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Nov. 6th, 2007 10:32 pmSo...no doubt most people have by this point heard about the Wiccan guy from Maryland who won the lottery and is planning to open some sort of witch school thing....it's constantly in the news around here still so it's kinda hard to miss.
I don't know Bunky personally, I know quite a few people who do though. but I have to say, I'm kinda sick of hearing about it. Do I wish at all that it were me who won? I'd be lying if I said I didn't kinda wish I had...but then I also don't buy lottery tickets, so I have no right to complain that I didn't win.
But seriously, can we go a day without a major news story? I don't think there's been a day since he first won that he hasn't been in the media. And none of the stories ever say anything new.
Then I saw this story...and well, they've all been irritating. They've all said pretty much the same thing...but this one? Okay...first of all, you'd think that he was some sort of guru from the way they talk about people sitting around him and asking questions...
"Wearing a polo shirt, black jeans and white sneakers, his fingers decked out in gold rings, Bartlett answered all kinds of questions from the dozen or so seekers who showed up."
and
"One woman told the group how Bartlett had helped her cleanse her house of bad energy - energy that was streaming in from certain items her ex-husband had left behind that she didn't realize were there. Others asked serious questions about Summerland, the Wiccan equivalent of heaven, and what it feels like to have a transformational experience."
and
"Asked his opinion on drug use, he said, "If you can't get there on your own, you aren't supposed to be there."
and
"On spirituality: "People ask me, 'How long does it take to become a Wiccan or whatever?' And the answer is, 'It takes a lifetime.'"
Then farther down, there's the comment that essentially boils down to "Wicca is whatever you want it to be"- it's not something quoted of anyone, but if there was anything in the article I could have taken seriously, this is enough to cancel it out. That and the fact that he can't make up his mind if he believes in curses or not. One would think that a Wiccan High Priest would have decided that by now.
( Here's the article, cut it for length: )
In the end, I just wish he would find some space and get on with it and stop with the media parade. Or at the very least, have SOMETHING new and substantial to say.
I don't know Bunky personally, I know quite a few people who do though. but I have to say, I'm kinda sick of hearing about it. Do I wish at all that it were me who won? I'd be lying if I said I didn't kinda wish I had...but then I also don't buy lottery tickets, so I have no right to complain that I didn't win.
But seriously, can we go a day without a major news story? I don't think there's been a day since he first won that he hasn't been in the media. And none of the stories ever say anything new.
Then I saw this story...and well, they've all been irritating. They've all said pretty much the same thing...but this one? Okay...first of all, you'd think that he was some sort of guru from the way they talk about people sitting around him and asking questions...
"Wearing a polo shirt, black jeans and white sneakers, his fingers decked out in gold rings, Bartlett answered all kinds of questions from the dozen or so seekers who showed up."
and
"One woman told the group how Bartlett had helped her cleanse her house of bad energy - energy that was streaming in from certain items her ex-husband had left behind that she didn't realize were there. Others asked serious questions about Summerland, the Wiccan equivalent of heaven, and what it feels like to have a transformational experience."
and
"Asked his opinion on drug use, he said, "If you can't get there on your own, you aren't supposed to be there."
and
"On spirituality: "People ask me, 'How long does it take to become a Wiccan or whatever?' And the answer is, 'It takes a lifetime.'"
Then farther down, there's the comment that essentially boils down to "Wicca is whatever you want it to be"- it's not something quoted of anyone, but if there was anything in the article I could have taken seriously, this is enough to cancel it out. That and the fact that he can't make up his mind if he believes in curses or not. One would think that a Wiccan High Priest would have decided that by now.
( Here's the article, cut it for length: )
In the end, I just wish he would find some space and get on with it and stop with the media parade. Or at the very least, have SOMETHING new and substantial to say.
