Janine McCaw's Blog: SUPERNATURAL CENTRAL, page 2
February 16, 2013
ANOTHER DAY, ANOTHER STEP CLOSER TO STARRING IN A SyFy MOVIE
C'mon. You like to mock them as much as I do. Those classic titles made for America's SyFy channel that usually air here in Canada on Space. Classic titles like END OF THE WORLD, PIRANACONDA, and MEGAPYTHON vs. GATOROID. Movies that give us implausible plots that would never ever happen. Until Friday.
Friday was the day the world's top scientists didn't see the asteroid heading towards earth, crashing through the atmosphere at a mega speed that caused sonic booms to knock out glass in Chelyabinsk injuring somewhere between 250 and 1000 people. I know that's a big difference in casualties but maybe something got lost in the translation. What if SCIENCEGEEK #2 really did have the satellite feed turned to the porn channel on his watch and lo and behold all hell broke loose. Apparently it could happen.
Those events are a SyFy movie waiting to happen. I`m working on a title for the script now. ATTACK OF THE COSMOSPHERE or maybe RETURN OF THE COLD WAR. I mean, that`s what happened to the dinosaurs, right? The giganta rock falls from the sky and then whamo ... total extinction, or at least ninety minutes worth.
Some of the movies are filmed on the West Coast, and you can usually tell those ones because the catastrophic events hit the eastern seaboard of our continent, or South America. We don`t like to kill our own. Every once and a while the funding goes to an eastern prodco and Seattle takes a hit. Unless there are zombies. Zombies to try to head to Canada. I don't know why this is.
Maybe that`s why Canada`s Foreign Minister John Baird stood up in Parliament and announced that zombies were a no-go zone in Canada.
"I rise today to salute the Center for Disease Control in Atlanta and the province of Quebec for putting in place emergency measures to deal with the possibility of an invasion of zombies," Martin said. "I do not need to tell you, Mr. Speaker, that zombies do not recognize borders and that a zombie invasion in the United States could easily turn into a continent wide pandemic if it is not contained."
He continued: "On behalf of concerned Canadians everywhere, I want to ask the Minister of Foreign Affairs — is he working with his American counterparts to develop an international zombie strategy, so that a zombie invasion does not turn into a zombie apocalypse?"
Yes, he really said that. Just this week. Who says politicians aren't insightful?
I like to think that what our elected official was really trying to say is that we should be prepared in case, you know, a flesh-eating type of disease meets a SARS-like virus that creates an uncontrollable hunger and we`re all really in trouble. But that`s as likely to happen as space debris hitting Russia, right?
Maybe we all had better pay a little more attention to those crazy flicks. Somehow the earth seemed safer last week.
Friday was the day the world's top scientists didn't see the asteroid heading towards earth, crashing through the atmosphere at a mega speed that caused sonic booms to knock out glass in Chelyabinsk injuring somewhere between 250 and 1000 people. I know that's a big difference in casualties but maybe something got lost in the translation. What if SCIENCEGEEK #2 really did have the satellite feed turned to the porn channel on his watch and lo and behold all hell broke loose. Apparently it could happen.
Those events are a SyFy movie waiting to happen. I`m working on a title for the script now. ATTACK OF THE COSMOSPHERE or maybe RETURN OF THE COLD WAR. I mean, that`s what happened to the dinosaurs, right? The giganta rock falls from the sky and then whamo ... total extinction, or at least ninety minutes worth.
Some of the movies are filmed on the West Coast, and you can usually tell those ones because the catastrophic events hit the eastern seaboard of our continent, or South America. We don`t like to kill our own. Every once and a while the funding goes to an eastern prodco and Seattle takes a hit. Unless there are zombies. Zombies to try to head to Canada. I don't know why this is.
Maybe that`s why Canada`s Foreign Minister John Baird stood up in Parliament and announced that zombies were a no-go zone in Canada.
"I rise today to salute the Center for Disease Control in Atlanta and the province of Quebec for putting in place emergency measures to deal with the possibility of an invasion of zombies," Martin said. "I do not need to tell you, Mr. Speaker, that zombies do not recognize borders and that a zombie invasion in the United States could easily turn into a continent wide pandemic if it is not contained."
He continued: "On behalf of concerned Canadians everywhere, I want to ask the Minister of Foreign Affairs — is he working with his American counterparts to develop an international zombie strategy, so that a zombie invasion does not turn into a zombie apocalypse?"
Yes, he really said that. Just this week. Who says politicians aren't insightful?
I like to think that what our elected official was really trying to say is that we should be prepared in case, you know, a flesh-eating type of disease meets a SARS-like virus that creates an uncontrollable hunger and we`re all really in trouble. But that`s as likely to happen as space debris hitting Russia, right?
Maybe we all had better pay a little more attention to those crazy flicks. Somehow the earth seemed safer last week.
November 3, 2012
LATE SHIFT WITH Gail Vaz Oxlade Newstalk 1010
SO EXCITED to be on LATE SHIFT WITH @GailVazOxlade NewsTalk1010 on Monday November 5'th. So if you're in the Toronto area, tune in/call in to say hi!
October 12, 2012
Helens-of-Troy is free TODAY
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October 7, 2012
BIGFOOT Fact or Fiction
Those of you who have been following Supernatural Central probably know that this blog is based in the Pacific Northwest. ..Vancouver, actually, known for t.v. series like The X Files, Supernatural, Smallville, Stargate, Fringe, etc. We know a thing or two about futuristic themes here.
But what about legends? We're talking about the kind of stories passed down for generations. Is our past as rich as our future as far as the unexplained goes? Let's open the debate on the maybe prehistoric, certainly not alien life form, the Sasquatch (or Bigfoot if you prefer). First a little history lesson courtesy of Wikipedia:
1924: Prospector Albert Ostman claimed to have been abducted by Sasquatch and held captive by the creatures in British Columbia.[33]
1924: Fred Beck claimed that he and four other miners were attacked one night in July 1924, by several "apemen" throwing rocks at their cabin in an area later called Ape Canyon, Washington.[34] Beck said the miners shot and possibly killed at least one of the creatures, precipitating an attack on their cabin, during which the creatures bombarded the cabin with rocks and tried to break in. The supposed incident was widely reported at the time.[35] Beck wrote a book about the alleged event in 1967, in which he argued that the creatures were mystical beings from another dimension, claiming that he had experienced psychic premonitions and visions his entire life of which the apemen were only one component.[36] Speleologist William Halliday argued in 1983 that the story arose from an incident in which hikers from a nearby camp had thrown rocks into the canyon.[37] There are also local rumors that pranksters harassed the men and planted faked footprints.[12]
1941: Jeannie Chapman and her children said they had escaped their home when a 7.5 feet (2.3 m) tall Sasquatch approached their residence in Ruby Creek, British Columbia.[38]
1958: Bulldozer operator Jerry Crew took to a newspaper office a cast of one of the enormous footprints he and other workers had seen at an isolated work site at Bluff Creek, California. The crew was overseen by Wilbur L. Wallace, brother of Raymond L. Wallace. After Ray Wallace's death, his children came forward with a pair of 16-inch (41 cm) wooden feet, which they said their father had used to fake the Bigfoot tracks in 1958.[5][12] Wallace is poorly regarded by many Bigfoot proponents. John Napier wrote, "I do not feel impressed with Mr. Wallace's story" regarding having over 15,000 feet (4,600 m) of film showing Bigfoot.[39]
1967: Roger Patterson and Robert Gimlin reported that on October 20 they had captured a purported Sasquatch on film at Bluff Creek, California. This came to be known as the Patterson-Gimlin film. Many years later, Bob Heironimus, an acquaintance of Patterson's, said that he had worn an ape costume for the making of the film.[12]
Almost makes you want to get the hell outta this neck of the woods, doesn't it? Except that sightings have been made all around the world. So we went looking for answers, and we came across Bigfoot Huntin's Christopher Milton, and asked him a few questions:
SC: How long have you been Sasquatch Huntin', and what in the hell got you started doing it in the first place?
CM: Well, I have been interested in Sasquatch since I was a child. Watched all the movies I could (even though they scared the hell outta me), read any books I could find, and had my first experience with what I am certain was a Bigfoot at age 11. What really motivated me to make my videos was the guy who said he had found a body of a Bigfoot, and had it frozen in a deep freezer. I was really excited about this, and waited anxiously for the press conference. Then it was confirmed a fraud. He had bought a Bigfoot costume online, added some pig guts, or something, and took pictures. People were saying it was a costume even before the press conference, but I still was optimistic, and hoped they were mistaken. So when it was admitted to be a fraud, I was furious! I had been waiting for confirmation of what I had believed in for years, just to be let down by what I felt was a malicious fraud. So, I decided to make my videos as a parody of this situation. Not, that I no longer believed in Bigfoot, but just to make fun of those clowns. So our videos have matured since the first three into actually following a storyline that begins with Season One Episode Four, The Christmas Special. Although it is comedy, I am actually looking for evidence, and have had experiences where we are filming. I believe our area is a byway for Sasquatch between two more densely wooded areas of Eastern Oklahoma.
SC: What's your take on the Patterson-Gimlin footage?
CM: I have seen documentaries where it has been "proven" a hoax, and "proven" to be real. I believe the footage is real, after looking at evidence online both pro and con. Yet I also feel that footage has been put through the ringer on both sides of the fence, so if you mention it, you have a 50/50 chance with the person whom you are talking to, even amongst Bigfoot believers.
SC: Why do you think Sasquatches are able to hide from humanity so well?
CM: I live in a small town, surrounded by woods, woods that you can walk for miles and not see a house, or people. These woods are full of wildlife, especially Whitetail deer, that can grow as large as two hundred plus pounds. I can walk out into these woods ten days in a row, and I might see a deer one of those days. I might not see any at all. It doesn't mean they aren't there, it just means I didn't see them, yet they probably saw me. Reason being, is that they are adapted to live in the woods, they are camouflaged to hide, they know they are a food animal, even though there aren't many animals here that would eat them, it is still ingrained in their minds to hide, or run when something approaches that could be a threat. Now with Sasquatch, they are the top of the food chain, yet, every hunter looking to kill an animal by surprise, hides so as to avoid detection and losing out on a meal. As for the bodies, well I have only found a handful of deer carcasses in the woods, and like I said there are a lot of them, since they have no natural predators except humans here. So a large primate living in the forests of the U.S. with a much smaller population, would be the proverbial needle in a haystack. Forests are very efficient at housekeeping.
SC: Can you recommend any official Sasquatch organizations for people who find themselves face to face with some evidence, or who just want to learn more about them?
CM: Well this is a difficult question to answer, only because some organizations have a membership only status, to see evidence. I won't mention those organizations, but I will say that this subject, should not be subject to membership fees, in my opinion. The BFRO is probably one of the most known organizations today, and their website has a lot of useful information, as well as a great database of searchable witness testimonies. Here is their website:
http://www.bfro.net/ Another very informative site is the Bigfoot Evidence blog http://bigfootevidence.blogspot.com/ Twitter: @BigfootEvidence, as well as, the Bigfoot Lunch Club blog http://www.bigfootlunchclub.com/ Twitter: @BigfootLC Another website for all things cryptid, is Cryptomundo, http://www.cryptomundo.com/ These are the main places I go for information and suggestions on field research.
SC: What's your favorite t.v. series/movie, other than Harry and the Hendersons?
CM: I don't really have favorite TV shows on the subject, I mean I watch Monsterquest, Fact or Faked, Destination Truth, Finding Bigfoot, etc., but they never show definitive proof for anything, and leave the evidence to speculation. That is frustrating, but I watch anyway! I mean, they are great shows, and I was very happy when Finding Bigfoot came on Animal Planet. I was like, finally! A show dedicated to, what I believed to be, proving the existence of Bigfoot! Yet like all the others, each episode never really proves, or finds, anything conclusive. I have hopes for the new season, that maybe they will show some video of what they believe to be a Bigfoot. It doesn't even have to be high definition, a blobsquatch (term for most pictures/video of Bigfoot where the subject is blurry) would be preferable than just thermal images that look humanoid, or calls in the night. Especially since they alert the whole town to their presence, and so the calls they get at night could be any one of a number of townsfolk who knew they would be recording for the show.
As for movies, The Legend Of Boggy Creek has to be my favorite. It is a documentary/movie which is based on true events. Here is the Wikipedia link:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lege...
SC: Can you recommend a good book for the Sasquatch enthusiast?
CM: I know of a few good books, but haven't read them. I believe the best thing to do, for me anyway, is to go into the woods and look. I know this is not feasible for everyone so here are some of the books I know of, that are supposed to be really good:
The Beast of Boggy Creek: The True Story of the Fouke Monster http://www.amazon.com/dp/1933665572/t...
The Yowie: In Search of Australia's Bigfoot http://www.amazon.com/Yowie-Search-Au...
TRUE GIANTS: Is Gigantopithecus Still Alive? http://www.amazon.com/TRUE-GIANTS-Gig...
ORANG PENDEK: Sumatra's Forgotten Ape http://www.amazon.com/ORANG-PENDEK-Su...
Thank you, Christopher, for taking part in our edu-romp through the world of the bigfoot. Here's a clip from the BIGFOOT HUNTIN YOUTUBE CHANNEL for those of you who want to take a walk on the wild sideeand learn more about squatches. You can also follow @bigfoothuntin like we do, and visit their website for more info http://bigfoothuntin.com/
Ciao for now.
But what about legends? We're talking about the kind of stories passed down for generations. Is our past as rich as our future as far as the unexplained goes? Let's open the debate on the maybe prehistoric, certainly not alien life form, the Sasquatch (or Bigfoot if you prefer). First a little history lesson courtesy of Wikipedia:
1924: Prospector Albert Ostman claimed to have been abducted by Sasquatch and held captive by the creatures in British Columbia.[33]
1924: Fred Beck claimed that he and four other miners were attacked one night in July 1924, by several "apemen" throwing rocks at their cabin in an area later called Ape Canyon, Washington.[34] Beck said the miners shot and possibly killed at least one of the creatures, precipitating an attack on their cabin, during which the creatures bombarded the cabin with rocks and tried to break in. The supposed incident was widely reported at the time.[35] Beck wrote a book about the alleged event in 1967, in which he argued that the creatures were mystical beings from another dimension, claiming that he had experienced psychic premonitions and visions his entire life of which the apemen were only one component.[36] Speleologist William Halliday argued in 1983 that the story arose from an incident in which hikers from a nearby camp had thrown rocks into the canyon.[37] There are also local rumors that pranksters harassed the men and planted faked footprints.[12]
1941: Jeannie Chapman and her children said they had escaped their home when a 7.5 feet (2.3 m) tall Sasquatch approached their residence in Ruby Creek, British Columbia.[38]
1958: Bulldozer operator Jerry Crew took to a newspaper office a cast of one of the enormous footprints he and other workers had seen at an isolated work site at Bluff Creek, California. The crew was overseen by Wilbur L. Wallace, brother of Raymond L. Wallace. After Ray Wallace's death, his children came forward with a pair of 16-inch (41 cm) wooden feet, which they said their father had used to fake the Bigfoot tracks in 1958.[5][12] Wallace is poorly regarded by many Bigfoot proponents. John Napier wrote, "I do not feel impressed with Mr. Wallace's story" regarding having over 15,000 feet (4,600 m) of film showing Bigfoot.[39]
1967: Roger Patterson and Robert Gimlin reported that on October 20 they had captured a purported Sasquatch on film at Bluff Creek, California. This came to be known as the Patterson-Gimlin film. Many years later, Bob Heironimus, an acquaintance of Patterson's, said that he had worn an ape costume for the making of the film.[12]
Almost makes you want to get the hell outta this neck of the woods, doesn't it? Except that sightings have been made all around the world. So we went looking for answers, and we came across Bigfoot Huntin's Christopher Milton, and asked him a few questions:
SC: How long have you been Sasquatch Huntin', and what in the hell got you started doing it in the first place?
CM: Well, I have been interested in Sasquatch since I was a child. Watched all the movies I could (even though they scared the hell outta me), read any books I could find, and had my first experience with what I am certain was a Bigfoot at age 11. What really motivated me to make my videos was the guy who said he had found a body of a Bigfoot, and had it frozen in a deep freezer. I was really excited about this, and waited anxiously for the press conference. Then it was confirmed a fraud. He had bought a Bigfoot costume online, added some pig guts, or something, and took pictures. People were saying it was a costume even before the press conference, but I still was optimistic, and hoped they were mistaken. So when it was admitted to be a fraud, I was furious! I had been waiting for confirmation of what I had believed in for years, just to be let down by what I felt was a malicious fraud. So, I decided to make my videos as a parody of this situation. Not, that I no longer believed in Bigfoot, but just to make fun of those clowns. So our videos have matured since the first three into actually following a storyline that begins with Season One Episode Four, The Christmas Special. Although it is comedy, I am actually looking for evidence, and have had experiences where we are filming. I believe our area is a byway for Sasquatch between two more densely wooded areas of Eastern Oklahoma.
SC: What's your take on the Patterson-Gimlin footage?
CM: I have seen documentaries where it has been "proven" a hoax, and "proven" to be real. I believe the footage is real, after looking at evidence online both pro and con. Yet I also feel that footage has been put through the ringer on both sides of the fence, so if you mention it, you have a 50/50 chance with the person whom you are talking to, even amongst Bigfoot believers.
SC: Why do you think Sasquatches are able to hide from humanity so well?
CM: I live in a small town, surrounded by woods, woods that you can walk for miles and not see a house, or people. These woods are full of wildlife, especially Whitetail deer, that can grow as large as two hundred plus pounds. I can walk out into these woods ten days in a row, and I might see a deer one of those days. I might not see any at all. It doesn't mean they aren't there, it just means I didn't see them, yet they probably saw me. Reason being, is that they are adapted to live in the woods, they are camouflaged to hide, they know they are a food animal, even though there aren't many animals here that would eat them, it is still ingrained in their minds to hide, or run when something approaches that could be a threat. Now with Sasquatch, they are the top of the food chain, yet, every hunter looking to kill an animal by surprise, hides so as to avoid detection and losing out on a meal. As for the bodies, well I have only found a handful of deer carcasses in the woods, and like I said there are a lot of them, since they have no natural predators except humans here. So a large primate living in the forests of the U.S. with a much smaller population, would be the proverbial needle in a haystack. Forests are very efficient at housekeeping.
SC: Can you recommend any official Sasquatch organizations for people who find themselves face to face with some evidence, or who just want to learn more about them?
CM: Well this is a difficult question to answer, only because some organizations have a membership only status, to see evidence. I won't mention those organizations, but I will say that this subject, should not be subject to membership fees, in my opinion. The BFRO is probably one of the most known organizations today, and their website has a lot of useful information, as well as a great database of searchable witness testimonies. Here is their website:
http://www.bfro.net/ Another very informative site is the Bigfoot Evidence blog http://bigfootevidence.blogspot.com/ Twitter: @BigfootEvidence, as well as, the Bigfoot Lunch Club blog http://www.bigfootlunchclub.com/ Twitter: @BigfootLC Another website for all things cryptid, is Cryptomundo, http://www.cryptomundo.com/ These are the main places I go for information and suggestions on field research.
SC: What's your favorite t.v. series/movie, other than Harry and the Hendersons?
CM: I don't really have favorite TV shows on the subject, I mean I watch Monsterquest, Fact or Faked, Destination Truth, Finding Bigfoot, etc., but they never show definitive proof for anything, and leave the evidence to speculation. That is frustrating, but I watch anyway! I mean, they are great shows, and I was very happy when Finding Bigfoot came on Animal Planet. I was like, finally! A show dedicated to, what I believed to be, proving the existence of Bigfoot! Yet like all the others, each episode never really proves, or finds, anything conclusive. I have hopes for the new season, that maybe they will show some video of what they believe to be a Bigfoot. It doesn't even have to be high definition, a blobsquatch (term for most pictures/video of Bigfoot where the subject is blurry) would be preferable than just thermal images that look humanoid, or calls in the night. Especially since they alert the whole town to their presence, and so the calls they get at night could be any one of a number of townsfolk who knew they would be recording for the show.
As for movies, The Legend Of Boggy Creek has to be my favorite. It is a documentary/movie which is based on true events. Here is the Wikipedia link:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lege...
SC: Can you recommend a good book for the Sasquatch enthusiast?
CM: I know of a few good books, but haven't read them. I believe the best thing to do, for me anyway, is to go into the woods and look. I know this is not feasible for everyone so here are some of the books I know of, that are supposed to be really good:
The Beast of Boggy Creek: The True Story of the Fouke Monster http://www.amazon.com/dp/1933665572/t...
The Yowie: In Search of Australia's Bigfoot http://www.amazon.com/Yowie-Search-Au...
TRUE GIANTS: Is Gigantopithecus Still Alive? http://www.amazon.com/TRUE-GIANTS-Gig...
ORANG PENDEK: Sumatra's Forgotten Ape http://www.amazon.com/ORANG-PENDEK-Su...
Thank you, Christopher, for taking part in our edu-romp through the world of the bigfoot. Here's a clip from the BIGFOOT HUNTIN YOUTUBE CHANNEL for those of you who want to take a walk on the wild sideeand learn more about squatches. You can also follow @bigfoothuntin like we do, and visit their website for more info http://bigfoothuntin.com/
Ciao for now.
July 25, 2012
AMERICAN ZOMBIE SUMMIT 2: ARE YOU THE CALLER ON THE LINE?
SUPERNATURAL CENTRAL
AMERICAN ZOMBIE SUMMIT 2: ARE YOU THE NEXT CALLER ON THE LINE?
JULY 27'th 10pm EST
Even if you don't live in Florida, which seems to be the vacation zone for zombies of late, it never hurts to get all your bases covered as far as the undead go. Friday night is your time to do it, thanks to Timothy Dean's pirate radio show Zombie Bait!, and the horde of zombie experts he has assembled. I tuned in a few months back when the first Zombie Summit was held, and had fun listening and chatting with people in the dedicated chat room. It got a little serious, and it got a little silly, because that's what happens when you're talking Zombies. So when I heard there was going to be a second summit, I wanted to help spread the word to other like-minded members of the fray, or "minions" as the host likes to call us. I had a chance to ask Timothy Dean some questions about the upcoming extravaganza, and here's what he had to say:
Supernatural Central: Tell us a little about TDB Pirate Radio and your Zombie Bait! music show.
Tim: TDB Pirate Radio started as a means for me to voice my opinions and to help other "starving artists" out there to spread the word about their works. I know from personal experience of how hard it can be to get published in a printed or even online magazine, let alone publishing a story. Which is one reason that I started my web site. I didn't want to rely on others to promote and publish my work because it just wasn't happening. So I did it myself. TDB Pirate Radio was born from that glimmering thought and was refocused on helping others that found themselves in the same situation that I was in.
The Zombie Bait! music show started out as a way to focus on newly submitted music from bands/musicians from all over the world and to give them a little bump with promotion. With the station format change the show will be a 2 hour block of "new" music without any of the in between commentary.
Supernatural Central: What's the American Zombie Summit all about?
Tim: The American Zombie Summit is all about Zombies. It is a chance for our listeners to ask the guests questions about anything and everything zombie. What are they, how to survive, the different categories of zombies, etc. The Madore Brothers from Necropology.com have done a wonderful job of cross referencing all of the zombie movies out there plus the information from folklore and legends. As the Geek has stated, "Find out everything you want to know about zombies and probably some that you didn't."
We will also be covering some of the latest "zombie" news involving bath salts, updates on the upcoming zombie flick "Heartland" and survival techniques for the upcoming 2012 Zombie Apocalypse.
Supernatural Central: Who are your guests for this podcast?
Tim: My guests are Josh Cook from Zombie A.C.R.E.S., The Madore Brothers from Necropology.com, and The Zombie Response Team. Can I give a shout out to my sponsors?
Supernatural Central: Sponsor away.
Tim: Thanks to Wildwillowoods , AC Valve and Controls, Alice in Zombieland, B.U.N.K.S., Combat Hard Training Center, Dead Girlz Tattoo, Free Book Dude, Middle Tennessee Music, Project ZKO, Unsane Asylum Records
Supernatural Central: What's the music line-up?
Tim: Haven't chosen this yet. I usually leave the music choices up to Standby Stephanie. She's our minion that runs the music board.
Supernatural Central: What if people want to be "the caller on the line" or part of the chat room...how do they do this?
Tim: Listeners can call in to the show at 706-956-4778, or post on the station page on Facebook or Twitter. Listeners will also be able to listen on their Android phones through the Ustream app.
Supernatural Central: If experts, authors or artists would like to be considered for a future TDB show, how do they do that?
Tim: The best way for them to get slated as the guest on future shows is to send me an email timothydeanblog@comcast.net or shoot me a message on Facebook.
timothydeanblog@comcast.net
www.timothydeanblog.com
TDB Pirate Radio
Zombie Bait! music show
Supernatural Central: Okay, so there we have it. Don't say we didn't give you the chance to make the world right, or at least save your own ass. Tune in Friday night for the show. Here's your sneak preview:
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Monday, July 23, 2012AMERICAN ZOMBIE SUMMIT 2: ARE YOU THE NEXT CALLER ON THE LINE?
JULY 27'th 10pm EST
Even if you don't live in Florida, which seems to be the vacation zone for zombies of late, it never hurts to get all your bases covered as far as the undead go. Friday night is your time to do it, thanks to Timothy Dean's pirate radio show Zombie Bait!, and the horde of zombie experts he has assembled. I tuned in a few months back when the first Zombie Summit was held, and had fun listening and chatting with people in the dedicated chat room. It got a little serious, and it got a little silly, because that's what happens when you're talking Zombies. So when I heard there was going to be a second summit, I wanted to help spread the word to other like-minded members of the fray, or "minions" as the host likes to call us. I had a chance to ask Timothy Dean some questions about the upcoming extravaganza, and here's what he had to say:
Supernatural Central: Tell us a little about TDB Pirate Radio and your Zombie Bait! music show.
Tim: TDB Pirate Radio started as a means for me to voice my opinions and to help other "starving artists" out there to spread the word about their works. I know from personal experience of how hard it can be to get published in a printed or even online magazine, let alone publishing a story. Which is one reason that I started my web site. I didn't want to rely on others to promote and publish my work because it just wasn't happening. So I did it myself. TDB Pirate Radio was born from that glimmering thought and was refocused on helping others that found themselves in the same situation that I was in.
The Zombie Bait! music show started out as a way to focus on newly submitted music from bands/musicians from all over the world and to give them a little bump with promotion. With the station format change the show will be a 2 hour block of "new" music without any of the in between commentary.
Supernatural Central: What's the American Zombie Summit all about?
Tim: The American Zombie Summit is all about Zombies. It is a chance for our listeners to ask the guests questions about anything and everything zombie. What are they, how to survive, the different categories of zombies, etc. The Madore Brothers from Necropology.com have done a wonderful job of cross referencing all of the zombie movies out there plus the information from folklore and legends. As the Geek has stated, "Find out everything you want to know about zombies and probably some that you didn't."
We will also be covering some of the latest "zombie" news involving bath salts, updates on the upcoming zombie flick "Heartland" and survival techniques for the upcoming 2012 Zombie Apocalypse.
Supernatural Central: Who are your guests for this podcast?
Tim: My guests are Josh Cook from Zombie A.C.R.E.S., The Madore Brothers from Necropology.com, and The Zombie Response Team. Can I give a shout out to my sponsors?
Supernatural Central: Sponsor away.
Tim: Thanks to Wildwillowoods , AC Valve and Controls, Alice in Zombieland, B.U.N.K.S., Combat Hard Training Center, Dead Girlz Tattoo, Free Book Dude, Middle Tennessee Music, Project ZKO, Unsane Asylum Records
Supernatural Central: What's the music line-up?
Tim: Haven't chosen this yet. I usually leave the music choices up to Standby Stephanie. She's our minion that runs the music board.
Supernatural Central: What if people want to be "the caller on the line" or part of the chat room...how do they do this?
Tim: Listeners can call in to the show at 706-956-4778, or post on the station page on Facebook or Twitter. Listeners will also be able to listen on their Android phones through the Ustream app.
Supernatural Central: If experts, authors or artists would like to be considered for a future TDB show, how do they do that?
Tim: The best way for them to get slated as the guest on future shows is to send me an email timothydeanblog@comcast.net or shoot me a message on Facebook.
timothydeanblog@comcast.net
www.timothydeanblog.com
TDB Pirate Radio
Zombie Bait! music show
Supernatural Central: Okay, so there we have it. Don't say we didn't give you the chance to make the world right, or at least save your own ass. Tune in Friday night for the show.
AMERICAN ZOMBIE SUMMIT 2: ARE YOU THE NEXT CALLER ON THE LINE?
JULY 27'th 10pm EST
Even if you don't live in Florida, which seems to be the vacation zone for zombies of late, it never hurts to get all your bases covered as far as the undead go. Friday night is your time to do it, thanks to Timothy Dean's pirate radio show Zombie Bait!, and the horde of zombie experts he has assembled. I tuned in a few months back when the first Zombie Summit was held, and had fun listening and chatting with people in the dedicated chat room. It got a little serious, and it got a little silly, because that's what happens when you're talking Zombies. So when I heard there was going to be a second summit, I wanted to help spread the word to other like-minded members of the fray, or "minions" as the host likes to call us. I had a chance to ask Timothy Dean some questions about the upcoming extravaganza, and here's what he had to say:
Supernatural Central: Tell us a little about TDB Pirate Radio and your Zombie Bait! music show.
Tim: TDB Pirate Radio started as a means for me to voice my opinions and to help other "starving artists" out there to spread the word about their works. I know from personal experience of how hard it can be to get published in a printed or even online magazine, let alone publishing a story. Which is one reason that I started my web site. I didn't want to rely on others to promote and publish my work because it just wasn't happening. So I did it myself. TDB Pirate Radio was born from that glimmering thought and was refocused on helping others that found themselves in the same situation that I was in.
The Zombie Bait! music show started out as a way to focus on newly submitted music from bands/musicians from all over the world and to give them a little bump with promotion. With the station format change the show will be a 2 hour block of "new" music without any of the in between commentary.
Supernatural Central: What's the American Zombie Summit all about?
Tim: The American Zombie Summit is all about Zombies. It is a chance for our listeners to ask the guests questions about anything and everything zombie. What are they, how to survive, the different categories of zombies, etc. The Madore Brothers from Necropology.com have done a wonderful job of cross referencing all of the zombie movies out there plus the information from folklore and legends. As the Geek has stated, "Find out everything you want to know about zombies and probably some that you didn't."
We will also be covering some of the latest "zombie" news involving bath salts, updates on the upcoming zombie flick "Heartland" and survival techniques for the upcoming 2012 Zombie Apocalypse.
Supernatural Central: Who are your guests for this podcast?
Tim: My guests are Josh Cook from Zombie A.C.R.E.S., The Madore Brothers from Necropology.com, and The Zombie Response Team. Can I give a shout out to my sponsors?
Supernatural Central: Sponsor away.
Tim: Thanks to Wildwillowoods , AC Valve and Controls, Alice in Zombieland, B.U.N.K.S., Combat Hard Training Center, Dead Girlz Tattoo, Free Book Dude, Middle Tennessee Music, Project ZKO, Unsane Asylum Records
Supernatural Central: What's the music line-up?
Tim: Haven't chosen this yet. I usually leave the music choices up to Standby Stephanie. She's our minion that runs the music board.
Supernatural Central: What if people want to be "the caller on the line" or part of the chat room...how do they do this?
Tim: Listeners can call in to the show at 706-956-4778, or post on the station page on Facebook or Twitter. Listeners will also be able to listen on their Android phones through the Ustream app.
Supernatural Central: If experts, authors or artists would like to be considered for a future TDB show, how do they do that?
Tim: The best way for them to get slated as the guest on future shows is to send me an email timothydeanblog@comcast.net or shoot me a message on Facebook.
timothydeanblog@comcast.net
www.timothydeanblog.com
TDB Pirate Radio
Zombie Bait! music show
Supernatural Central: Okay, so there we have it. Don't say we didn't give you the chance to make the world right, or at least save your own ass. Tune in Friday night for the show. Here's your sneak preview:
Visit:
SUPERNATURAL CENTRAL
Monday, July 23, 2012AMERICAN ZOMBIE SUMMIT 2: ARE YOU THE NEXT CALLER ON THE LINE?
JULY 27'th 10pm EST
Even if you don't live in Florida, which seems to be the vacation zone for zombies of late, it never hurts to get all your bases covered as far as the undead go. Friday night is your time to do it, thanks to Timothy Dean's pirate radio show Zombie Bait!, and the horde of zombie experts he has assembled. I tuned in a few months back when the first Zombie Summit was held, and had fun listening and chatting with people in the dedicated chat room. It got a little serious, and it got a little silly, because that's what happens when you're talking Zombies. So when I heard there was going to be a second summit, I wanted to help spread the word to other like-minded members of the fray, or "minions" as the host likes to call us. I had a chance to ask Timothy Dean some questions about the upcoming extravaganza, and here's what he had to say:
Supernatural Central: Tell us a little about TDB Pirate Radio and your Zombie Bait! music show.
Tim: TDB Pirate Radio started as a means for me to voice my opinions and to help other "starving artists" out there to spread the word about their works. I know from personal experience of how hard it can be to get published in a printed or even online magazine, let alone publishing a story. Which is one reason that I started my web site. I didn't want to rely on others to promote and publish my work because it just wasn't happening. So I did it myself. TDB Pirate Radio was born from that glimmering thought and was refocused on helping others that found themselves in the same situation that I was in.
The Zombie Bait! music show started out as a way to focus on newly submitted music from bands/musicians from all over the world and to give them a little bump with promotion. With the station format change the show will be a 2 hour block of "new" music without any of the in between commentary.
Supernatural Central: What's the American Zombie Summit all about?
Tim: The American Zombie Summit is all about Zombies. It is a chance for our listeners to ask the guests questions about anything and everything zombie. What are they, how to survive, the different categories of zombies, etc. The Madore Brothers from Necropology.com have done a wonderful job of cross referencing all of the zombie movies out there plus the information from folklore and legends. As the Geek has stated, "Find out everything you want to know about zombies and probably some that you didn't."
We will also be covering some of the latest "zombie" news involving bath salts, updates on the upcoming zombie flick "Heartland" and survival techniques for the upcoming 2012 Zombie Apocalypse.
Supernatural Central: Who are your guests for this podcast?
Tim: My guests are Josh Cook from Zombie A.C.R.E.S., The Madore Brothers from Necropology.com, and The Zombie Response Team. Can I give a shout out to my sponsors?
Supernatural Central: Sponsor away.
Tim: Thanks to Wildwillowoods , AC Valve and Controls, Alice in Zombieland, B.U.N.K.S., Combat Hard Training Center, Dead Girlz Tattoo, Free Book Dude, Middle Tennessee Music, Project ZKO, Unsane Asylum Records
Supernatural Central: What's the music line-up?
Tim: Haven't chosen this yet. I usually leave the music choices up to Standby Stephanie. She's our minion that runs the music board.
Supernatural Central: What if people want to be "the caller on the line" or part of the chat room...how do they do this?
Tim: Listeners can call in to the show at 706-956-4778, or post on the station page on Facebook or Twitter. Listeners will also be able to listen on their Android phones through the Ustream app.
Supernatural Central: If experts, authors or artists would like to be considered for a future TDB show, how do they do that?
Tim: The best way for them to get slated as the guest on future shows is to send me an email timothydeanblog@comcast.net or shoot me a message on Facebook.
timothydeanblog@comcast.net
www.timothydeanblog.com
TDB Pirate Radio
Zombie Bait! music show
Supernatural Central: Okay, so there we have it. Don't say we didn't give you the chance to make the world right, or at least save your own ass. Tune in Friday night for the show.
June 17, 2012
SUNDAY SHORT: THE DEMISE OF FRANKIE
SUNDAY SHORTS: HELENS-OF-TROY: THE DEMISE OF FRANKIE
I am participating this week in #Sundayshorts, a meme hosted on Goodreads http://bit.ly/N1q3Ru
by Kriss Morton, @AKMamma at http://cabingoddess.com
Kriss lives in Alaska, so I've posted a picture I took at Homer, AK on a particularly foggy day. The city is actually buried under that mist, which you know, is kinda creepy, except that it was a beautful day above the clouds. We had RV'd on the spit the night before, and it was so bad, we couldn't see two feet in front of ourselves. Okay, that's the set-up, here we go:
(You can see the photo on the SUPERNATURAL CENTRAL blog http://supernaturalcentral.blogspot.ca/)
HELENS-OF-TROY: THE DEMISE OF FRANKIE (Sunday short)
This is a conversation between two of the characters from Helens-of-Troy. It's not in the book, although there is a reference to the Frankie incident. -Janine
Helen LaRose came noisily down the old wooden staircase and made her way into her mother's kitchen. It was empty, and with any luck it would stay that way for at least an hour. After the events of the night before, she had hoped to sleep in. But the adrenaline rush she had experienced killing the wraiths and the vampire had yet to diminish. She took a juice glass from the cupboard and went over to the fridge and poured herself a glass of orange juice.
"You're up early," the voice behind her said.
Helen damn near jumped out of her skin. "For the love of God, Mother…"
"Helen, you made enough noise coming down those stairs to wake the dead. How much do you weigh now, anyway?"
"What's that supposed to mean?" Helen asked, turning around to face her mother and then immediately wishing she hadn't. "What on earth are you wearing?"
Helen's mother Helena, a woman young enough in her own mind to wear sexy lingerie in the front yard, but old enough to know better, feigned innocence.
"I might have liked it before you added the thigh-high side slits. I don't remember kimonos being quite so revealing. I always thought they were demure."
"I made it my own."
"Oh, you did that all right," Helen agreed. "Do you think maybe you could put something else on before Ellie wakes up? I don't think a fifteen year old girl should see her grandmother pimping herself out like a Geisha. And since you asked, I weigh 120lbs, just like I always did."
"Liar," Helena smirked. "I wouldn't be too concerned. Ellie's not going to be up for a while, I gave her some valerian to help her sleep."
"I thought we had a little talk about you drugging my daughter," Helen replied, sitting down at the kitchen table.
"I thought we had a little talk about you sleeping with dead men," her mother shot back. "A lot of good that did."
"It gave us Ellie," Helen said. "But we're not talking about that again. Ever. Where did you come from anyway? I hate it when you sneak up on me like that."
"I was down in the basement, disposing of a body."
Helen choked on her juice.
"Oh relax, Helen. I was just kidding," Helena said sitting down beside her and leaning in very close. "What did you do with Frankie's?"
Helen glared at her mother. During the course of an earlier conversation she had let it slip that she had killed cousin Frankie, a deed that the rest of the family had blamed her mother for.
"You obviously did a good job, darling," Helena congratulated her, "otherwise the authorities would have been called and it would have got kind of messy."
"Frankie," Helen said with venom in her voice. "Was a bad, bad man."
"I'm not judging you, Helen," her mother said calmly. "If the truth be known he was on my radar as a go-to kill guy as well. It was only a matter of time before one of us did what we had to do. Killing is in our blood.``
"What? Just because we're gatekeepers we've got a license to kill or something?" Helen commented.
While it was true that from time to time her mother and herself were called upon to settle matters of an un-human nature, it didn't make it any easier for Helen. And now Ellie was being called into the family business, and that damn near ripped Helen's heart out. Maybe it was fate that Ellie had been at the cottage when Helen did the evil deed and dumped Frankie's body into the lake. It was probably also fate when they were out in the canoe the next day and Frankie decided to come bobbing back up from the waters. Ellie had to get used to seeing dead bodies. Even if she was still in grade school at the time.
"Sort of. But they don't have licenses for most of the things we use to kill demons," Helena replied. "If there's a license for it, it's probably not going to do us a whole lot of good."
"Like the crossbow you used to put an arrow through the wraith's heads?" Helen said sarcastically.
"No licence. Dead wraiths. Point made. Excuse the pun."
Helen pushed the chair back and stood up. "You'll excuse me Mother, if I'm not as cavalier about these things as you are."
"You can't be. Cavalier refers to a man. Look it up." She moved her chair back a bit from the table. "I'm just…" she paused, "comfortable in my own skin."
"I can see that. The world can see that," she said, point to her mother's chest. Her robe was beginning to come open. "Now if you'll excuse me, I'm going to go to the bookstore to find a copy of "The Idiots Guide to the Ten Commandments."
Helena stood up and ran to the door that led into the dining room. She threw each arm across the door frame blocking Helen's exit, her robe coming completely untied, revealing more than she ever intended.
"Mother!" Helen cried out, placing her hand over her eyes and turning her back to the woman.
"You are not leaving this kitchen until you tell me what happened to Frankie, Helen. Spill it."
"Okay, okay," Helen pleaded. "I'll tie up the loose ends if you do the same." She shuddered, and removed her hand from her face. "Frankie was crazy."
"Well, we all knew that."
"I could put up with Frankie howling at the moonlight, but when he came into my room up at the family cottage and…"
"Oh my God, Helen," Helena gasped. "He tried to force himself upon you? I always thought Frankie was gay."
"No, he did not try to force himself upon me," Helen said turning around. Thankfully her mother had re-dressed herself. "He tried to rip me apart. He had grabbed Aunt Josie's gardening gloves and put nails—RUSTY NAILS—through the fingertips. They were like massive claws. He came at me with those damn things."
"Hellsbelles, Helen," Helena said, wide-eyed. "What did you do?"
"I borrowed something from dear Aunt Josie, too. I took the garden spade earlier in the day and had it beside the bed. I knew he was up to something. His brain was short-circuiting, I could smell it. He waited until he thought I was asleep. I heard the door slowly creaking open, and I knew it wasn't Ellie, because she's always been a full-fledged grand entrance girl, even then. She gets that from you."
"And then what happened?" Helena asked, totally enthralled.
"He climbed up onto my bed and started beating himself on his own chest with those claws. Frankie was never he brightest tulip in the garden. I guess he was a masochist as well as a total psycho. I gave him one good punch to the nuts—which I'm sad to say I think he enjoyed— grabbed the shovel and cracked his skull wide open. I just kept swinging until he was history. Then I grabbed some weights he had lying around that he obviously never used, and I tied them around his neck. I half-carried, half-dragged his body to the dock, threw him in the canoe and then tossed him in the lake."
"That's my girl!"
"It probably would have been easier if I had tied the weights to his neck in the boat. I think that's why he eventually lost his head, so to speak. He never told anyone he was coming up to the cottage so no one ever thought to look for him there. I did have to burn the carpet though, that peroxide and dish soap isn't much help when there's that much…you know. That's when I found the trap door to the root cellar and you don't even want to know what I found down there."
"Yes I do," Helena said excitedly.
"Maybe some other time," Helen replied.
Helena walked over and gave Helen a hug. "It's not easy, what we have to do, I know that. But there's a reason you we given our extraordinary gifts."
"What reason is that?"
"Ask your grandmother. That's what she always said to me. For the life of me, I haven't figured that out yet either."
"But how do I explain this to Ellie?" Helen asked. "How do I even begin to tell her that she's a missing link in The Secret Circle?"
"You don't, darling," Helena tried to assure her. "You let me do that."
"Will you keep your robe tied up when you do it?" Helen asked, only half joking.
"Trust me, Helen," her mother smiled back. "Not all will be revealed."
I am participating this week in #Sundayshorts, a meme hosted on Goodreads http://bit.ly/N1q3Ru
by Kriss Morton, @AKMamma at http://cabingoddess.com
Kriss lives in Alaska, so I've posted a picture I took at Homer, AK on a particularly foggy day. The city is actually buried under that mist, which you know, is kinda creepy, except that it was a beautful day above the clouds. We had RV'd on the spit the night before, and it was so bad, we couldn't see two feet in front of ourselves. Okay, that's the set-up, here we go:
(You can see the photo on the SUPERNATURAL CENTRAL blog http://supernaturalcentral.blogspot.ca/)
HELENS-OF-TROY: THE DEMISE OF FRANKIE (Sunday short)
This is a conversation between two of the characters from Helens-of-Troy. It's not in the book, although there is a reference to the Frankie incident. -Janine
Helen LaRose came noisily down the old wooden staircase and made her way into her mother's kitchen. It was empty, and with any luck it would stay that way for at least an hour. After the events of the night before, she had hoped to sleep in. But the adrenaline rush she had experienced killing the wraiths and the vampire had yet to diminish. She took a juice glass from the cupboard and went over to the fridge and poured herself a glass of orange juice.
"You're up early," the voice behind her said.
Helen damn near jumped out of her skin. "For the love of God, Mother…"
"Helen, you made enough noise coming down those stairs to wake the dead. How much do you weigh now, anyway?"
"What's that supposed to mean?" Helen asked, turning around to face her mother and then immediately wishing she hadn't. "What on earth are you wearing?"
Helen's mother Helena, a woman young enough in her own mind to wear sexy lingerie in the front yard, but old enough to know better, feigned innocence.
"I might have liked it before you added the thigh-high side slits. I don't remember kimonos being quite so revealing. I always thought they were demure."
"I made it my own."
"Oh, you did that all right," Helen agreed. "Do you think maybe you could put something else on before Ellie wakes up? I don't think a fifteen year old girl should see her grandmother pimping herself out like a Geisha. And since you asked, I weigh 120lbs, just like I always did."
"Liar," Helena smirked. "I wouldn't be too concerned. Ellie's not going to be up for a while, I gave her some valerian to help her sleep."
"I thought we had a little talk about you drugging my daughter," Helen replied, sitting down at the kitchen table.
"I thought we had a little talk about you sleeping with dead men," her mother shot back. "A lot of good that did."
"It gave us Ellie," Helen said. "But we're not talking about that again. Ever. Where did you come from anyway? I hate it when you sneak up on me like that."
"I was down in the basement, disposing of a body."
Helen choked on her juice.
"Oh relax, Helen. I was just kidding," Helena said sitting down beside her and leaning in very close. "What did you do with Frankie's?"
Helen glared at her mother. During the course of an earlier conversation she had let it slip that she had killed cousin Frankie, a deed that the rest of the family had blamed her mother for.
"You obviously did a good job, darling," Helena congratulated her, "otherwise the authorities would have been called and it would have got kind of messy."
"Frankie," Helen said with venom in her voice. "Was a bad, bad man."
"I'm not judging you, Helen," her mother said calmly. "If the truth be known he was on my radar as a go-to kill guy as well. It was only a matter of time before one of us did what we had to do. Killing is in our blood.``
"What? Just because we're gatekeepers we've got a license to kill or something?" Helen commented.
While it was true that from time to time her mother and herself were called upon to settle matters of an un-human nature, it didn't make it any easier for Helen. And now Ellie was being called into the family business, and that damn near ripped Helen's heart out. Maybe it was fate that Ellie had been at the cottage when Helen did the evil deed and dumped Frankie's body into the lake. It was probably also fate when they were out in the canoe the next day and Frankie decided to come bobbing back up from the waters. Ellie had to get used to seeing dead bodies. Even if she was still in grade school at the time.
"Sort of. But they don't have licenses for most of the things we use to kill demons," Helena replied. "If there's a license for it, it's probably not going to do us a whole lot of good."
"Like the crossbow you used to put an arrow through the wraith's heads?" Helen said sarcastically.
"No licence. Dead wraiths. Point made. Excuse the pun."
Helen pushed the chair back and stood up. "You'll excuse me Mother, if I'm not as cavalier about these things as you are."
"You can't be. Cavalier refers to a man. Look it up." She moved her chair back a bit from the table. "I'm just…" she paused, "comfortable in my own skin."
"I can see that. The world can see that," she said, point to her mother's chest. Her robe was beginning to come open. "Now if you'll excuse me, I'm going to go to the bookstore to find a copy of "The Idiots Guide to the Ten Commandments."
Helena stood up and ran to the door that led into the dining room. She threw each arm across the door frame blocking Helen's exit, her robe coming completely untied, revealing more than she ever intended.
"Mother!" Helen cried out, placing her hand over her eyes and turning her back to the woman.
"You are not leaving this kitchen until you tell me what happened to Frankie, Helen. Spill it."
"Okay, okay," Helen pleaded. "I'll tie up the loose ends if you do the same." She shuddered, and removed her hand from her face. "Frankie was crazy."
"Well, we all knew that."
"I could put up with Frankie howling at the moonlight, but when he came into my room up at the family cottage and…"
"Oh my God, Helen," Helena gasped. "He tried to force himself upon you? I always thought Frankie was gay."
"No, he did not try to force himself upon me," Helen said turning around. Thankfully her mother had re-dressed herself. "He tried to rip me apart. He had grabbed Aunt Josie's gardening gloves and put nails—RUSTY NAILS—through the fingertips. They were like massive claws. He came at me with those damn things."
"Hellsbelles, Helen," Helena said, wide-eyed. "What did you do?"
"I borrowed something from dear Aunt Josie, too. I took the garden spade earlier in the day and had it beside the bed. I knew he was up to something. His brain was short-circuiting, I could smell it. He waited until he thought I was asleep. I heard the door slowly creaking open, and I knew it wasn't Ellie, because she's always been a full-fledged grand entrance girl, even then. She gets that from you."
"And then what happened?" Helena asked, totally enthralled.
"He climbed up onto my bed and started beating himself on his own chest with those claws. Frankie was never he brightest tulip in the garden. I guess he was a masochist as well as a total psycho. I gave him one good punch to the nuts—which I'm sad to say I think he enjoyed— grabbed the shovel and cracked his skull wide open. I just kept swinging until he was history. Then I grabbed some weights he had lying around that he obviously never used, and I tied them around his neck. I half-carried, half-dragged his body to the dock, threw him in the canoe and then tossed him in the lake."
"That's my girl!"
"It probably would have been easier if I had tied the weights to his neck in the boat. I think that's why he eventually lost his head, so to speak. He never told anyone he was coming up to the cottage so no one ever thought to look for him there. I did have to burn the carpet though, that peroxide and dish soap isn't much help when there's that much…you know. That's when I found the trap door to the root cellar and you don't even want to know what I found down there."
"Yes I do," Helena said excitedly.
"Maybe some other time," Helen replied.
Helena walked over and gave Helen a hug. "It's not easy, what we have to do, I know that. But there's a reason you we given our extraordinary gifts."
"What reason is that?"
"Ask your grandmother. That's what she always said to me. For the life of me, I haven't figured that out yet either."
"But how do I explain this to Ellie?" Helen asked. "How do I even begin to tell her that she's a missing link in The Secret Circle?"
"You don't, darling," Helena tried to assure her. "You let me do that."
"Will you keep your robe tied up when you do it?" Helen asked, only half joking.
"Trust me, Helen," her mother smiled back. "Not all will be revealed."
June 14, 2012
I LOVE GHOST HUNTERS
It was a bit of a downer when I read over the twitter-verse that Grant Wilson was filming his last day as a Ghost Hunter.
I had to ask my secretary, Ms. Google, why this came about, and she informed me that he was leaving the show, but not T.A.P.S., the paranormal investigative organization he formed Jason Hawes. She says the official reason is to spend more time with his family. We'll leave it at that.
I'll miss Grant because when anything really spooky happened, it seemed to happen to him. In our house, when something spooky happens, we mimic "GR-AAANT" which came from an epsiode where a unseen being said his name rather clearly. He was also there for our other oft-repeated line "I'm not creepy."
So thanks for the memories Grant. As fond as I am of the others, including Steve, Tango, Ami, Joe et al, no one ever looked as sleepy as Grant did in the wee hours of the morning. Get some shut-eye there, bud. We'll miss you.
I had to ask my secretary, Ms. Google, why this came about, and she informed me that he was leaving the show, but not T.A.P.S., the paranormal investigative organization he formed Jason Hawes. She says the official reason is to spend more time with his family. We'll leave it at that.
I'll miss Grant because when anything really spooky happened, it seemed to happen to him. In our house, when something spooky happens, we mimic "GR-AAANT" which came from an epsiode where a unseen being said his name rather clearly. He was also there for our other oft-repeated line "I'm not creepy."
So thanks for the memories Grant. As fond as I am of the others, including Steve, Tango, Ami, Joe et al, no one ever looked as sleepy as Grant did in the wee hours of the morning. Get some shut-eye there, bud. We'll miss you.
May 31, 2012
HELEN'S interview with the Black Hippie Chick
Meet Helen from Helens-of-Troy at the Black Hippie Chick's Take on Books and the World blog http://bit.ly/JTdUdQ
CHARACTER INTERVIEW: Helen LaRose from Helens-of-Troy
Interviewer: Today we’re chatting with Helen LaRose, recently divorced single mother of a very precocious teenage daughter. What’s it like being the mother of a “Goth-Chic”? That’s what they call your fifteen year old, isn’t it?
Helen: (Sigh) She’s not exactly the only girl dressing like that in Troy, but no, I’m not really happy about it. It could be worse though. She could dress like my mother. My mother likes to talk to the police on the front porch in her negligee, but that’s a whole other story.
Interviewer: That’s right, you’ve recently moved back in with your mother. How’s that going?
Helen: There’s three of us living under one roof. Her roof. Let’s just say it’s not easy. As soon as I find a job and can afford to move out, Ellie and I will do that.
Interviewer: Ellie?
Helen: Goth-Chic. Her name is Ellie. It’s just her friends that call her that. Well…her grandmother does sometimes, but that’s just to drive me crazy. I’m Helen and my mother is Helena. We’re Helens. It’s a family thing, the name. Right now, we all live in this small town called Troy…and I mean small. There’s no Starbucks. There’s no outlet mall. There isn’t even a Wal-Mart.
Interviewer: What type of work are you out of?
Helen: I’m an archeologist. My mother thinks that qualifies me to be a grave-digger, but I have other ideas. You’re not hiring, are you? There’s not even a job centre in Troy.
Interviewer: No, we’re fully staffed. Troy…isn’t that the town where the children were murdered?
Helen: No comment.
Interviewer: No comment? That sounds like you were involved.
Helen: Look, Ellie and I just moved there at the end of October, and all these strange things started happening. It’s a co-incidence, that’s all. But you can see how it can be…unnerving to talk about. So I’d rather not.
Interviewer: What would you like to talk about?
Helen: I’d like to talk about how the Italian Renaissance period was instrumental to the degradation of society as we know it today.
Interviewer: I’d rather talk about the vampire.
Helen: Pfft…what vampire? There’s no such thing as vampires.
Interviewer: But your mother was here last week and she said…
Helen: MY MOTHER IS ON CRACK.
Interviewer: But there was that whole thing about the jail blowing up…
Helen: It was a gas leak. That’s what the paper said.(Shrugs) These things happen.
Interviewer: I’ve heard from a reliable source that you have psychic powers. Ever thought of doing a reality series?
Helen: Reliable source? My mother? She thinks I’m like Theresa Caputo, the Long Island Medium. But I think she’s been inhaling too much of the incense she burns in her Naturopathic clinic. I just have woman’s intuition, that’s all.
Interviewer: What’s your intuition telling you now?
Helen: It’s telling me to thank you for the interview, but I sense you really don’t want to talk about Aztec ruins or Egyptian nomenclature.
Interviewer: Maybe the Mayan calendar, and how the world is going to end this year. Why is your forehead wrinkling up? Are you having a vision?
Helen: Okay, I’m out of here. Thanks for your time.
CHARACTER INTERVIEW: Helen LaRose from Helens-of-Troy
Interviewer: Today we’re chatting with Helen LaRose, recently divorced single mother of a very precocious teenage daughter. What’s it like being the mother of a “Goth-Chic”? That’s what they call your fifteen year old, isn’t it?
Helen: (Sigh) She’s not exactly the only girl dressing like that in Troy, but no, I’m not really happy about it. It could be worse though. She could dress like my mother. My mother likes to talk to the police on the front porch in her negligee, but that’s a whole other story.
Interviewer: That’s right, you’ve recently moved back in with your mother. How’s that going?
Helen: There’s three of us living under one roof. Her roof. Let’s just say it’s not easy. As soon as I find a job and can afford to move out, Ellie and I will do that.
Interviewer: Ellie?
Helen: Goth-Chic. Her name is Ellie. It’s just her friends that call her that. Well…her grandmother does sometimes, but that’s just to drive me crazy. I’m Helen and my mother is Helena. We’re Helens. It’s a family thing, the name. Right now, we all live in this small town called Troy…and I mean small. There’s no Starbucks. There’s no outlet mall. There isn’t even a Wal-Mart.
Interviewer: What type of work are you out of?
Helen: I’m an archeologist. My mother thinks that qualifies me to be a grave-digger, but I have other ideas. You’re not hiring, are you? There’s not even a job centre in Troy.
Interviewer: No, we’re fully staffed. Troy…isn’t that the town where the children were murdered?
Helen: No comment.
Interviewer: No comment? That sounds like you were involved.
Helen: Look, Ellie and I just moved there at the end of October, and all these strange things started happening. It’s a co-incidence, that’s all. But you can see how it can be…unnerving to talk about. So I’d rather not.
Interviewer: What would you like to talk about?
Helen: I’d like to talk about how the Italian Renaissance period was instrumental to the degradation of society as we know it today.
Interviewer: I’d rather talk about the vampire.
Helen: Pfft…what vampire? There’s no such thing as vampires.
Interviewer: But your mother was here last week and she said…
Helen: MY MOTHER IS ON CRACK.
Interviewer: But there was that whole thing about the jail blowing up…
Helen: It was a gas leak. That’s what the paper said.(Shrugs) These things happen.
Interviewer: I’ve heard from a reliable source that you have psychic powers. Ever thought of doing a reality series?
Helen: Reliable source? My mother? She thinks I’m like Theresa Caputo, the Long Island Medium. But I think she’s been inhaling too much of the incense she burns in her Naturopathic clinic. I just have woman’s intuition, that’s all.
Interviewer: What’s your intuition telling you now?
Helen: It’s telling me to thank you for the interview, but I sense you really don’t want to talk about Aztec ruins or Egyptian nomenclature.
Interviewer: Maybe the Mayan calendar, and how the world is going to end this year. Why is your forehead wrinkling up? Are you having a vision?
Helen: Okay, I’m out of here. Thanks for your time.
May 25, 2012
WHERE THE HELL DID THE HELENS COME FROM?
Interview with Pavarti K Tyler from THE FIGHTING MONKEY PRESS http://bit.ly/LyOS5S
May 24, 2012
Hangin`with the H.E.R.O.
The Helens are in #De Pere, WI today, with author Kevin Rau and his ►H.E.R.O. world. http://bit.ly/KWBUg6 #WLC
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