![]() ![]() I had been thinking about it since the theme was announced, so a couple of weeks ago, I sat down at the computer to write a horror short story. I figured I should be able to come up with a story for the reading series night. I've been listening to a number of short story podcasts, and one that I like a lot is Pseudopod, which features horror-themed stories. This year, I've been focusing more on short stories than novels, both in consuming and creating. Everyone was encouraged to bring in their "best scary stories, poems, and dramatic works" to share with the group. With Halloween coming up next week, they decided to celebrate the season with an evening-long, Halloween-themed open mic. Once a month on a Saturday evening, we have a featured reader, followed by as many open mic readers as we have people who want to get up and read. I know where I want to time-travel back to with a pocketful of dimes!ġ0/26/14: Many of you know that I'm a regular at the Tamale Hut Cafe Reading Series. It's even more amazing when you consider that it was originally a black-and-white photo, and someone researched all the magazines depicted and painstakingly colored it! Check out the article for all the details. The only problem is that I have trouble making out the desktop icons over all the magazine covers.īut I don't mind, because it's an amazing picture. But this was ice cold from the get-go, and I just couldn't do it.ġ1/03/14: I can't remember what pointed me to this picture of a newsstand from 1942 (it was probably a pulp magazine-related site) but I liked it so much that it's now my wallpaper on my computer at work. At least that water was warm at the start, and if you shut the water off while you scrubbed, and you didn't dawdle while rinsing, there was just enough to get the soap off of you before it went cold. ![]() This was not like that vacation we spent with Cheyenne in that little cabin in Lake Geneva, which had a water heater tank that looked to hold maybe a gallon. Call me a sissy if you must, but I couldn't bring myself to step under that freezing cold water. I stood in the bathroom, thinking about an article I recently read on the Internet advocating cold showers, and I just couldn't do it. ![]() 12/15/14: We had no hot water this morning. ![]()
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