Post Views: 5,626 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 […]
Post Views: 2,458 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 […]
Post Views: 2,070 Fall Geekery is upon us. I have not had much of a penchant for blogging lately but in October the winds change and the temperature drops and […]
Post Views: 2,179 Carving a pumpkin, wearing a costume, and collecting tasty candy are really the only things a child dreams about during the month of October. One of my […]
Post Views: 2,006 October is without question my absolute FAVORITE time of the year. I have studied all manner of folklore and custom in my quest to better understand my […]
Post Views: 1,746 I recently found out that in many areas of the United States, Europe and Canada, October the 30th is observed as an evening to take a degree […]
Post Views: 1,728 Religious zealots complain about the increasing tendency of the popular mind to make the association between Halloween and secular or pagan imagery. What is really amusing is […]
Post Views: 3,053 Today someone enlightened me about a super amazing xmas reindeer fact! (thanks Danny) It seems we have called a few of Old Santa’s reindeer by at least three different names […]
Post Views: 1,817 here are some facts that you may or may not find interesting about the holiday lovingly referred to as Christmas. Atheists get a bad rap in my […]
Post Views: 1,708 Tomorrow is my birthday. Tomorrow is Friday the 13th. I am not a big believer in things either lucky or unlucky so the fact that it falls […]
Post Views: 1,724 While October may be the favorite month of thousands of humans, who excitedly plan their costumes of spooks, vampires and monsters, in anticipation of Halloween, Cats, particularly […]