Ghost Upon the Floor

 In the online Halloween community, these props now available at Sam's Club seem to be making quite the impression. For a mere $73, you may add these two, shall we say, unique personalities to your haunted home.



YouTube User: ukats1958

 This evening, I offer for your viewing pleasure Ub Iwerks' 1937 animated short "Skeleton Dance."

 There are few things I enjoy as much as some vintage, spooky-themed animation.



YouTube User: tweedlebop

 For this rainy Thursday evening, I offer you this interpretation of Edgar's "A Dream Within a Dream."





YouTube User: singthesorrow1983

 For this evening's entry, I give you an awesome woman-- who my partner met in a grocery store and apparently had a conversation with about me, zombies, and a desire to be on my blog-- and her spectacularly cool tattoos.


Some great work of art, those members of the dead breaking the ground.

 Thank you, girl who's name I do not know but wish I did, for having some phantastic artwork and for allowing me to feature you on the floor.

 There's a zombie on her leg. There's a zombie on her leg. There are zombies on her leg- we'd like a zombie on our leg....

 May several black cats cross your path today. For today is that wonderful day when the world is supposed to be that much darker, that much more mysterious.... even though it is not All Hallow's Eve.

I meant to write a post on the history of the day, but it appears that the danger of the number 13 has been believed in for thousands of years, with no set origin.

Some sources will tell you that the number originated from the number of attendees at the Last Supper of Jesus Christ (13), and yet others will remind you that Ancient Babylon's Code of Hammurabi leaves out the number 13 in its list of laws. The superstition is, then, at least as old as 1700 BC. 

 The number and the day of Friday, apparently, didn't become wed until the 20th century, when an American stockbroker published "Friday the 13th," which told the story of a businessman's attempt to crash the stock market on the unluckiest day of the month.

One last interesting historical fact about this day of days. In 1939, a small American town in Indiana forced all of its residents who were black cats to wear bells on Friday, October 13. Apparently to warn human residents of the furry impending doom coming their way. The good luck the town had on that day was enough for them to continue the practice for 3 years.

Carpe diem.

 Today, I offer for your viewing pleasure two things that should go together more often: claymation and zombies.



YouTube User: cartoonoctopus

 A while back, I posted John McCloskey's fantastic short "Midnight Dance." Tonight, I give you one of the most quintessential pieces of Halloween music set, again, to animation-- this time as shown on PBS in the 1980s. 

Since I'm traveling for work, and staying in rural upstate New York between a country club and a corn field without a scarecrow, I thought this interesting little piece of creativity was appropriate for this dreary midnight. Enjoy.



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Well, ladies and gentlemen, these look awesome. Real and genuine-looking retractable vampire fangs are (perhaps) no longer the stuff of movies, only. Brought to you by VampFangs.com. 

Without jumping the gun, the video looks very promising, and I promise a full review once mine arrive in the mail. Depending on how well these work, my costume this year may have been decided.

For tonight's YouTube presentation, I give to you another amusing little short from aniBOOM-- a tale of a witch and her broom. Enjoy.



YouTube User: aniBOOM

LordGrimley.com

 Today, my catalog from Lord Grimley's Manor arrived in the mail. I never fail to be fascinated by the quality of Lord Grimley's work.