Just watched Who Is Martin Mull? Great documentary about a life well-lived. Nice to re-experience some of Mull's (and Fred Willard's!) funniest bits too.

Fie, ANY horror creator is encouraged to contribute their recommendations. Writers, artists, cartoonists, musicians, actors, and what have you.

Just a paragraph on why people need to read this or that horror novel or author, listen to such and such horror-themed music, visit this or that horror store or website, and so on. You can also add a blurb about yourself, promoting your work, sharing your website, and the like.

Thanks!

As long as the contributor is a Midwestern writer or the recommended horror has some Midwestern connection, all is fair game!

Finally, Tony Todd was one of the few really good-looking slasher villains. He was a handsome fellow. Also, I love the story that he was paid an extra $1000 for every bee sting he received on set. Supposedly, he made 23 grand. Ouch.

The 2021 sequel tries to rewrite him as one of a "hive" of "candymen" who were similar victims of white violence, and ends with the original Candyman slaughtering a bunch of racist cops who shot down the main character, who was being turned into the latest Candyman. But it's still a bit meh.

Rewatching Candyman. It's still confusing how Candyman (real name Daniel Robitaille), a talented 19th century artist murdered by a lynch mob for an interracial love affair turns into a ghoul who kills Black people in 1990s Cabrini Green. It's a problematic film, but it's better than I remembered.

Coffin assembled! Eighteenth year for the first Halloween prop I ever built (with help from Mr. Dave Mulcahey). I should work on making it look a bit more distressed and Gothic. Though I always imagined Dr. Henry Frankenstein and Fritz digging this up.

When you read the Bible, it becomes clear how often God's orders to kill others usually came from human emissaries. "Oh yeah, Big Guy said we need to annihilate those folks over there. Trust me."

But, and without starting any arguments, it's interesting that the Catholic Church (and a few other Christian denominations) figured out that if they said they were opposed to abortion, they also had to take a stand against murdering ANYONE.

Also, the Flood? Not real.

This might be a case where the sarcasm is too refined to make the point.

Every Pope since Paul VI has spoken out against the death penalty, which, historically, is too little too late. But still, this is a good thing.

My sister was a sunflower, before you ask.