Obligatory Fall Leaf Shots

Give the Devil his Due

Some Christians believe that today is Satan's birthday.  Actually, nobody knows when Old Scratch was born, but there is a 1 in 365 chance that it was on October 31.  So I am willing to celebrate it today.

Satan is a complicated character: adversary, light-bringer, composite of older repressed gods.

What actor would turn down a chance to play the Devil?  Have you seen the original Bedazzled with Peter Cook playing George Spiggot, Prince of Darkness?  (I didn't see the remake, so I don't know if it was any good.  Anyway, I don't think you should remake good movies.  Remake bad movies and do a better job.)  He buys Dudley Moore's soul, then puts him through a series of hilarious mishaps.  So if you haven't seen it, get it now and spend this evening watching it.

Another Swell Sunday Breakfast at the Friendly Toast

Sue and a full-size Barbie waiting for a table.  Sue has brought a gift for Dave.  What could it be?

It's a spider made of pumpernickel bread!

 

We get a table in a back corner.

 

Ready to eat.

After the meal.

 

Pretty in Pink

The Invincible Vincent

Here is the invincible Vincent.  He was invincible for 2 reasons: first, nobody could call him Vince, just Vincent; second, his name means conquering.   Why Vincent Price?  Because for a long time I've been wondering:  if there is an invincible, why isn't there a vincible?  Well, finally I looked in my dictionary, and guess what?  There is a vincible. People just don't seem to use it.

So the Invincible Vincent is here to remind you to use vincible whenever you are speaking of somebody or something that is conquerable.

Get Toasted this Weekend

Little Did I Know

So I just joined Netflix.  Yes, I live in a city where there are plenty of movie rental places.  I've been faithful to Hollywood Express for many years.  But now that DVDs are pushing out videocassettes, I am frequently faced with movies that get stuck.  You could always fast forward a videocassette beyond the damaged part, but even with careful cleaning, many DVDs just won't get better.  Of course, HE won't charge for an unwatchable movie.  But it's still frustrating.

OK, so the first movie in my Netflix queue is Attack of the Puppet People, and guess what?  You can watch it for free on imdb.com!  The moral of this story: do your research!

Night Photos Not so Great

The Circus was in town, but I had problems getting pictures to come out.

I think things that don't move are easier, like this spooky doorman.