April 11, 2007 (wired news) -- Auction hounds are snapping up "vampire killing kits" and "vampire hunting kits" manufactured by a nineteenth century quack named Ernst Blomberg. The kits, which have been found in Australia and sold by at least two auction houses (including Southebys, reportedly for $12,000), include silver bullets, a wooden stake, holy water, and other important vampire-destroying items.

Es ereignete sich, daß, mitten unter den Zerstreuungen eines Winters in London, in den verschiedenen Gesellschaften der tonangebenden Vornehmen ein Edelmann erschien, der sich mehr durch seine Sonderbarkeiten, als durch seinen Rang auszeichnete. Er blickte auf die laute Fröhlichkeit um ihn her mit einer Miene, als könne er nicht an derselben teilnehmen. Nur das leichte Lachen der Schönen schien seine Aufmerksamkeit zu erregen, allein, es schien auch, als wenn ein Blick aus seinem Auge es plötzlich hemme und Furcht in die vorher heitere und unbefangene Brust der Fröhlichen streue.

November 19, 2007 (thisislondon.co.uk) -- A suspect in the Meredith Kercher murder was arrested in Germany yesterday.  Rudy Hermann Guede, whose bloody fingerprints were allegedly found in the British student's bedroom, was picked up on a train.

Before speculating on any specific pathogens capable of producing a condition akin to vampirism, I wish to post an old line of reasoning on how vampires manage to survive on a diet which contains so much water and so little else.

sometimes i lay back and stare up at the stars
sometimes i sit alone in my room and cry till no more tears can come
sometimes i am so lonely i could die
sometimes i try my best to cry
sometimes i cant hold it in anymore
sometimes i cant get up outta bed
sometimes i cant sleep at all
sometimes i cant wait to see the sun shine
sometimes i cant wait for the dark to envelope all
sometimes i just want to be alone
sometimes i cant wait to be surrounded by people
sometimes i look back on my life