Search for the Gods

For whatever reason, over the past week, it seems like the topic of religion has popped up whether at work, home, a party, or with strangers on the subway, and not by my prompting I might add which is why I've been finding the frequencey of this subject odd. It did get me to thinking though, where most religious beliefs are based on faith, including those touting themselves as Pastafarians , that some of the religions based on a pantheon of gods ought to be easy enough to prove, if they are real.

This is my plan. Given such pantheons as the Greek Gods, where each god was in charge of some aspect of existence, whether grand or mundane, and given that such gods and goddesses had the habit of bopping around the mortal world whether in the form of human or an animal, or even such odd things as showers of gold (a whole other topic), it is my intention to figure out who is the god of hiccups. At the very least we might figure out the form they tend to like to take.

All that is required is that for the next two weeks, every time you get a case of the hiccups take note of the following: Who was around you (especially but not limited to strangers), what animals, if any were around you, or, of course, any unusual apparitions such as showers of gold, confetti, clouds of smoke, pink fog, swarms of floating ipods, that sort of stuff. Then post your observations here. I figure if we get a good cross section of postings we should be able to get a pretty clear picture of who the god or goddess of hiccups is or at least guises under which they typically move around. Or it will all just be a random mess of people, critters, and bubble storms, in which case the existance of a hiccup god will remain questionable.

Smart Career Move

So where does one's career go after being a finalist on Canadian Idol, well if you're Jacob Hoggard you end up having your band play at an award show. Now don't get all weird on me, I'm not some big Hoggard fan. Personally I wasn't impressed by his song style at all. No the reason I happen to have stumbled upon the latest phase of JH's career has everything to do with my own job search. Recently the adult film company Digital Playground expressed some interest in me possibly doing some DVD cover work for them. In anticipation of them liking my work I've been checking out the covers of some of their, and other companies latest films just to see what the current styles are like. Well, as it turns out one of Digital Playgrounds titles "Pirates" was a big winner at the 23rd Annual Adult Video Awards in Las Vegas this past weekend, and that's right, little Jacob Hoggard and his buddies in Hedley were part of the entertainment for the evening. Its actually pretty great exposure (no pun intended) for the band, and certainly helps toss the squeaky clean image of the Idol franchise aside. I'm not sure if there is a precedent for bands being linked with the adult film industry and then going on to super stardom, but at the very least it may be the first step to a regular Vegas gig, like Celine, and who can argue how cool she is? Okay, maybe that's a bad example. I'll just stop now.