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Liberty Knee High in Water

Coincidence or luck. Utne Reader captures the Hurricane Sandy disaster as Lady Liberty is knee high in water.

Rookie Yearbook One

Drawn and Quarterly has gone where no graphic novel publisher has gone, they are publishing books geared towards teenage girls. As a father of a…

The First Walking Dead

The original Walking Dead with scaremeister Boris Karloff. Nothing is original anymore, everything is recycled at one point or another.

Bad Halloween Costumes

The worst Halloween costumes of all time, Leather Guy (Glenn M. Hughes) from the Village People and Chachi from Joanie Loves Chachi. How about a…

No Candy For You

I am ashamed to admit but this year I am not giving out Halloween candy. After 15 years I am pulling the plug. I’ll be…

Complete Fractured Fairy Tales

The funniest part of The Rocky and Bullwinkle Show was Fractured Fairy Tales. For the first time they are collected together in one volume. You…

Pumpktris

What do you get when you mix the game Tetris with a pumpkin? Pumpktris, of course.

The Bride Wore Bandages

The Bride of Frankenstein enjoys the accolades from many artists who have envisioned her as their own creation.  Elsa Lanchester is celebrated in her glorious…

Mutant Ninja Michelin Men

Look out world here comes the Mutant Ninja Michelin Men. This old photograph from 1922 shows what happens when you cross the The Teenage Mutant…

War Between Kindle and iPad mini

Of course you know, this means war! Amazon threw down the gauntlet this week on the iPad mini. It’s going to be an interesting Christmas…

Halloween Board Games

They sure do not make games like they used to. Kids were tickled with board games such as Séance, Which Witch?, Voice of the Mummy,…

Advice From Dr. Seuss

Dear Children of Troy:Read!Read!Read!Read!Read!That’s the advice of your good friend, Dr. Seuss.

Listen

I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most people never listen.-Ernest Hemingway

Book of Doom

As we wait for Sandy to hit shore, I was leafing through The Coffee Table book of Doom by Steven Appleby and Art Lester. Remember…

Introvert

I have been accused of being an introvert. So what. I enjoy my own company! We are introverts by Grant Snider. You are in great…

Free Pumpkin Patterns

Everybody wants that great pumpkin pattern for Halloween. There is no shortage online. Here are some great free pumpkin patterns for 2012.

Worst Passwords of 2012

I think with age I am forgetting a lot of things. I have so many passwords etched in my brain. There are times when I…

Chasing Mavericks

I love the Chasing Mavericks poster. Bruce Brown this is not, water loves me as a rock ready to float.

The Great Father Son Talk

There will come a day when father and son will have that talk? Who will Archie end up in the sack with?  Will it be…

Houdini Returns From The Dead

Harry Houdini’s last trick was to return from the dead. It has been 86 years since his death on October 31, 1926. Harry frequented many…

Pumpkin Pattern

Pumpkins and more pumpkins. Pumpkin pattern by Chris Piascik.