This week: Exposure therapy for secondhand embarrassment, making dick jokes about angels, Dean doesn’t know how to destroy a hard drive, the return of Buffynatural, and the JJ Bittenbinder school of vampire hunting.
References:
- Rat Park - Wikipedia
- “Prayer is no panacea, no substitute for action.” -- Abraham Joshua Heschel
- B’shem Hashem
- Ishim (angel) - Wikipedia
- Angels as Human Byproducts - Encyclopedia of Jewish Myth, Magic, and Mysticism
- Last rites - Wikipedia
- "What happened to all the pussy in Supernatural"
- The Winchesters and First Aid Kits [Archived Version]
- Kashrut and bittul (nullification)
- The True Meaning of Smekday
- Jacob as trickster figure
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