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5 thoughts on “537 – Kooky And Spooky

  1. Dr. Norman (not a real doctor)

    Obligatory William Gibson reference for the excellent novel “Spook Country”. I’ve read it fourteen times and still find something new each time – the man does not waste a word. No, not crazy at all.

  2. Hurray, people in the comments can have names again (if they choose to)!

  3. Yay for names! I love the pun as he takes the offered drink.

  4. Dr. Norman (not a real doctor)

    …Just for a moment, like a mirage … ” And when I turned the headlights on,
    Just for a minute I thought I saw the both of us
    On some kinda tropical island someplace
    Walkin’ down a white sandy beach eatin’ something…”

    1. Nice Stan Ridgeway reference

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537 – Kooky And Spooky

How 'bout them spook stories now, Chuck?   Comments update: We seem to have fixed the issue of being able to add your name when leaving a comment. So you should be able to be anonymous or just leave a name when you comment.

Happy Halloween!

When this posts it’ll be Halloween time here in the States. An interesting Holiday, Halloween. Uncelebrated in any official sense, and yet possibly because it’s not tied to any widely observed religion here, the modern version is possibly the most unabashedly commercial of all and thus quintessentially American in its nature. Where Thanksgiving and Christmas bring expectations of travel and family gatherings and gifting, Halloween offers an enticing combo of none of the obligations with all of the consumption. But enough of that. Enjoy the day, and enjoy a video of a horse made up as a skeleton (which came to me by way of a horse veterinarian friend, so don’t worry, I’m pretty confident whatever methods were used are non-harmful):