Oh My Gods! Strips

March 17th, 2009

Shivian Balaris — Mon, 16 Mar 2009 23:00:00 -0700

On Hiatus

Sorry to make everyone / anyone concerned; I know there hasn’t been an Oh My Gods! strip in a long time. I wanted to let everyone know what was up, so that they didn’t get too concerned, or worry that I might have died.

I currently am very busy in other ventures (work, education, etc), not to mention the fact that I haven’t felt the divine inspiration to crank out strips.

Hopefully things will change soon. Believe me, it not only stinks that I’m not creating strips, but I hate leaving you guys LOL-less.

I hope you all have a great Solstice!

— Shivian Balaris

March 16th, 2009

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March 15th, 2009

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March 14th, 2009

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March 13th, 2009

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March 12th, 2009

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March 11th, 2009

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March 10th, 2009

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March 9th, 2009

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March 8th, 2009

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March 7th, 2009

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February 1st, 2009

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January 31st, 2009

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January 30th, 2009

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January 29th, 2009

Shivian Balaris — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Inspired by

Belinda on Twitter, a “Ayurvedic Practitioner – Holistic Nutrition, Lifestyle & Yoga Consultant”. She is the “audience member” speaking up.

Read the commentary for January 23rd, 2009 for more on her, and join the cause of explaining to her how incredibly wrong she is.

January 28th, 2009

Shivian Balaris — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0800

January 27th, 2009

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January 26th, 2009

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January 25th, 2009

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January 24th, 2009

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Inspired By

Belinda on Twitter, a “Ayurvedic Practitioner – Holistic Nutrition, Lifestyle & Yoga Consultant”. She is the “audience member” speaking up. Below are her specific Twitter posts that inspired this strip:

“there are NO fat-burning diets except AYURVEDIC ones” (link).

[in reference to me] “CLEARLY demonstrated that [I had one of] the least flexible minds” (link).

Read the commentary for January 23rd, 2009 for more on her, and join the cause of explaining to her how incredibly wrong she is.

January 23rd, 2009

Shivian Balaris — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Inspired By

Belinda on Twitter, a “Ayurvedic Practitioner – Holistic Nutrition, Lifestyle & Yoga Consultant”. Read below, she was the “audience member” speaking up.

Creator Commentary

Oh dear me, this was a good one.

Today I randomly find a Twitter (I wasn’t following Belinda) a post saying…

“Ayurveda is the mother of ALL holistic medicine… and the MOST subtle of all in its understanding of the body, mind & soul.” (link).

Clearly, while Ayurveda is old it isn’t the “mother of all“ – especially considering other systems developed on their own without any contact to Ayurveda. Further, to call it “the most subtle of all” is (I feel) a pompous statement given the practice of other systems for thousands of years still in use today and working quite well.

So, I responded saying…

“mother of all? wow, that’s pretty intense, so it’s even the mother of all with cultures it never interacted with?” (link).

This did not go over well.

In a response, I was told

“That shows how little you know” (link)

...and, that, for merely asking for sources to back up these “facts” I had…

“CLEARLY demonstrated that [I had one of] the least flexible minds” (link).

I realize I am not an expert in many things, but I also know that when someone touts pompus facts and opinions about an energy system, they are most likely flat wrong. This is the same person who, after all, said a few days ago (totally unrelated)...

“there are NO fat-burning diets except AYURVEDIC ones” (link).

Oh, and did I mention, this woman runs a buisness where she claims to be a professional in these fields… and takes people’s hard-earned-cash for her “knowledge“

So, perhaps you, dear readers, can help me out?

If you would like to contact Belinda I have left her contact information below. Feel free to give her a call, write her an email, or stop in at the shop. Share with her that, yes, history and facts are important… and if you’re running a business touting your trade that perhaps… oh, I don’t know… you should have a grasp on history & fact, as well as the energetic system you proclaim to be an expert in.

I would love it if you shared any communications you have with her below as well (as comments) or, if you wish, to email them to me directly via the contact form.

I told Belinda I would make her famous, only you can help me make it possible!

Let’s Make Belinda Famous!

Belinda

Ayurvedic Practitioner – Holistic Nutrition, Lifestyle & Yoga Consultant

Phone: 778-866-5660
Alternate: 604-253-0004
Email: link

1775 Nanaimo Street
(Nanaimo & East 1st Avenue)
Vancouver
British Columbia
V5N 5C1
Canada

Website – http://bablends.ca

Support Against Belinda

I will try to archive letters, twitters, or other content of support against Belinda and her “facts” and other aggressive behavior. If you have such content, feel free to send it to me.

“@Durgamaa As a licensed medical professional who is trained in Alt.Med. @shivian is 100% correct.” (link)

“I’m no expert and don’t pretend to be, but I can spot a fraud fairly well.” (link)

“The really amusing thing is that she has never once posted a direct link to some sort of support for her remarkable claims.” (link)

“careful luv, @Durgamaa is all about trying to have people banned for disagreeing with her. It’s kind of depressing really” (link)

“for the record twitterverse: you probably shouldn’t be taking medical advice via twitter from anyone who you don’t know and trust” (link)

“Yeah, I didn’t appreciate that much” [an agreement in response to a comment on Belinda’s cruel and pompous attitude] (link)

More Belinda Twitter Updates and Additions

Since all of this, Belinda has continued to make lovely and insulting / factually incorrect (sometimes potentially fatal) comments via her Twitter account. I shall share then below and update this as I find them. Enjoy!

“Diabetes, Migraines, Excess Fat, Heart Disease, Metabolic Disorder all have excess PITTA as their cause… easily eliminated with AYURVEDA.” (link) [Shivian’s note: this is my latest favorite, it’d be very sad to see someone seriously hurt or die because they tried to eliminate their diabetes with Belinda’s Ayurveda… though it’d likely put an end to her practice and / or land her in jail, away from being able to hurt / lie to people.]

“Do you know that aspartame makes formaldehyde in your body?” (link) [Shivian’s note: flat out false, there’s even a Snopes article to prove it.]

[responding to someone about remembering past lives] – “What a USELESS and DAMAGING exercise” (link)

[this was twittered / spammed four times in the same hour] – “AYURVEDA holds the key to the ENERGETIC EFFICIENCY of the species with the GREATEST impact on the Earth” (link)

“@shivian If you had ANY spirituality, you would have learned self-control by now. Don’t comment on things you know nothing about.” (link)

“@shivian doesn’t have many followers, which is probably why he has a problem with the word NO.” (link)

[in reference to me, posted twice (same content)] – “If anyone can tell me how this guy got through Twitter security, it would be much appreciated – he is blocked but still managing” (link)

January 22nd, 2009

Shivian Balaris — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 00:01:00 -0800

New Oh My Gods! Character...

Shivian Balaris — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 09:14:54 -0800

REAKING NEWS: new & upcoming Oh My Gods! character…

...you have been warned.

January 21st, 2009

Shivian Balaris — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Inspired By

Dan

December 15th, 2008

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December 14th, 2008

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December 13th, 2008

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December 12th, 2008

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December 11th, 2008

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December 10th, 2008

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December 9th, 2008

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December 8th, 2008

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December 7th, 2008

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December 6th, 2008

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December 5th, 2008

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December 4th, 2008

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December 3rd, 2008

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December 2nd, 2008

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December 1st, 2008

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November 30th, 2008

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November 29th, 2008

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Chat Room Added to Sidebar

Shivian Balaris — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 12:25:06 -0800

I added the Chat Room that can normally be found here to the sidebar too! Same chat room, just another way to access it! Have fun!

November 28th, 2008

Shivian Balaris — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 22:00:00 -0800

November 27th, 2008

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November 26th, 2008

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November 25th, 2008

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November 24th, 2008

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November 23rd, 2008

Shivian Balaris — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 22:00:00 -0800

Creator Commentary

Want to show your Oh My Gods! love on Facebook? Wait no more! Now there is a page for Oh My Gods! and a page for Shivian — feel free to “become a fan“ of both, and share them with everyone you know!

We're on Facebook!

Shivian Balaris — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 16:18:34 -0800

November 22nd, 2008

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