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Post by il ras on Oct 26, 2006 18:55:55 GMT -5
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Post by fourthousandholes on Oct 27, 2006 8:54:23 GMT -5
Ilras, That was GREAT!
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Post by Jai Guru Deva on Oct 31, 2011 13:17:18 GMT -5
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Post by B on Aug 25, 2012 12:47:49 GMT -5
 Webster Wagner Mansion in Palatine Bridge, NY. Built in 1876 for Webster Wagner, the inventor of the sleeping car for trains. Fate was unkind - Mr. Wagner died shortly after the house was completed in an unfortunate train accident. |
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Post by B on Oct 17, 2012 16:39:14 GMT -5
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Post by B on Oct 31, 2012 1:46:29 GMT -5
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Post by linus on Oct 31, 2012 2:09:11 GMT -5
 by me (misspelling intentional, it's an inside joke) |
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Post by B on Oct 31, 2012 8:27:53 GMT -5
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Post by linus on Oct 31, 2012 17:30:50 GMT -5
Don't have time to make it to a haunted house? Then watch this Ringo video.
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Post by seasaltcaramel on Oct 31, 2012 18:16:56 GMT -5
ah, the fruit of the internet tree. and when you think about it, it's an accurate description. |
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Post by B on Oct 31, 2012 22:15:14 GMT -5
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Post by B on Oct 13, 2014 17:01:24 GMT -5
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Post by B on Oct 16, 2014 13:47:45 GMT -5
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Post by B on Oct 17, 2014 19:40:13 GMT -5
 Well it IS a costume, of sorts. |
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Post by B on Oct 20, 2014 14:16:04 GMT -5
 Goliath Encounter: Puppy-Sized Spider Surprises Scientist in Rainforestby Tanya Lewis, Staff Writer | October 17, 2014 07:42pm ET www.livescience.com/48340-goliath-birdeater-surprises-scientist.html"Piotr Naskrecki was taking a nighttime walk in a rainforest in Guyana, when he heard rustling as if something were creeping underfoot. When he turned on his flashlight, he expected to see a small mammal, such as a possum or a rat. "When I turned on the light, I couldn't quite understand what I was seeing," said Naskrecki, an entomologist and photographer at Harvard University's Museum of Comparative Zoology. A moment later, he realized he was looking not at a brown, furry mammal, but an enormous, puppy-size spider. Known as the South American Goliath birdeater (Theraphosa blondi), the colossal arachnid is the world's largest spider, according to Guinness World Records. Its leg span can reach up to a foot (30 centimeters), or about the size of "a child's forearm," with a body the size of "a large fist," Naskrecki told Live Science. And the spider can weigh more than 6 oz. (170 grams) — about as much as a young puppy, the scientist wrote on his blog.... "more at link |
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Post by B on Oct 24, 2014 9:40:38 GMT -5
Dear Prudence...Kids from poorer neighborhoods keep coming to trick-or-treat in mine. Do I have to give them candy? www.slate.com/articles/life/dear_prudence/2014/10/dear_prudence_on_halloween_poor_kids_come_to_trick_or_treat_in_my_neighborhood.htmlI love her answer."Dear Prudence, I live in one of the wealthiest neighborhoods in the country, but on one of the more “modest” streets—mostly doctors and lawyers and family business owners. (A few blocks away are billionaires, families with famous last names, media moguls, etc.) I have noticed that on Halloween, what seems like 75 percent of the trick-or-treaters are clearly not from this neighborhood. Kids arrive in overflowing cars from less fortunate areas. I feel this is inappropriate. Halloween isn’t a social service or a charity in which I have to buy candy for less fortunate children. Obviously this makes me feel like a terrible person, because what’s the big deal about making less fortunate kids happy on a holiday? But it just bugs me, because we already pay more than enough taxes toward actual social services. Should Halloween be a neighborhood activity, or is it legitimately a free-for-all in which people hunt down the best candy grounds for their kids? —Halloween for the 99 Percent
Dear 99,
In the urban neighborhood where I used to live, families who were not from the immediate area would come in fairly large groups to trick-or-treat on our streets, which were safe, well-lit, and full of people overstocked with candy. It was delightful to see the little mermaids, spider-men, ghosts, and the occasional axe murderer excitedly run up and down our front steps, having the time of their lives. So we’d spend an extra $20 to make sure we had enough candy for kids who weren’t as fortunate as ours. There you are, 99, on the impoverished side of Greenwich or Beverly Hills, with the other struggling lawyers, doctors, and business owners. Your whine makes me kind of wish that people from the actual poor side of town come this year not with scary costumes but with real pitchforks. Stop being callous and miserly and go to Costco, you cheapskate, and get enough candy to fill the bags of the kids who come one day a year to marvel at how the 1 percent live.
Prudie"
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Post by B on Oct 29, 2014 19:29:55 GMT -5
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Post by B on Oct 31, 2014 12:03:32 GMT -5
The Shaggs - It's Halloween www.youtube.com/watch?v=11_nsW151tgFrank Zappa claimed that The Shaggs were "better than the Beatles"en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shaggs"The conceptual beginning of The Shaggs came from Austin Wiggin, Jr.'s mother. During Austin's youth she had predicted during a palmreading that he would marry a strawberry blonde woman, that he would have two sons after she had died, and that his daughters would form a popular music group. The first two predictions proved accurate, so Austin set about making the third come true as well. Austin withdrew his daughters from school, bought them instruments, and arranged for them to receive music and vocal lessons. The Wiggin sisters themselves never planned to become a music group, but as Dot later said, "[Austin] was something of a disciplinarian. He was stubborn and he could be temperamental. He directed. We obeyed. Or did our best." --------------- Check this one out! The walrus was Paul (at 2:31)13 Vintage Halloween Songs from the Jazz Age - 20's, 30's, 40's & 50's www.youtube.com/watch?v=0yklL5X8_8Q
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