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Read more : Boxes Full of Halloween
Halloween came in a box when I was growing up. Or at least, most of my Halloween costumes did. The moment the first leaf…
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Read more : Uh-Oh, SpaghettiOs!
It’s no secret that I’m fond of revisiting my past. Recently, this temporal wanderlust was prompted by my taste buds. A sudden craving for one…
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Read more : Birthday Cake or Death
Someone once told me that freshly baked bread begins the process of going stale the moment it leaves the oven. I don’t remember who…
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Read more : Time Travel Addict
Sometimes, as I fade off to sleep, I revisit settings from my childhood. I’m able to conjure up places where I’ve lived with such…
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Read more : Of Cartoon Mice and Men…and Cats
My household was late to the cable television game, so in the late 1970s and early 80s I took what I could get cartoon-wise.…
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Read more : Being Jacob Marley
Stave One When I was about five or six, I found myself in handcuffs on the day after Christmas. I blame the ghost of…
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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 : 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 : 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,…
