Not the greatest day, I started off going to a blood drive and couldn't give blood because they couldn't figure out if my medication--flecainide acetate--was safe for giving blood or not.
Company stock is pretty down due to missing some guidance. Still profitable, but if the market doesn't like, then it's bad news. So I'm stressing about that.
Also I got a sort of nasty email from my BIL and I made the mistake of forwarding it to my wife and she made a bigger deal of it than I wanted to. So, I'm feeling bad about that.
Stupid ducks.
Oh, ugh. Sorry, Gud.
(pssst, hey! Gud's day? You're supposed to be a Friday, not a Monday. Try to keep up, will you?)
My idea is that I should buy a vintage parking meter.
Phooey. I was hoping to see something really vintage (now I'm wondering what an Art Deco parking meter would look like). Still, not completely useless; I've heard of people buying those and using them as headstones and grave markers.
eta: Deco parking meters? Pretty!
I'm out on Halloween anyway (seeing a horror movie at a drive-in!)
What movie, Seska?
Gud, that's a bummer. Hope your day improves from here.
Damn. CBN Scrubs "Witch Candy" Blog Post
The Christian Broadcasting Network has caved in to scoffers and mockers and scrubbed a blog post which explained the dangers of Halloween - specifically, that "most of the candy sold during this season has been dedicated and prayed over by witches", and that this is a time of "sex with demons" and "rape and molestation of adults, children and babies", among much else.
The post was by Kimberly Daniels and taken from Charisma magazine, although much of the sceptical reaction has been at the expense of CBN's president, Pat Robertson. Regarding Halloween as demonic is common among Charismatic and neo-Pentecostal churches (and Evangelicals in general are not very keen on the celebration), and it is no surprise to read that she has links with C. Peter Wager. It is interesting, though, to see elements of conspiracy theory, harking back to do the debunked "Satanic panics" of the 1980s.
What movie, Seska?
The Shining. It was that or The Omen, which is a better movie, but we wanted to try the drive-in at night. Afternoon just won't be the same. [link] We're driving miles for this 'world's largest screen' thing. It had better be good!
The parking metres are cool.
The Omen
Man, my fellow band geeks went through a horror movie phase in HS and we watched *all* of The Omen movies, otherwise known as 1001 Freaky Ways to Die. My favorite is the
dude in the elevator who gets cut in half by the cable
, but I don't remember which one that is. (spoilerfont more for grossness than anything)
I have never seen the Shining.
Have fun!
I like the sheet of glass. That's stuck with me for a while.
otherwise known as 1001 Freaky Ways to Die
Yes! Final Destination comes in a poor, derivative second.
