Tom Straub Haunted Art

Some new stuff from Tom Straub with our house in it!

Green is the new Red

If you at all care about your civil rights as an American and want to preserve them then I suggest you follow this link. Green is the new Red is only one of the first steps down the slippery slope to all out fascism in this country.
www.GreenIsTheNewRed.com

The Shac 7

Have you ever heard of the


Shac 7


if not I suggest you follow this link and read the summary of this case against some animal activists. Even if you have no interest in animal rights the case of terrorism against these folks - who apparently did nothing more than operate a web site speaking out against an animal testing lab - is one of the worst and least publicized assaults on our civil rights that I've seen recently. This era in America is a return to the paranoia of McCarthyism where instead of people being labeled Commies or Reds they are instead being labeled Terrorists. The Terrorists are everywhere and you must be vigilant against them. Turn in your neighbors and keep silent and safe. That's it, now go and read the case - then worry for your freedom my friends.

I wonder if by posting this I could now be considered a Terrorist?

Procreation

Enlightenment is what I need.

In past years doing a haunted house I’ve always noticed that the November post-season is always a bit of a bummer. I try - and no ladies I am not pretending I know what it is like to give birth - to liken it to giving birth. From my own modest observations I have seen that women tend to swear off ever getting pregnant again in the months preceding and especially right after the actual birth of the child. Who could blame them. The constant running to the bathroom, the physical discomfort and eventual pain that I can’t imagine that is tied to passing something the size of a bowling ball out of an orifice that under normal conditions wouldn’t do such a thing. However, usual after a few months the memory of the pain and discomfort are lost in the background of memory and the maternal desires to procreate return. There is, I must note, a time when a woman will have her last child. Rarely these days with the widespread use of contraceptives does this time come when she can no longer biologically have children, but instead comes from a conscious choice - either due to financial or physical toll. Haunting has always been that way for me.

November comes and I swear that I’ll never do that again. The winter holidays loom large and so do the added financial costs that are inevitably there - yes buying presents - and fixing up the house for the visitors to our house. It’s at these times that I’d really love to have the money spent on our “Free” haunt in the bank instead of lying around in props and decor in my other house. But as November wanes I find my thoughts sneaking back to prop making and haunt themes - at least in the past they have.

This year, though seems different. With the added strain of having to deal with inspectors this year and the looming hoops I’ll have to jump through for 2007 - if we can manage them at all - I wonder if perhaps the Nottingham family has had its last haunted child. The procreation of the various haunts may have reached their inevitable end as it were. As Thanksgiving is upon us I find myself not thinking of new props, but rather of dumpsters and yardsales to dispose of it all. I also wonder what it would be like to complete projects that involve drywall, paint, and new flooring for my real house with the money saved on the haunt. Things to ponder and resolve soon so I can plan a vacation that might involve sunny skies and alcoholic drinks in a lounge chair instead of cleaning house and cooking food for the army of monsters that stay with me in October. Hmmmm, I wonder.

Haunted Art

OK - here's another guy I've been meaning to post about. I love his work. The photos look even better in person than on the internet. I first saw his stuff posted to one of the Halloween lists - and then I conned him into giving some free stuff to the PA Haunters Gathering as a door prize. I now own several of his pieces - and some were hung through my haunt. Here's some watermarked images - and yes, I think you can contract with him to put you in one of his works. Click the link below for his MySpace page.

Tom Straub Haunted Art

Haunted Hot Sauce

I've been meaning to post about a fantastic product that I love. Check out Haunted Hot Sauce products at www.HauntedHotSauce.com My wife's favorite happens to be the Ghoul Drool flavor. This stuff has some serious bite to it but still manages to be full of real flavor. The ingredients are true Cajun style, and best of all it has a Halloween/Horror theme to it. It even comes packaged in coffins and each bottle has a toe-tag and a zombie paper mask on it - right down to the rubber maggots in the coffins the little details are not over looked. Check them out.

Senator Sanitarium

A few days ago I posted about PA's on-the-way-out Rick Santorum (Sanitarium). I sent him a nice email letting him know how happy I was that he lost re-election and told him I thought he was a fascist. Here's his response and it is yet another proof that his office paid no attention to anything his constituents said.

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Dear Mr. Nottingham:

Thank you for contacting me. As always, I appreciate hearing from you. As you
may know, the United States Senate is currently in a period of transition.
Accordingly, your concerns may be better met by contacting your new Senator, Bob
Casey, Jr. You may call the Capitol Switchboard for Senator Casey's contact
information at 202-224-3121. I also recommend that you contact Senator Arlen
Specter or your Representative in the House.

Thank you again for contacting me.

Sincerely,

Rick Santorum
United States Senate


This e-mail, a copy of which has been archived in the United States Senate, is
an official Senate communication intended for the individual or entity named
above. Any improper alteration or fraudulent misuse of the contents of this
e-mail may constitute a violation of federal law (18 USC 1030; 18 USC 2511; 18
USC 2701), and/or state laws governing defamation and misattribution. If the
reader of this message is not the intended recipient, please notify us that the
message was received in error and then delete it.

Scotland

For some strange reason I've always been pulled to all of Britain. I discovered the band whose music is the back ground for this video a few years ago. Albannach can be found at the link above. Enjoy the images of Scotland.

Monty Python's Lumber Jack Sketch

Here's a classic for your enjoyment. Just wait for the song. We used to sing it lots back in high school. No wonder I didn't get many dates.

From a Buick 8

Just finished "From a Buick 8" by Stephen King. I really think he shoulda made it his last book like he said he was. It was not really the top of his game - but it was entertaining enough. You can find it in the bargain book section of most bookstores now.

Monster Mash

I just thought I'd post some of the mayhem at Castle Nottingham just in case you got here by accident and not through one of our other sites.

See ya Rick

I just gotta say that thank goodness the biggest facsist in the US Senate has lost his election. Rick Santorum - a Republican from my state - PA who has in the past said things like women should stay at home and that homosexuals should have no rights is now on the way out. Please feel free to go to his website and send him a little email to say so long.

Santorum

Messin with Sasquatch

Whilst I'm wasting time watching youtube videos here's one never aired on tv.

Go Vegan

Here's a website to check out if you're at all interested in eliminating animals from your diet.

http://www.govegan.net

Whoa

So far I've tried to blog on MySpace. However, since I'm adding content that has nothing to do with the home haunt I started this one instead. Hopefully some interesting stuff will occur for me to post about. For awhile I'll be posting the same stuff in both places and eventually migrate it all here.