Posts Tagged ‘Halloween’

Big Ghouls Don’t Cry

Wednesday, October 31st, 2007

Another Halloween is over and the count this year is roughly 83, up from last year.
I got lots of compliments from the little one’s on my decorations in the porch, and I hope I can add a little to it next year.

I closed up shop around 8:00 pm and I took a little walk around the neighborhood.  I love walking around on Halloween.  It’s one night in autumn where there are lots of people walking around at night, it’s just nice.  I dig it.  There’s something special about it.

I hope your Halloween was a happy one.

The Great Pumpkin

Now I just need to finish reading Frankenstein.

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Engineering Terror

Wednesday, October 31st, 2007

I’m kinda, sorta, maybe ready for Halloween.

  • I have the black light in place
  • I have the spiderwebs stretched around the porch
  • My lighted crystal skull has fresh batteries
  • My “candy cauldron” is stuffed to the brim with chocolate goodies

The only thing I didn’t have time for this year was to carve a pumpkin.  I’ll have to settle for my pumpkin staff from my costume this year.

Can’t wait to see what little ones come by this year.

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I Vant to Suck your Blood!

Tuesday, October 2nd, 2007

Today is Oct. 1st and I’m already in the mood for Halloween.

I started reading Bram Stoker‘s Dracula. I’ve never read the story before and I’ve only seen the movie once. It’s odd, everyone knows of Dracula, but I bet there are very few who actually know the story.

What child doesn’t know of vampires and their King? He is one of the monsters of our youth. Along with the Wolfman and Frankenstein, they form some sort of unholy trinity.

But Mary Shelley‘s novella was named not for the monster, but for the Doctor that created him. But we still call it Frankenstein.

We get most of what we know from a variety of sources: our parents, movies, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Scooby-Doo. They all make mention of Dracula, but how much of it is the true story?

I’m not the fastest of readers, I hope I can finish it by All Hallow’s Eve.

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