The Christmas Orb

More and more astronomical scholars are bucking tradition to state their belief that the Star of Bethlehem - also known as the Christmas Star - was not a star at all, but a red ascending orb of the 2nd magnitude. Some think such a pronouncement a little far-fetched, reasoning it's far more likely the Jewel of Bethlehem to have been an ascending orb of the 3rd magnitude at most. And I'm inclined to believe them.But no matter what religion you ascribe to, I think we can all agree that the glorious Orb of Bethlehem revealed to all mankind the miraculous birth of Jesus Christ, Our Lord and Savior, through whom all good things come.

Orbs Discovered

We here at Haunted World knew it was only a matter of time before Wall Street and Madison Avenue cashed in on the ever-growing orb craze sweeping Main Street.
In a ground-breaking TV commercial (which premiered this past November) a college hipster goes on a stroll with Bright Idea, the glib Discover Card orb.Oddly, the character Bright Idea is seen by the skeptical collegiate as an untrustworthy shill for Discover Card, and the orb is forced to take a polygraph test in order to validate its claims of a Cashback Bonus of between 5% and 20%.
Interestingly, we never see if the golden orb actually passes the "lie detector" test.
As was done with the cavemen characters from the once-amusing GEICO car insurance commercials, a sitcom featuring the talkative golden orb is in the works at ABC in which Bright Idea is revealed to be the tormented soul of the long deceased father of the college hipster.

Orbs of Fury

Bruce Lee is now and will forever be the epitome of Asian Cool, even more so than Kevin Costner at the height of his short-lived popularity.

LITTLE KNOWN FACT: Bruce Lee's son Brandon is buried beside his father's grave in a casket shaped like a crow. No one knows the significance of the odd, bird-shaped deathbox.

LITTLE KNOWN FACT #2: The two orbs often seen floating over Bruce Lee's grave belong to Elias & Melissa Steiner of Aloha, OR.

I Am Not An Orb

Richard Milhous Nixon's controversial campaign to cleanse the White House grounds of both ultra-clear and waterclear orbs seemed a miscalculation for the first few weeks of its deployment, then grew to become one of the shining successes of his ill-fated administration.
In this rare photograph, two lingering orbs can be made out hovering near the oft-maligned President.

Photo Courtesy Presidential Orb Archive 2008 ©

Hold-Over Orbs

The large number of orbs found in photographs of President Lyndon Baines Johnson have always been thought to be hold-overs from the Kennedy administration, though there is no hard evidence to support this.

Photo Courtesy Presidential Orb Archive 2008 ©

Occam's Razor Nicks Orb

When it comes to dissecting orbs, Occam's Razor has grown awfully dull.
Better throw out the rusty blade, Dr. Skeptic J. McScience, and start employing some new tools. Might I suggest some open-minded calipers and a faith-based microscope.

First Orbs of Winter

A friend of this blog who is currently studying abroad (attending classes at the prestigious Norwich Puppet Theatre) sent in this provocative pic asking if I could be any help identifying which of these were actual orbs and which were but common snow flakes. It would be my pleasure.

(PERSONAL NOTE: I would advise against catching orbs on my tongue if I were you, as my dog Laddie severely burnt his lips, nose and tongue in attempting the same trick.)