Saturday, September 28, 2013

Damned Rodan's Ribs of Fire

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Back when I was a fry cook at Shoney's — 1978–1979, there or about — I never would have imagined I might actually derive pleasure from ...
Saturday, September 21, 2013

Lyra's Lair 4

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Old Rodan signs Lyra's log. In 2007, I discovered geocaching wh...
Sunday, September 15, 2013

Spider Finch Park

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It's been some time since I undertook a pretty big geocaching outing all by my lonesome. I was hoping for the company of a couple of dis...
Friday, September 13, 2013

The Captured Bird

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On the heels of The Hound,  here's another rather Lovecraftian short film for your enjoyment. This one is The Captured Bird, written an...
Sunday, September 8, 2013

Anthony Penta's Adaptation of HPL's "The Hound"

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I had no idea this amateur production existed until it was recently shared on Facebook. H. P. Lovecraft's 1922 short story "The H...
Thursday, September 5, 2013

Things That Go Bump...

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...and thump and thud and rumble and scrabble and crash and scrape and bang and growl . Yeah... last night. 2:40 AM . I awake to a sudden ...
Wednesday, September 4, 2013

A Romp... or a Stomp... Through the Atomic Age

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About a year ago, I had an advance look at Atomic Drive-In , a novella by fellow kaijuphile Mike Bogue (see " Coming Soon to an Atomi...
Monday, September 2, 2013

Haw River Bison

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Serious cachers are serious. Deadly serious. I always enjoy hiking...
Saturday, August 31, 2013

31 Days of Geocaching

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"31 Days of Geocaching" has been one of those little gimmicks that Groundspeak — the owner of geocaching.com — devised to promo...
Tuesday, August 27, 2013

The Game Changers

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My latest tale... "The Game Changers"... done and sent out. One way or the other, I'm certain it will be inflicted upon numero...
Monday, August 19, 2013

Deep Discoveries

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I've many times said the most enjoyable, oftentimes exhilarating aspect of geocaching is finding places I never knew existed. As often a...
Monday, August 12, 2013

Dark Discoveries, Dark Shadows, Dark Decades

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The ever-appealing Dark Discoveries magazine, issue #24, has hit the streets, featuring my extensive retrospective look at Dark Shadows , ...
Wednesday, August 7, 2013

Ahhh, Ginger Nuts!

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I spent a good portion of last week responding to a lengthy set of thoughtful and well-researched interview questions by Jim McLeod for his...
Sunday, August 4, 2013

Let's Get This Show on the Road!

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We had been sitting on the set of Invasion of the Killer Cicadas waiting for the director to call "Action!" for a while, and Ms....
Saturday, July 27, 2013

The Cicadas Are Coming... Again

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No, not the 17-year variety that came and went a short time ago, but the giant, killer kind that spring from the minds of independent filmm...
Saturday, July 20, 2013

The Siamese Cat's Weekend Guide...

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...to Getting Breakfast When Dad Doesn't Want to Get Out of Bed Sit on the pillow next to Dad's face and stare. Stare hard. Add a...
Friday, July 19, 2013

Scan in Progress

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During my college days, I learned at least a wee bit about playing the guitar and for several years went at it pretty hard. Played the occas...
Sunday, July 14, 2013

Go Big or Go Extinct

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In the early 80s, when I lived in Chicago, I became a regular Japanese animation geek. Initially, I was most drawn to Leiji Matsumoto's...
Saturday, July 13, 2013

The Lamia

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Back in the late 70s, I was a monster fan of the band Genesis, especially the early albums that featured Peter Gabriel. I actually discovere...
Tuesday, July 9, 2013

The Game Changers

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That's the name of the story I'm currently writing. Here I will do the thing I hate most, just because. I will say that the tale is ...
Thursday, July 4, 2013

Brugger on a Bike, It's Hot!

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Like I said. Leaf me alone. Finally today, the rain that's been falling so long I've started channeling Noah let up long enou...
Saturday, June 29, 2013

The Big 6K

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Old Man and the Tree (one of us is holding on for dear life) ...