The secret is not ****ing up.
This only took one try — I even did the back by myself.
Hey, it’s a lot better than that one time last year, when the only way I could salvage things was to give myself a mohawk.
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Knickknack paddy wack, give a box to Nolan.
So my super-cool best friend sent me a big box of knickknacks as an early Christmas present, and its contents easily double as inspirations or writing prompts.
What you see up front in the first two photos is petrified wood, an obsidian arrowhead (dragonglass for defeating white walkers!!) and selenite crystal. The selenite will come in handy, as it promotes peace and calm — my 2022 New Year’s resolution is to chill the #@$% out before this world finally drives me to full on supervillainy. (I started picking out a costume on Friday after doomscrolling Twitter.)
The pottery she made herself. And the cigar box corral with its contestants is perfect for plotting out my planned western epic. Dammit, I hope I’m not giving away too many plot points here. (You’ve heard the expression, “Not my first rodeo?” It WAS the center guy’s first rodeo.)
Pop quiz — Q: Why is this ring-shaped?
A: BECAUSE IT’S ONE OF THE NINE CIRCLES OF HELL.
Proud dog!
A good friend of mine, writer and editor Tara Bann, allowed me to make this meme of her peppy little doggo.
Look at that face. What a grin!
Photo credit: Tara Bann.
People say this is a bad joke, but I Stan behind it.
Night Train!!
No, I’m not talking about the truly abominable malt liquor.
I’m talking about an actual night train in Roanoke, Virginia.
This James Woods Halloween costume is working out great!
No one even can tell that it’s me. It was worth every penny.
UPDATE!! There is a new costume!! I am now celebrating All Hallows Eve as Jason-Voorhees-Becomes-Nerdy-Middle-Aged-Writer!
“Night on Mill Mountain?”
I thought this Campbell Avenue storefront display was pretty cute. What you see is a gargoyle overlooking one of those quaint ceramic villages. (Sorry for the terrible picture … there were reflections in that glass.)
I don’t know if this diorama is an intentional reference to the “Night on Bald Mountain” sequence in Walt Disney’s “Fantasia” (1940), but that’s what it makes me think of. It would make it a really clever homemade Halloween decoration.
Cover to “Breezy Stories,” Enoch Bolles, November 1935
C.H. Young Publishing.
Happy Halloween!!! Whether you are tricking or treating, be cool and be safe. And everyone remember to give only rocks to that Charlie Brown kid when he comes to the door.
“Dune! Sweet.”
Have you guys heard that Ashton Kutcher is going to be starring in the “Dune” sequel?
They’re going to call it “Dune: Where’s My Car?”
Eric Robert Nolan, Author 