Hey, kids...
here's some Halloween fun!
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Tuesday, October 05, 2004
Ah... Halloween is just around the corner, my creepy little minions of morbid mirth!
And as such, The League must prepare!
Already at League HQ the decorations are in place and costumes are being planned for the annual candy dispersal. Pictures shall be forthcoming of the many chilling tsotchkes Jamie and I have dug up. We've already gotten the annual viewing of Frankenstein out of the way and will be moving through the League Library of horror favorites.
Salma Hayek atop a pumpkin is not just a good reason to celebrate Halloween, its a good reason to go on living.
This year The League has decided to try to slap together a Green Lantern outfit, just to see how many of the kids recognize who The League is. We think kids will recognize us. Jamie will once again go as perennial favorite: a bee.
A Batman-cape has already been slected for Mel. We shall see how this goes.
We haven't yet settled upon a candy to dispense, but those are details.
Because, my ghoulish guests, it's time for a little interactivity!
It's the 2004 Horrifically Hasty Halloween Heckstravaganza!
That's right, Leaguers. It's time for another creepy contest here at League HQ!
It seemed like such a swell idea at the time, just like this contest...
So what is this year's spine-chilling challenge?
It's Halloween storytime!
So dig deep into the spookiest place in your mind, slap on your writer's cap and submit a story in one or all of the following categories:
1) Best/ worst Halloween costume. Don't forget: Who, what, why, when and how.
2) Real life creepy stories, personal experience (must be SPINE TINGLING!!!!)
3) Real life scary stories, happened to someone else (must be TERRIFYING!!!!)
You may submit a story in each catgory. All entries WILL be published at The League, with a few stipulations.
1) Stories should be kept clean for the most part
2) Writers should avoid writing entire stories intended to make The League look like a jerk (this rule applies mostly to Mrs. League and Brother of League)
3) Stories MUST BE TRUE (as far as you know). False stories can be submitted to some other low-rent blog, but NOT this low-rent blog.
The Phantom contemplates what scary story HE might want to send to The League of Melbotis
Here's what's going to happen. This is your chance to get published here at The League with a truly scary story of your own. I'm going to cut and paste your story/ies and then publish. It's up to you to spell things correctly and have excellent grammar.
Try to get submissions in by Friday, October 22nd so we can spread the stories out throughout the week prior to Halloween. On the Friday before Halloween (October 29th) I will publish my favorite entry in each category. The winner will receive a grand prize worth almost $5.00 (or whatever is in the League treasury these days). All other entries will receive, oh... hell, I don't know. But if you send something in and include your snail mail, I'll send you something via USPS.
Does that sound good?
Drac waits for this Leaguer to wake up and begin her entry.
Submit all entries to Melbotis, who has our shared e-mail address over there on the left somewhere.
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This should be a frightfully good time!
HA HA HA HA HA HA HA
HA HA HA HA HA HA HA
ahem.
And as such, The League must prepare!
Already at League HQ the decorations are in place and costumes are being planned for the annual candy dispersal. Pictures shall be forthcoming of the many chilling tsotchkes Jamie and I have dug up. We've already gotten the annual viewing of Frankenstein out of the way and will be moving through the League Library of horror favorites.
Salma Hayek atop a pumpkin is not just a good reason to celebrate Halloween, its a good reason to go on living.
This year The League has decided to try to slap together a Green Lantern outfit, just to see how many of the kids recognize who The League is. We think kids will recognize us. Jamie will once again go as perennial favorite: a bee.
A Batman-cape has already been slected for Mel. We shall see how this goes.
We haven't yet settled upon a candy to dispense, but those are details.
Because, my ghoulish guests, it's time for a little interactivity!
It's the 2004 Horrifically Hasty Halloween Heckstravaganza!
That's right, Leaguers. It's time for another creepy contest here at League HQ!
It seemed like such a swell idea at the time, just like this contest...
So what is this year's spine-chilling challenge?
It's Halloween storytime!
So dig deep into the spookiest place in your mind, slap on your writer's cap and submit a story in one or all of the following categories:
1) Best/ worst Halloween costume. Don't forget: Who, what, why, when and how.
2) Real life creepy stories, personal experience (must be SPINE TINGLING!!!!)
3) Real life scary stories, happened to someone else (must be TERRIFYING!!!!)
You may submit a story in each catgory. All entries WILL be published at The League, with a few stipulations.
1) Stories should be kept clean for the most part
2) Writers should avoid writing entire stories intended to make The League look like a jerk (this rule applies mostly to Mrs. League and Brother of League)
3) Stories MUST BE TRUE (as far as you know). False stories can be submitted to some other low-rent blog, but NOT this low-rent blog.
The Phantom contemplates what scary story HE might want to send to The League of Melbotis
Here's what's going to happen. This is your chance to get published here at The League with a truly scary story of your own. I'm going to cut and paste your story/ies and then publish. It's up to you to spell things correctly and have excellent grammar.
Try to get submissions in by Friday, October 22nd so we can spread the stories out throughout the week prior to Halloween. On the Friday before Halloween (October 29th) I will publish my favorite entry in each category. The winner will receive a grand prize worth almost $5.00 (or whatever is in the League treasury these days). All other entries will receive, oh... hell, I don't know. But if you send something in and include your snail mail, I'll send you something via USPS.
Does that sound good?
Drac waits for this Leaguer to wake up and begin her entry.
Submit all entries to Melbotis, who has our shared e-mail address over there on the left somewhere.
<------------- the arrow points to your left
This should be a frightfully good time!
HA HA HA HA HA HA HA
HA HA HA HA HA HA HA
ahem.
Monday, October 04, 2004
The League is always looking to cultivate comics readership. Shamelessly campaigning for comics is one thing, but shamelessly campaigning for Superman is a little easier to slip under the radar.
Associates of The League who recently had themselves a kid may have found The League trying to win friends and influence people with the power of The Man of Steel.
Below is Isaac, seen here chillin' with Kal-El.
I think Jill sent me a picture of Arden w/ Superman, but I can't find it.
Associates of The League who recently had themselves a kid may have found The League trying to win friends and influence people with the power of The Man of Steel.
Below is Isaac, seen here chillin' with Kal-El.
I think Jill sent me a picture of Arden w/ Superman, but I can't find it.
Sunday, October 03, 2004
A Grand Day Out
That's one small step for a cat...
Mrs. League here. Jeff the Cat made his way into outer space (the backyard) yesterday for the very first time. What a brave, brave kitty. He didn't even barf or poop (his usual reaction to being removed from the safety of League HQ).
Outer space is tiring.
Mel doesn't know what the big deal is. Stupid cat.
That's one small step for a cat...
Mrs. League here. Jeff the Cat made his way into outer space (the backyard) yesterday for the very first time. What a brave, brave kitty. He didn't even barf or poop (his usual reaction to being removed from the safety of League HQ).
Outer space is tiring.
Mel doesn't know what the big deal is. Stupid cat.
Friday, October 01, 2004
A lot of people are going to want to talk about the debates. Not The League.
The League is going to want to talk about something ultimately more important, and that is: The new Burger King commercial where the dude "wakes up with The King."
This is The League's new favorite commerical. Why? This commerical:
1) Includes the return of the old 1970's Burger King mascot, The Burger King.
2) Has character in a plastic head
3) has a pleasingly disquieting way of selling breakfast
I always wonder why companies abandon mascots, but I like it even better when they bring them back. For example, I love the burger-headed guy McDonald's uses in its retro-style ads when they pretend to be a classic burger joint. So the return of the Burger King is timely and welcome.
When I think of the Burger King, I think of one of the final places I saw him before BK ditched him for... I guess Herb the Nerd.
In 1984, the Steans clan moved to Austin and frequented the BK at 183 and Anderson Mill Drive. Inside, they had free ballons for the kids, and regular air filled ballons not being good enough, they had a helium tank. It helps to know that the helium was dispensed from a mold of the Burger King's head. I believe it may have come from the mouth, but that can't be right.
Anyway, Jason and I had placed our order and were waiting for Dad to pay, and, hey... free helium, right? So Jason was just sucking back helium to make funny voices. And, so, with a brain full of helium and deprived of oxygen, dude just kind of flopped over on the floor. Which was funnier than I'm making it sound here. But all I can remember is looking for help and seeing that menacing frozen smile of The King as the curious looked over to see what that "thud" was.
Jason was okay, btw... he just went from being an honors student to being one of those kids in the back of class who doesn't talk much, likes to light things on fire and always smells like syrup.
On an unrelated note, I finally watched last night's episode of "Lost." The League is still somewhat skeptical even after two episodes, but we may have found a new show. Funny how it airs at exactly the same time as Smallville. Last year, this would have been a problem. God bless my DVR.
And, just to tease me all the more, the kid on the show was flipping through a DC comic a few years old starring the once profiled Green Lantern, Alan Scott and Flash 1, Jay Garrick. Kind of cool.
The League is going to want to talk about something ultimately more important, and that is: The new Burger King commercial where the dude "wakes up with The King."
This is The League's new favorite commerical. Why? This commerical:
1) Includes the return of the old 1970's Burger King mascot, The Burger King.
2) Has character in a plastic head
3) has a pleasingly disquieting way of selling breakfast
I always wonder why companies abandon mascots, but I like it even better when they bring them back. For example, I love the burger-headed guy McDonald's uses in its retro-style ads when they pretend to be a classic burger joint. So the return of the Burger King is timely and welcome.
When I think of the Burger King, I think of one of the final places I saw him before BK ditched him for... I guess Herb the Nerd.
In 1984, the Steans clan moved to Austin and frequented the BK at 183 and Anderson Mill Drive. Inside, they had free ballons for the kids, and regular air filled ballons not being good enough, they had a helium tank. It helps to know that the helium was dispensed from a mold of the Burger King's head. I believe it may have come from the mouth, but that can't be right.
Anyway, Jason and I had placed our order and were waiting for Dad to pay, and, hey... free helium, right? So Jason was just sucking back helium to make funny voices. And, so, with a brain full of helium and deprived of oxygen, dude just kind of flopped over on the floor. Which was funnier than I'm making it sound here. But all I can remember is looking for help and seeing that menacing frozen smile of The King as the curious looked over to see what that "thud" was.
Jason was okay, btw... he just went from being an honors student to being one of those kids in the back of class who doesn't talk much, likes to light things on fire and always smells like syrup.
On an unrelated note, I finally watched last night's episode of "Lost." The League is still somewhat skeptical even after two episodes, but we may have found a new show. Funny how it airs at exactly the same time as Smallville. Last year, this would have been a problem. God bless my DVR.
And, just to tease me all the more, the kid on the show was flipping through a DC comic a few years old starring the once profiled Green Lantern, Alan Scott and Flash 1, Jay Garrick. Kind of cool.
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