crack in same sentence.
Where else but camping can you set marshmallows on fire and call it a meal. My daughter is currently covered in band aids from where she has scratched mosquito bites until she was bleeding.
lol
my old house backed onto a swamp so i totally get what you are saying XD my b/f how ever refuses to leave suburbia -.- no more campin for Gen
Unfortunately these days,
Unfortunately these days, mosquito bites can bring more than just itchiness.
Ahem. West nile. -Cringe.-
Lol
The last mosquito to bite my mother had to book into the betty ford clinic =p
xXxBlessed BexXx
Congratulations!
This website has been banned on the McDonalds WiFi server in Northamptonshire. I went to go on the site when I was there and I found out that the access was denied due to the occult content... ^_^;
Oh well, still got access from home.
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Blessed Be...to all.
yay
I'm pleased!
Which are you pleased about?
The fact your website was banned from Micky D's or the fact that I can still access from home?
Or both?
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Blessed Be...to all.
The next thing to do is
The next thing to do is start petitioning them to ban all christian websites... Fairplay and all, I find those sites offensive. Just because it's the biggest cult out there doesn't mean it should get special privilages...
Huh...
I thought the US Military was the world's biggest cult... Either way, I'll bet they're in extremely stiff competition with Christianity... or they're in league with each other! *conspires*
Fox hunting... The unspeakable pursuing the inedible.
Hey now...
I know several soldiers who are pagans, and at least one who follows this strip, that one being my husband. How do you figure that the military is a cult?
Duh.
Everyone knows they're in league with each other. Why else would the Military be prejudiced against homosexuals? Because "God told them to".
military
dude there are hundreds of thousands of gay military members. i can think of at least 10 just in the medical group of the hospital where my parents are stationed at now. the military does allow military members, its called "don't ask don't tell". if you can make it through basic training they cannot kick you out simply for being homosexual.
Just so you know,
I'm in the military, and bisexual, and a Wicca Lay Leader (Chaplin-proxy pretty much) so I'm not exactrly sure what the two of you are getting at.
I would be pleased =)
If I had a website I would want it to offend people to the point it gets banned. x] It would make me smile. <3
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.::"...Secondly, the earth is a Libra." -Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman, Good Omens::.
HA haha HAhaha hahaha.
I'd be offended if my website was promoted by McDonald's.
Hallos, Shivian. <3
OMGs
Banned because of Adult or Occult content??? The former I can understand - the latter should be brought to public attention.
-CHL
It said Occult
On the 'Access Denied' page it said 'Occult Content' as the basic reason for it being banned from the server.
But to be honest, how often have you used a WiFi point at MacDonalds? I was only using it this one time because I kinda didn't have a choice... So would it generally matter if people couldn't see OMGs! when at Micky D's?
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Blessed Be...to all.
I wonder...
I'm not sure if this is true at 'all' McDonalds locations.
Guess that's because I've never tried to do that.
Aw well, new subject for my next 'urban experiment'. \(o.o)/
lucky and unlucky there...
I can just about get access at home and every public computer, school, library etc. are so strict...grrr. On the bright side I can kind of side step most restrictions at home hehehe ^-^
Mosquitoes and UV rays won't stop me!
I'm having issues walking due to bites on the bottoms of my feet. But meh! I still want to go out into the woods for a week.
I need to do more camping - considering I work in a park and need to be able to give advice to campers who don't even know what kindling is.
Strange...
They've yet to block this site at school, and they block everything. I do mean EVERYTHING. I could barely do a research project for school, every other site was blocked. (Art, no less) Maybe next year it'll be blocked. Fun.
Yeah...
I don't even have to go camping..Every time I walk outside I get eaten alive by the bugs. D:
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You can't wake a man who only pretends to sleep.-Native American Proverb
Top Banner
Lol at the top banner!I would do that with my girlfriend.
As a side note, check out the all pagan irc chat channel at www.otherworlde..., the otherworlders.org irc network, in the channel #Paganism, owned by yours truly.
-Ambush
Band at school
I’ve read this strip since high school, but in the last year most occult sites where band.
I got logged out of my computer and had to tell the Librarian what I had gone on and a couple of year sevens heard. Let’s just say my last year at school was not fun.
Went back...
So, I went back to the WiFi point to see exactly what it said, and got a screenshot of it... http://i255.pho...
Although this could just be the one in Northampton in England...no idea if this is the same in other Micky D's.
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Blessed Be...to all.
Public scandal, anyone?
Public scandal, anyone?
I would so be in...
...if my parents already knew I'm a pagan...but I think my dad would put out a hit on me if he saw me on the news denouncint McDonald's for religious prejudice...as if their food wasn't bad enough. >_<
Hardly a public scandal.
Hardly a public scandal. This is the fault of the web filtering software that McD's is choosing to use. (I recognize it as the same one that my previous company used. Wish I could remember which one it was, but it's not WebSense.)
Get on McD's for using the particular software, and on the software company for the whole "occult content" category, but it's hardly a case of OMGZ THE EEBIL PERSECUTION!!!11!!!one!!
Yes, it is, by the software
Yes, it is, by the software company.
Though truth be told, if I had a restaraunt I would have a little message along the lines of "We are sorry but the web page you attempted to access has been classified as "intolerating christian influence" and has thus been banned"
"So sayeth the lord!"
"Why? were you quoting liber al?"
I love camping
I love camping, but good gods, the mosquitos in Florida will have you needing a blood transfusion when you're done.
"From now on, I don't care if my tea leaves spell 'Die, Ron, die', I'm just chucking them in the bin where they belong." --Ron Weasly HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX
Dammit, Wolfshadow, now you
Dammit, Wolfshadow, now you got ME curious! I'm going to have to take my laptop over to my nearest MickeyD's (which is around the corner - heh) to see if that's true.... then, if it comes up, file a complaint to the manager about a certain State Law in Florida (go to www.myflorida.c... and do a search for "The Freedom of Religion Act") and how the franchise could be sued for breaking said law....
And no, I'm not making that up. That particular law is why there are so many pagans in Florida.
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Imagination is more important than knowledge. (Albert Einstein)
Darn...
Seriously dudes... I never set out to start a debate on Freedom of Religion (although any act you do take will not effect me as I live in the United Kingdom).
I just thought it was kinda odd, interesting and a little funny.
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Blessed Be...to all.
I find...
...OMGs lack of new strips...disturbing...
(It's already the 2nd of July at posting time)
I don't mind camping...
Except for sleeping on the ground... without a sleeping bag mat or an air mattress. That's the only thing that bothers me. I know, I'm a wuss when it comes to camping.
Fox hunting... The unspeakable pursuing the inedible.
Randomness!
http://youtube....
Watch it! You are all my people, and I'm damn proud to be a part of this community.
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Catapultam habeo... Nisi pecuniam omnem mihi dabis, ad caput tuum saxum immane mittam!
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Here here
Lovely sentiment
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Blessed Be...to all.
I like it
Nice video, thanks for sharing.
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Heil the Godhs
Thanks
for putting that up. Its an awesome video. Pagans are my people and I'm not afraid to fly my freak flag.
Blessed be,
Willow
Wussies.
I don't see why the bugs go after you all so much. I get the occasional bug bite in my sleep, but otherwise they tend to stay away from me, save for flies landing on me to drink my sweat, which isn't a problem until they make me itchy.
ya know....
ya know, guys n gals, when shivian catches up, we'll be over 2000 strips. *shock*
-D
not over 9000?
not over 9000?
Not yet...
Shivian has only been doin ohmygods comics since 2002 if he does a comic every day for six years (365 days each plus two exra days for '04 n' '08 leapyear)
as of the anniversary on march 7th he's done 2192 comics. as of june 7th hes done 2283 comics if he's got one for everyday :)Wow!
Do i really need to save the planet? I don't see anything wrong with it.
Humanity, on the other hand...
however....
however, there have been a number of days he hasnt been able to post a strip, and some unfortunate events about early strips that have forced him to remove them.
At the rate we are going
At the rate we are going here, there might be over 2000 comments on this page before the next strip is out....LOL
Love and blessings,
Cerridwen
Priestess
CWA-BC
www.cwabc.org
What?
What was wrong with the earlier strips?
I've read every one from the first one archived when I found this and I didn't see anything wrong with any of them. True, they may offend some people that take themselves to seriously, but what comic doesn't offend someone? They need to lighten up and laugh at themselves every once in a while.