tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5256317.post1326847120978572634..comments2023-09-07T22:24:51.654-05:00Comments on League of Melbotis: Happy Halloween EveThe Leaguehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04836241071795980225noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5256317.post-1831148863645629322009-10-30T22:28:01.033-05:002009-10-30T22:28:01.033-05:00Would that I could transport myself Nightcrawler s...Would that I could transport myself Nightcrawler style to your party. I would greatly enjoy it!Michael Corleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01441107947600810769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5256317.post-47033707194930723012009-10-30T21:33:05.828-05:002009-10-30T21:33:05.828-05:00I wish we had your storytelling prowess around her...I wish we had your storytelling prowess around here, my man. I know you could sping us a hell of a yarn.The Leaguehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04836241071795980225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5256317.post-76504999357139486622009-10-30T21:15:54.521-05:002009-10-30T21:15:54.521-05:00I told ghost stories today in a haunted hotel. An...I told ghost stories today in a haunted hotel. An old one with creepy manniquens. Happy Halloween.Michael Corleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01441107947600810769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5256317.post-82478838123533532672009-10-30T18:57:11.840-05:002009-10-30T18:57:11.840-05:00I'm definitely down with Halloween as you desc...I'm definitely down with Halloween as you describe it. I just always get to Halloween and wish I had a good spooky story to share. Alas, I live in a mundane world in which I do not encounter much in the way of the Supernatural. <br /><br />And, yeah, as we get older, it has to be about embracing the cheesy side of things. Being afraid of what can actually get you in this life isn't terribly wacky. <br /><br />I am sad nobody enjoyed my Barton Fink reference.The Leaguehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04836241071795980225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5256317.post-17582229615394984882009-10-30T17:49:33.068-05:002009-10-30T17:49:33.068-05:00Yeah, you're off the team, NTT. Well, maybe u...Yeah, you're off the team, NTT. Well, maybe u can be our lawyer. Rick Moranis style.J.S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/03903186469796595837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5256317.post-71526794359784780512009-10-30T16:01:15.273-05:002009-10-30T16:01:15.273-05:00Well I love Halloween and all its context. I just ...Well I love Halloween and all its context. I just know that if there's something supernatural, I'm heading the other way. Because one thing I learned as a latch key kid watching Night Gallery, the Twilight Zone and In Search Of in the afternoons waiting for my parents to come home is that you don't screw with the supernatural!<br /><br />You though, even without Halloween, are a much braver seeker than me. I mean, weren't you contemplating trying to start your own Ghost Hunters show? There's a reason I stash a high lumens MAG flashlight in every room in my house. Just in case. Cuz you never know if you're going to need it. I will follow the wise words of Mr. Samuel L. Jackson and stay out of room 1408.NTThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03901133429286964552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5256317.post-28558739014599933062009-10-30T10:59:54.826-05:002009-10-30T10:59:54.826-05:00I think part of the fun in Halloween comes from th...I think part of the fun in Halloween comes from the fact that it celebrates things that are kind of spooky and creepy, but we depict them in a cheesey, kind of ridiculous way. As I get older, the things that scare me wouldn't make for very good costumes, and they really aren't much fun (e.g., sickness or injury in people, violent crime, catastrophic disasters, financial ruin, etc., etc.). Halloween lets you explore a bit of fear without having to deal with the real world consequences that make things truly scary. Plus there's that whole idea where we take things that we really are afraid of and find fun ways of interacting with them one day out of the year. (isn't there another form of this when people try to take the sting out of death with Dia De Los Muertos down in Mexico? I think Halloween works off that same principle, but in a broader context) Also, scary things aside, Halloween is just fun because it's fun to see people dress up as something they're not. That's always fun.<br /><br />Oh, and the candy! Candy is fun!J.S.https://www.blogger.com/profile/03903186469796595837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5256317.post-22796367163529984222009-10-29T23:43:33.984-05:002009-10-29T23:43:33.984-05:00You actually want a ghost story??
I consider myse...You actually want a ghost story??<br /><br />I consider myself absolutely fortunate that I've never had to deal with the supernatural, the undead, disembodied spirits, disgruntled fiends, awakened Cthulhu, demanding demons and various cryptozoological manifestations.<br /><br />Yea, I'll take boring with a side of sedentary please.NTThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03901133429286964552noreply@blogger.com