Thing in the Cupboard: Vampire Pig!

I have all sorts of Halloween themed stuff, not surprising since it is one of my favorite holidays.

And it is animated - or should I say RE-animated?

Today's feature is a bright red Vampire Pig.  It walks and it sings The Adam's Family - very very loudly.  I made the mistake of pushing its little foot to see if it still worked and it definitely did.  Origin: my mother some Halloween or another.

Question of the Day

Why do straight men go to gay bars to pick up women?  And a secondary question, why can't people just enjoy dancing without thinking it means something more?

Thing in the Cupboard: The Voice of God

My next treasure comes to you all the way from Heaven.

  

The text reads (with identifying information redacted):

12-31-05

_____'s performance report


outstanding job


_________'s intervention regarding 3-11 shift on male ____ side resulted in hell not opening it's portal hole of sulfur gas, flames and the screaming of the damned masses and swallowing ________.  For her heroic actions - she should be given a rosary.


Signed
GOD

Thing in the Cupboard: Alas, Poor Yorick!

I'm moving pretty soon and since I've been at my current place for years & years, I have basically accumulated all sorts of stuff.  Even better, a lot of this stuff I simply forgot that I owned.  Therefore for the amusement of self and others (but mostly myself) I'm going to start a regular installment known as "Thing in the Cupboard" which will consist of photos of the weird/random things that I find as I'm cleaning, clearing, and tossing useless junk away.  Maybe this will also make moving more fun since I'm seriously stressed about it, and perhaps will give me motivation to actually look through those cupboards and boxes.

Today's edition: Alas Poor Yorick!

Yep, its a bright pink skull

This gem's origin is unknown, it did however once function as a light-- sadly this feature is no longer functional.  It is made of some rubbery substance and is of a decent size.

The North Country

A couple weekends ago I finally got to take a short trip to Northern WI, stayed in a hotel on Lake Superior so I've now visited two of the five Great Lakes.  My friend said the season was about two weeks behind up there, the trees and grass were a noticeably different color of green that was quite pretty.

Lake Superior, old pier

I love this tree.

 We also went to one of the state parks up there that is known for its waterfalls and the strange color of the river (due to some sort of mineral) which basically resembled iced tea.

Iced tea river

Local fauna, a momma dear and her baby.

This is partly due to the sunlight, but the river really is a crazy color.

Waterfall!

We also went to a county park that was less maintained, which meant that we could get closer to the river (and also that we had to be more careful about poison ivy & such).  The fall here weren't as big, but they seemed louder.  Also, infinitely more difficult to get a good view of.

This photo and the next were taken w/me dangling over the side of the cliff.

This park didn't have guard rails, so you go off the approved track & do silly things like lean over a 50 ft drop.

128 - my friend counted on our way back up, but this was the only path to the river.

So that was my Northern adventure.  This weekend I was in Indiana on a lake w/other friends, I didn't really take pictures, but I did finally watch Avatar.  I'll give you my two cents at some later date.