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Post Views: 5,958 Traditional Christmas characters here in the United States are typically friendly. Think of the many incarnations of St. Nicholas. Iceland on the other hand is home to […] Yule Cat JólakötturinThis entry was posted in Seasonal Winter Xmas and tagged christmas folklore food hate man people sons United States work xmas on December 17, 2019 by JayCooper
1 Post Views: 8,224 I like to explore the cultural connections between the holiday of Halloween and people that invented it. One of the more interesting legends I have run across […] The Cutty Black Sow, a Gaelic LegendThis entry was posted in Fall Halloween Seasonal and tagged children ghost habit Halloween Happy holiday Horror KNOW life man men movie movies old people winter witch on October 17, 2017 by JayCooper (updated 2383 days ago)
Post Views: 9,502 Halloween always makes us think of the darkest, dankest, ritualistic parts of ourselves. Writers often use the holiday as inspiration for their works. King, Bradbury, Le Fanu […] Pumpkin Head, Dark beings with Jack-O-Lantern headsThis entry was posted in Fall Halloween Seasonal and tagged ALWAYS books creepy fiction fun ghost Halloween Happy holiday list man movie October REALLY Sad scarecrow story villain work on October 5, 2017 by JayCooper (updated 1524 days ago)
Post Views: 4,877 Instead of making an overwrought, nationalistic, fake patriotic post about America I would like to post in praise of the humble paper bag. You often overlook little […] In Praise of the Humble Paper BagThis entry was posted in General Humor and tagged children hero life man me REALLY on July 4, 2017 by JayCooper (updated 2036 days ago)
Post Views: 4,880 When I made the leap from Product Manager to DevOps Manager I quickly realized where my knowledge gaps were. One gap that was very apparent was in […] By the Power of PowerShell, I have the power!This entry was posted in Computers General Views and tagged FREE fun KNOW life list man operating system PM powershell REALLY thinking on February 15, 2017 by JayCooper (updated 1702 days ago)
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Post Views: 4,537 I am a nostalgic reader. What I mean by that is that I fondly relive my youth by re-reading books that I enjoyed as a child. This […] Rocky Hurwood Author ShowThis entry was posted in Fall Halloween Seasonal and tagged ALWAYS books bowling Bowling Green Kentucky child computer death Horror KNOW life lifetime man Mary Shelly New York New York Lifetime October photo Sad scary work on October 11, 2015 by JayCooper (updated 2393 days ago)
1 Post Views: 5,116 Just to weigh in on this craziness floating around the internet. I think Santa is a nice fantasy for kids. Just like the easter bunny and the […] Nikolaos ThaumaturgeThis entry was posted in Seasonal Views Winter Xmas and tagged child dark FREE Funny image INTERNET kids KNOW man Nikolaos Thaumaturge people santa Santa Claus story on December 16, 2013 by JayCooper (updated 3057 days ago)
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