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The crew all sat around the campfire. The conversation was about monsters and spooks. Anticipation ran high after each selection as the crew detailed their humorous, and scary choices. The Stay Puffed Marshmellow Man got several mentions. Also listed were: vampires, mummies, the Holy Ghost, their in-laws, and former husbands and wives. It was all …
When Evil is Good
OK, here is a little pre-Halloween warm-up. It's based on one of my favorite gag stories. I decided to make it into a proper pre-Halloween story: John was dead, and he knew it as soon as he appeared before the Pearly Gates. Saint Peter processed him quickly; Stating there was no appeal in his case …
You'd be hard-pressed to find any family of seafarers, fisherfolk, or plain coastal types without some horror tale on the water. It just goes with the territory; salt water envelopes most of the world and is dangerous.Â
Halloween special!
The Past Traveling by thumb can be dreadfully dull. You stand waiting and put out your hand, your thumb raised, then traffic passes, and passes, and passes. Then, when boredom passes into tedium, you start walking. You walk after a while because you begin to think that the place you are standing is not optimal …
We can make up a shopping list of things you might need to know for simple survival in society—the ability to get along with others, sincerity, persistence, and the ability to share. You know, the usual stuff your parents remind you of before sending you to the playground.None of this will do you any good …
Halloween was always an oversized event among the habitues of the backside of Boston's Beacon Hill. The residents of the posher front side of the Hill and Back Bay residents described our neighborhood as a "working-class slum." But we noted that they always crept into our neighborhood for the outrageous at Halloween. Costumes, impromptu parades, …
Damn! I hate genie stories. First of all, they all assume that genies have integrity issues. The genie is always trying to trick you into some idiotic mistake of syntax or grammar that sends you off on some spooktacular journey. I think that most of the bad feelings are an apparent effort to transfer or project our own ethical …
 Here is my Halloween offering. As many of you know, I make some of my living as a maritime carver - quarter boards, transom banners, billet heads, eagles, and portraits of boats. But I was surprised when I was contacted about doing a strange portrait. Most portraits show the boat in profile, sailing on a …
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