7 Quick Takes, Halloweenie Edition

It's my favorite (secular) holiday, quickly followed by my two of my favorite holy days!  All in all, it's a good few days.

It vants to suck your blood and destroy your garden

1. Vampire Deer
Well, they're real guys. In case you needed another thing for your nope file, there are apparently fanged deer in Afghanistan.  The article doesn't explicitly state that they will suck your blood for sustenance, but I think we can all figure out what they do when the sun goes down.

5 Things that Scared Me as a Child

I was a very paranoid child, and in honor of Halloween I've decided to give you all a list of the things that used to scare me. Used to scare me. These things are totally not frightening anymore now that I am a grown up.  Totally. Not. Frightening.

There is literally no difference between the two

Dolls
There I was, an innocent little five year old channel surfing in the living room.  Little Green Platypus came upon a delightful movie about a doll.  It was even called Child's Play!  Perfect, right?  Suddenly every doll I came across was possessed by a serial killer.  All of my dolls were suspect.  This became complicated by the fact that both my mother and grandmother had a large collection of dolls, many of which had their home in my bedroom.  They didn't stay there for long after that.

Seven Quick Takes Friday

*Generic comment about what a week it's been

One thing I missed about the blogosphere was Jennifer Fulwiler's Seven Quick Takes Friday.

1. I finally got my car, Brett*, back from the doctors.  His health had been steadily declining for months ever since the ill-fated road trip.  Apparently, it's not a good thing when smoke starts coming out of your vents.

2. This is a picture of River



















3. My father came up to help me with the car, and while here we took an afternoon trip to Decorah.  We stopped by the Ice Cave.  Parts of the cave stay icy year-round.  Apparently you can just go right on in.  I'd love to go back with some hiking boots and explore with a group of people*.

A Whole Lotta Nope, Part 2

Last time on A Whole Lotta Nope we discussed the impending clown apocalypse.  This time I will present to you the next threat to your existence: Giant Animals.

Presh
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The Goliath Bird Eater has been trending on Facebook recently, and for good reason.  I knew on an intellectual level that these spiders existed, but have never allowed it haunt me at night.  All of that ended when I saw this simple picture.  Apparently, this furry little guy is the size of a small puppy.  There are those in Europe and North America who seek after these cuties as pets.  While not venomous to humans, their fangs can be two inches long.  For anyone who thinks this creature might be a fun addition to your home, allow me to paint you a picture-

It's Caturday!

What do you get when your cat actually likes the vacuum?

A Whole Lotta Nope

As I was looking through news stories that made me angry/depressed/weep for humanity, I came across this little gem:

Insane Clowns Are Haunting Southern California

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If I lived in Wasco, California I'd be packing up my bags and getting the hell out of there. Actually, I'd make my way out of the state.  Heck, I live in Iowa and I'm still don't think I'm far enough away.

My Broadway Alcohol Sippy-Cup

Tres Classy

Did you know you can by alcohol at Broadway shows?  Did you know that you can take it back to your seat?  All you have to do is get it put in a teeny-tiny sippy-cup.  This is easily my favorite souvenir from NYC.  If I remember correctly this sucker cost me $15.  Worth it.

My Plan to Meet the Pope (is now a bit dated)

EDIT:This is the one post from the before days I didn't delete.  I was always bizarrely proud of this.

I've developed a foolproof plan to meet Pope Benedict.

Step One:  Go to Rome

Step Two:  Secure a kitten, preferably one that looks like this-

All Images Courtesy Wikipedia

I'm Back Baby!

Oh Blogger, how I've missed you.

You may have noticed that this blog looks a little...empty.  Well, a couple of years ago I deleted all of my posts and let Mr. Blog sit in this lonely little corner of the internet.  At the height of my blogging fame I had ten followers (BOOM) and some halfway decent/poorly written posts.  I tried migrating to Wordpress and even had a few posts up there, but laziness combined with my dislike of Wordpress' platform stopped that cold.  So I just sent those posts over here to make it look like there has been something going on.

So-Let's try this again, shall we?

After the Play, or, The Adventure at the Stage Door

After the Play

Guys, Rupert Grint walked right past me.  Like-five feet away.  I stood there unmoving until he was almost completely in his car before I said in the softest most pathetic voice I have ever heard, “RupertcanIpleasegetyour….” and off he went.

A little bit of background is probably necessary here.

It's Only a Play

In honor of the opening of It's Only a Play today at the Schoenfeld Theatre, I though I'd give my thoughts on the play.  My sister and I were fortunate enough to see its first preview on August 28th.  The acting was superb.  Even with such an impressive cast I had made the assumption that there would be some sort of stiffness, some slips in speaking, anything really that would indicate it was their first performance.  Each cast member seemed to throw themselves completely into their role.