I listen to NPR. If that makes me an “elitist” then go watch Fox News. The chip is now off of my shoulder.

So today as I was cruising around npr.org I came across this sweet little article about 3 excellent horror books. 2 things immediately stuck out at me – one was that I never even knew The Exorcist was a book (this probably makes me an idiot), and two was that I’d totally forgotten about Wisconsin Death Trip. Many years ago when I was in high school and istened to music that I might today call “terrible,” I was a fan of a little band called Static-X. Embarrassing? Yes. Regardless, I remember their first cd quite fondly and I also remember hearing that it was named after a “disturbing” or “awesome” book called Wisconson Death Trip. I pushed that knowledge to the back of my brain where it was subsequently beaten into non-existence by a 4 year period of massive alcohol abuse commonly referred to as college. 10 years later, NPR reminds me. 

Public radio is good for you.

Devilishly Good Books to Terrify [via NPR]

Related:

Extreme Horror [via NPR]

How Scary Movies Strike Fear [via NPR]

Poor November. I know, it’s hard to follow up Halloween, kinda like having a fillet Mignon as a main course and following that up with a dessert of dog shit. OK so I am being a bit harsh, but the end of Halloween I equate with being effectively neutered. I am vulnerable post-Halloween. I do not make good decisions. I struggle daily to make it to the next Halloween.

Actually, November is not quite that bad if you take a step back and analyze it objectively.

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Go America.

Sigh. Well the vests didn’t work out thanks to eBay sellers not shipping the beauties to my brother in time. We still had a ball without them on Thursday night at the Justice show. BUT, as you can undoubtedly see from the above photographic evidence, my costume was a COMPLETE success.

Note: not for the faint of heart, PETA fan, little childrens, or Wizard of Oz obsessed freaks.

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Well, well, well. We didn’t die. We came close and we sure as hell gave it our best college try, but try as we might, we’ve lived to see yet another November. As I described a few days ago in this post, every Halloween I have tremendously high hopes for my costumes, and every year has been a lesson in the inescapable failure associated with said hopes.

Not this year.

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Mobile Dead is a location-based zombie-themed game for your cell phone. Not only do you get to creepily “track” your friends, and play a game while doing so.

According to the site, this game allows you to “just meet for some beer and brains” with friends. I am totally down with that.

I don’t usually do more with my cell phone than text and voice calls, but this might be worth a look see.

Pics to come later. Time to cry.