Good evening Minions. Our favorite season approaches. Soon the evenings will be cool and the air will carry the scent of burning leaves and pumpkin spice. However, Autumn does not arrive until September 22nd. Therefore you still have time to finish a book or two for Summer Reading. Tonight’s selection is World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War by Max Brooks.
When I was about 15 years old, my dad worked up a list of several classic movies he thought I needed to see. Among these were films such as Cool Hand Luke and The Great Escape. There weren’t many scary movies on the list, but this one was actually close to the top of it. At the time I was a little bit cynical of “old” stuff. I had a stupid kid’s opinion that the special effects wouldn’t measure up and that it was all just cheese and dudes in monkey costumes. My life changed when I sat down with my dad and watched Invasion of the Body Snatchers. I think this film is responsible for hatching my love of scary movies in general. Before Invasion, they were just cool. After Invasion, they were, or at least could be, important.
Good evening. Tonight’s feature is a good scary movie that should keep your feet under the covers all night long. Let me tell you about The Woman in Black.
I tried a new beer this weekend while I was doing all the stuff-building and it’s pretty damn good.
Good morning!
Well I finally received the Jason Voorhees figure that I discussed here a couple weeks ago.
This figure is pretty cool, although it’s obvious the manufacturer expects Jason to live in his box forever and not be removed. I know I’ve committed collector murder by taking him out of his package and thereby destroying any future “investor” value, and it would be just my luck to look at the internet next week and find out that this particular doll had some variant quality that makes him worth a bazillion dollars…
But I didn’t get him to sit in a box. I wanted him to sit on a shelf.
I guess it’s a throwback to my school days but I always feel like a good scary novel right about this time of year. I normally read something new, but I think I’m going to go back and reread ‘Salem’s Lot. There’s just something about that story that keeps bringing me back.
This weekend I was feeling a bit saucy so I broke down and bought a six-pack of Rogue Dead Guy Ale. Dead Guy is pretty expensive- $11 for a sixer, but it’s very nice on occasion.
Today we test our new affiliate links with this sweet stylized Jason Voorhees figure! Jason comes with 3 weapons, his clothes are real cloth, his mask is removable, and he is fully poseable with 14 points of articulation! I’ve already ordered one and I’ll let you know what I think as soon as he comes in.
