Blawg Review (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
Remember, remember the Fifth of November... quoting Scott Leviant's Blawg Review #221 So I promised that I wouldn’t dwell on “that blawger,” the author of Charon QC and notorious host of several Blawg Reviews. But before I direct your attention to the best (or not necessarily so) of the blawgosphere over the last week, there is something I want to talk about first: Guy Fawkes Night,...
JaxWritersSpot (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
Before the advent of clocks and calendars, people were more in tune with nature’s timing; without electrical lighting they woke when the sun rose and slept when it went down, and they followed the cycles of the seasons as opposed to being a slave to the 24/7 hectic lifestyle most of us follow today. Following the cycles of nature; eight seasonal festivals have traditionally been celebrated throughout...
my life in cake (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
First, there was Halloween. We had a rockin' day at the cake shop, and Jenne, as per usual, went above and beyond by creating, of her own volition, these Halloween themed cupcakes: They're totally awesome, but even more awesome when you consider that, as an all-natural bakery, we never use food coloring, fondant, or shortening. It limits greatly the materials we have to work with when doing designs,...
Mindful Ramblings (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
I turned 29 yesterday. I'm not one to worry about getting older (for the most part), primarily because I love to celebrate my birthday. Usually, I try to have a huge party and am subsequently disappointed when I end up with a small party. So this year, I started small, stayed small. Four of us went to dinner at Quartino , which is quickly becoming my favorite restaurant in Chicago. We drank too much...
LAist (Free subscription) | 11/01/2009
All over the city last night people dressed up and gathered to celebrate Halloween. Many flocked to the MUSE party held annually at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, where creativity and ingenuity and the artistic were in full force in the form of costumes. Here is just a small sampling of the insanity.
LAist (Free subscription) | 11/01/2009
Haunted Trail entrance (those cornstalks are about 12 ft high) It may be November, but in Woodland Hills, you can still celebrate Halloween for one more day. The annual Halloween Harvest Festival and Frightfair at Pierce College continues through tonight. It's a mix of a family fun festival--think hay ride, a large cornfield maze and kid activities-- and two adult-themed attractions, which open after...
LAist (Free subscription) | 11/01/2009
Mt. Teutonia in Mojava National Preserve. Light from Los Angeles, 175 miles away, can be seen to the right. | Photo by isubiker via Flickr It may be Halloween, but it is also the anniversary of a major environmental bill that affected close to 9.2 million acres of California desert back in 1994. The California Desert Protection Act brought us two national parks, one national preserve, millions of...
DCist (Free subscription) | 10/31/2009
The Church of Scientology Religious Trust's building at 16th and P Streets NW is the site of a barricaded celebration of some sort today -- one which is blocking a sizable section of one of the District's major arteries this afternoon. (Obviously, I wasn't invited behind the curtain. I mean, you should have seen my last audit: whew!) Police are out in full force around the humongous 50,000-square...
LAist (Free subscription) | 10/31/2009
Heading towards the WeHo carnaval last year (Photo by Tom Andrews/LAist) As it does every year, the West Hollywood Halloween Costume Carnaval is expected to draw a large crowd of revelers, bedecked in all sorts of creative and colorful attire, all looking to pack the streets and celebrate the day. The event runs from 6 to 11 tonight, and is not for the faint of heart; it will be boisterous and crowded,...
Atheist Revolution (Free subscription) | 10/31/2009
Image by Miala via Flickr Time for a Halloween edition of the Idiot of the Week series, and what better way to do one but to honor some of the religiously-based anti-Halloween idiocy which rears its head each and every year. In my neck of the woods, this generally comes from the Baptists, so I'd like to honor Trinity Baptist Church (Wichita Falls, TX) Pastor Dillon. According to this article from their...
Paul Owen (Free subscription) | 10/31/2009
Halloween today. I've always found it strange and ironic that the god fearing US of A has taken so enthusiastically to this pagan rite and turned it into the strangest of public festivals. And now we have to suffer it too. I blame ET. Seriously. You can more or less date the British starting to celebrate, for want of a better term, this silly and pointless festival every year from the time when we...
Boston Herald (Free subscription) | 10/31/2009
SALEM - Salem is expecting nearly 100,000 people to celebrate Halloween in the "Witch City." Public safety officials say the turnout for "Haunted Happenings"...
Boston Globe (Free subscription) | 10/31/2009
Salem is expecting nearly 100,000 people to celebrate Halloween in the "Witch City." Public safety officials say the turnout for "Haunted Happenings" is likely to be larger than usual because Halloween falls on a Saturday and the weather is expected to be mild.
WOK3 (Free subscription) | 10/31/2009
Years ago, a mother who had recently joined up with some nut-job Christian church told me how she would no longer allow her daughter to go out on Halloween because of its Pagan origins. I said that is would be too bad that she would no longer be able to celebrate Christmas or Easter, since [...]
Adrian's Blog (Free subscription) | 10/31/2009
I am so glad that my kids do not have to stay home this evening while others in the neighborhood dress up as ghouls and other things that give me the creeps and knock on strangers doors for sweets. Its surprising really that the American holiday ever really caught on in the UK, and surprising that in an age which fears child abduction and worse that society tells kids to do the very thing it tells...
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dfbjk | 02/19/2009
A routine CG-animated family film offering, "Igor" does have the novelty of being something darker to offer the little ones as the Halloween season begins to creep into view. Click Here to Watch Igor Movie Review
blaneyw | 02/16/2009
Ever wonder why there are very few Halloween stores when looking for a costume? When you do find a store, they are usually full of people with a small picked over selection of products for sale. Avoid the frustration this year; be smart, take the follo...
atdavidson | 02/08/2009
Halloween Slipknot Masks for Sale.org presents a biography of the awesome band. Slipknot Biography Slipknot were formed in late 1995 in Des Moines, Iowa; after some early changes and shifts, the lineup settled around (in order from number 0 to number ...
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