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Read more : Christmas Cheer or Noise Pollution?
By no means am I anti-Christmas. The twinkle and warmth of Christmas is the perfect way to ease into cold and muted New England…
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Read more : I Had OCD Before it Was Cool
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is in vogue these days. People toss around phrases like “my OCD is acting up,” or “I’m so OCD” as a…
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Read more : Getting Into the Halloween Spirit at Chiller Theater
Over the past few years, the Halloween spirit hasn’t really taken me, which is odd because there was a time that I was a Halloween…
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Read more : In 1987, Every Day Was Halloween
By the 8th grade my horror movie immersion was at its zenith. I had a subscription to Fangoria and would supplement the time in-between…
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Read more : You Want a Little Coffee With That Milk?
Growing up in Southeastern Massachusetts on the border of Rhode Island meant that our kitchen cabinets were usually stocked with coffee syrup. This staple…
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Read more : Flying with B.A. Baracus
The TSA agent didn’t seem to notice the tiny B.A. Baracus that rode on the x-ray conveyor belt along with my wallet, phone, belt,…
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Read more : Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Batman Shirt!
T-shirts are a fine way to express yourself or profess your love for something. They are like bumper stickers for the torso, stating “hey,…
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Read more : Back to School Blues
My parents walked me into kindergarten on my first day of school. I didn’t fully understand that we weren’t just visiting a new place,…
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Read more : Shark’s in the Water, Our Shark
When channel surfing, Jaws is one of those movies that always knocks me off of my surfboard. No matter how far into the movie…
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Read more : Dr. Drill ‘n Fill: A Fine Toy for the Young Sadist
In most situations, I tend to imagine the worst case scenario. This delightful character trait is a bit of behavior I learned from my…
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Read more : Smoke Up Artoo!
In the lean days before home video releases of the Star Wars films, television appearances by the folks from the galaxy far, far away…
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Read more : Beware the Legend of the Black Van
In the daylight, there wasn’t much that scared the kids in my quiet suburban neighborhood in the early 1980s. The most we feared were…
