Remember back in the day when ushers at movie theaters used to direct you to your seat with the aid of a flashlight? (Well, maybe some of you won’t. I really don’t. I think they’d done away with such courtesy by the time I started going to movies. But I’veContinue Reading
I came across this article the other day: “TripAdvisor Scares Up the Top 10 Ghost Tours in the U.S.” I was of course curious to see which ones they ranked in the Top 10. I was also curious to see how it stacked up against a guest blog I onceContinue Reading
A couple of Sundays back I was watching Mad Men and learned an interesting tidbit: The Zombie Cocktail was first popularized at the 1939 World’s Fair. Huh, I didn’t even know there was such a drink as a zombie cocktail! (I’m not a big drinker, though, so that’s not too surprising.Continue Reading
We’ve got a winner in the Exercise Your Demons contest and that person’s name is…Revealed in the video! Along with which way the racket fell. Thanks to all who entered. I hope you had as much fun playing as I did. Continue Reading
People seem to get freaked out by dolls so, with Halloween looming, I thought that’d make a good Halloween week Movie Monday offering. I tried to find some of the freakiest, creepiest doll video clips on YouTube that I could. Here’s three that I thought were great. Very atmospheric and haunting –inContinue Reading
We have a winner in the Frog on the Pumpkin giveaway! Congrats to the lucky person who won the flat garden skull and set of Davis Graveyard prints. (Yep, I’m playing tricks again. You want to know who won, you gotta watch the vid. I don’t make them for my healthContinue Reading
The next stop on the Party Express is to a very good friend of mine’s blog, Chris Verstraete’s Candid Canine. Let me give you a little background on Chris… We met online 10 years ago. We were both members of a Yahoo Group called Short Mystery Fiction Society. ChrisContinue Reading
I recruited a tennis buddy to help me with the next Haunt Jaunts Spooktacular Halloween Blog Party Giveaway. After practice I had her record me doing something we do before games: spin the racket to choose serve or side. Make the right call and, if your name’s drawn,Continue Reading
Well, if I was trying to make this contest complicated, I succeeded! I even confused myself, but I did end up picking some Boo Bling giveaway winners. Two in fact, plus a runner up. Congrats to them, and thanks to the rest of you for playing. More contests coming, so stayContinue Reading
Yesterday I had to take my cat Mr. Meow in for some blood work. As we pulled up to the vet’s office we found it had been transformed for Halloween. It had taken on a rather haunted appearance. The bushes out front were covered in cobwebs, and poking out ofContinue Reading
I never should’ve written a “Top 5 Hilarious Halloween Costumes for 2010” post so early in the season. While the ones I initially picked as Top 5 were funny, I’ve been looking at a lot of costumes ever since. I’ve now found 15 even more hilarious Halloween costumes. Like the initialContinue Reading
I’m devastated. Last night one of my friends I play volleyball with confirmed something I had started to fear over the weekend: even if the recovery disk gets my crashed computer restarted, it’ll do so with a clean slate. Meaning, anything I didn’t backup will be wiped out. DREADEDContinue Reading
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