Author name: DahliaDW

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Kitty Wishes for Cookies

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It’s Halloween!  Since I am writing this post frooooooom theeeeee paaaaaast…wait, that’s to be expected right?  It would only be slightly scare if I were writing this from the future, so ignore my lame attempt at a scary beginning. As I type, the winds of Hurricane Sandy are whipping the trees outside my window into an autumnal frenzy and leaves are scattering about the yard. It’s fun peeking out of the window at the swinging trees…hoping that if the branches do crack and fall, they stay far away from the house. But enough about la storm Sandy.  By the time you read this, let’s hope the Northeast is out from under. Now, on to Halloween…..who am I fooling?  Get the candy corn half-price and make ’em anytime! I’d like to think Sakaria, who does have a bit of a sense of humor, might serve these in her cafe. Please note… Continued

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Blogtoberfest – Scary Stories – Survivor Type

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Yes.  It’s a Stephen King story.  No, it’s not one of the ones that have been made into a movie.  However, I will tell you right now, even thinking of the story…it is one that I’ve read twice and not one that I will come back to any time soon. It’s a story about a shipwreck, just like Cast Away, but King grabs your hand and forces you down a path to make you closely examine the situation:  You are stranded on a desert island with little hope of rescue…and little food.  How far will you go to survive? You’ll see what one man’s desperation will lead him to. The story is not available as a stand alone, as far as I know, but as part of Skeleton Crew, an older selection of stories that are King at his best, at least in my opinion.  (Not that it matters, really,

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Blogtoberfest – Magic (and not the Mike kind)

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This is a movie that scared the mess out of me when I was a teenager.  First of all, I am no fan of ventriloquist dummies.  I can’t stand them, they scare the heck out of me.  Give me a movie with a dummy and you’ve got me scared. A looooooong time ago, back in 1978, there was this movie trailer that ran on television.  Mind you, this was back in the fun 70s where the cars waiting in line for gas would queue in front of my parents’ house.   This trailer wasn’t anything NEAR Silent Hill 3d (which by the way also frightens me with its grotesqueness) but was creepy just in the fact that it featured a dummy. The movie was directed by Richard Attenborough, the kindly old John Hammond in Jurassic Park. You’ll also find Burgess Meredith, Ann-Margaret, and Here’s the creepy trailer.   According to Wikipedia

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Blogtoberfest – Halloween Teapots

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Though I am usually a coffee gal, nothing peaks my interest in an antique shop or thrift store than a teapot and/or teacups.  My favorite design is anything floral; blue and white being my top favorite colors.  However, I am also a lover of the novelty tea pot and here I offer you a few for your perusal.  So cute!       Here there be dragons….

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Halloween Costumes that Murder Childhood

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I let my children dress up.  That’s it.  I’m beyond the stage where I’m going to put on a purchased costume and parade around.  As a woman of a certain age, I know when its time to give the children the spotlight and fade into the background. However, as a woman of a certain age, I’ve lived long enough (thank the good Lord) to witness the diabolical attempt at destroying my childhood with devious sexiness.  Note the following horrible sexy costumes that shouldn’t be. There will be no commentary.  Just scroll down, seeing your childhood go down in flames while your eyes melt down your face a la the Nazis at the end of Raiders of the Lost Ark. [slideshow_deploy id=1244] Yay!  I wrecked your childhood too! D

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Blogtoberfest – Funny Halloween Movies

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Oh, you sneaky Blogtoberfest, you almost got me, didn’t you?  Clever girl.  But I am not going to make the same mistake I did a few nights ago and scare myself so much I’m sitting up and jumping and shadows.  No.  Today’s blog post is about the fun and/or campy Halloween movies.  Unfortunately, there is an evil clown in one of them, but it’s balanced by a gangsta Woody Harrelson. Which brings me to my first move, Zombieland.  Zombies scare me but I watch ’em anyway.  It’s something about the apocalyptic, nomad type existence that happens after such devastation that I enjoy.  I like Zombieland because the lead guy isn’t a big ol’ tough zombie-killing hero, no sir.  He’s a scared little beta dude, running for his life.  “Double-Tap” indeed.  A fun film to watch with excellent zombie-killing sequences that make you think “I could do that”.  Let me tell

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