i think i smell a rat.

so there's a new pope. according to the cbc, the bad news is that he is even more of a scumbag that the old pope. the good news is that he is old and probably won't live too long. his name is gonna be benedict, named after a very busy guy who is the patron saint:
-against nettle rash
-against poison
-against witchcraft
-of coppersmiths
-of dying people (all of 'em)
-of erysipelas (An acute disease of the skin and subcutaneous tissue caused by a species of hemolytic streptococcus and marked by localized inflammation and fever. Also called Saint Anthony's fire. saint anthony causes it, saint benedict cures it. i sense a rivalry.)
-of Europe
-of farm workers
-of farmers
-against fever
-against gall stones
-against inflammatory diseases
-of Italian architects (just the italian ones.)
-against kidney disease
-of monks
-of people in religious orders
-of schoolchildren
-of servants who have broken their master's belongings
-of speleologists (someone's gotta look out for the spelunkers)
-against temptations (all of 'em)

now can we all just agree to shut up about all the catholic bullshit? i like all of the magical mystical stuff and wish that i had a patron saint of my very own, but all the machismo tinged politics are making me ill.