Tag: halloween
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Lovecraft headstone
Lovecraft headstone decoration … It’s best that I don’t have this. I’d leave it up all year and upset the neighbors.
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Real Halloween horror stories
It’s that time of the year when my thoughts turn to all things creepy. I love Halloween despite the best efforts of the cosmos to ruin it for me. I’ve had my share of strange and rude Trick-or-treaters, One of the most unusual had to be what I call the midnight creeper. I turn out…
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The monster food of my youth
These were among my favorite cereals in my misspent youth. I would methodically pick out the marshmallows and eat them separately. I can’t wait to share these artificially-flavored clumps of sugar with my nephew, and like everything else from my youth, he’ll hate it. A bowl of Frute Brute and Scooby-Doo on TV was the…
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Ghost Hunters: S09E04 Permanent Residents
This week the GH gang visit a beautiful location The 1890 House in Cortland, NY. It is now a museum and I wonder how long it will be before it has it’s annual ghost tours? I guess we will know by this Halloween. The reports of haunted activity are pretty much what you might expect…
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Monday musings
My Big Fish Mahjong review and giveaway is over and Big Fish has drawn a winner. We will announce the winner October 19th during the Virtual Zombie Walk. In a shameless effort to boost visitors to my Scifi/horror blog “Attention Earthlings” (link), the good folks at Big Fish will host another drawing there via rafflecopter.…
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Carrot cake and coffee
We are on the cusp of my favorite season of the year. I sat on the back porch with carrot cake and coffee, and enjoyed watching the leaves starting to fall. I’ve brought out the Halloween decorations and Peppy had his annual battle with Wolfie. I shot some footage of Peppy’s fit but it was…
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Review: Halloween Woodcarving
Halloween Woodcarving: 10 Frightfully Fun Projects for the Beginner by Cyndi Joslyn-Carhart Paperback: 117 pages Publisher: Fox Chapel Publishing ISBN-10: 1565232895 ISBN-13: 978-1565232891 (Barry’s score 4 stars out of 5) Product description: From learning how to use and maintain basic woodcarving tools such as knives and chisels to understanding the benefits and drawbacks of working…
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New books just in time for Halloween
When the air turns crisp and school is back in session, everyone starts to plan for one of their favorite Fall holidays: Halloween. Our friends at Gooseberry Patch provide hours of frightening fun in this brand new collection of ghoulish tricks & treats, spooky crafts, clever costume ideas and devilish decorations. With full-color photos on…
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No GH Halloween special this year?
I wondered if there would be a Halloween special without Grant. Jason Hawes just tweeted, “I’ve chosen 2spend this Halloween with my family. 2many years apart on R favorite holiday.Plz retweet! TY 4understanding! #MuchLove” Circling the drain …
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Frankenstein, King of the steampunk monsters
Gruesomestein’s Monsters: The Worst Date I’ve always loved the old Frankenstein movies. I am a big fan of steampunk and it is hard to find a better steampunk monster than Frankenstein. Did you know that the monster’s name is not Frankenstein? Shelly occasionally referred to him as Adam. Victor Frankenstein was based, in part, on…
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Secret motorized door
I love this thing. Talk about befuddling your Trick-or-treaters! Here is the link for the instructions to build your own secret door. Hell, you might want to use this all year.
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My first Halloween
Perhaps I should say that this was my first Halloween costume or the first that I can remember. I was living in Hawaii at the time. The thing that sticks out the most in my mind was the ability of the neighbors to guess who I was. It wasn’t until some years had pasted that…
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