Oct
23
2021
I am a total sucker for 1950s sci-fi alien invasion, giant monsters, and their ilk. Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Them!, and The Incredible Shrinking Man are all classics. When I was in middle school the game company TSR...
Oct
22
2021
Every Halloween I feel compelled to enter the big top spaceship to rewatch one of the greatest alien invasion movies there is, Killer Klowns From Outer Space. I love this movie so much. Utterly ridiculous and wonderful.
Oct
21
2021
I enjoy doing design work or writing with atmospheric music in the background. For this time of year there are many playlists and artists who can set the mood. Maybe this is my listening to creepy Halloween sound effect...
Oct
20
2021
One of my favorite pieces of creepy fiction is Edgar Allen Poe's Masque of the Red Death, and the version of it Narrated by Geoff Castellucci is really great. I never really expected it to be as relevant as...
Oct
19
2021
I love Halloween, so to celebrate I'll post 13 days of creepy stuff that I like. It'll get us in the mood for All Hallows Eve.
First up, the utterly amazing Se7ven Opening Credit Sequence designed by Kyle Cooper...
Oct
18
2021
Our family loves going to the National Parks. They are all amazing and we love them. One of our favorite parts is watching our kids earn their Jr. Ranger Badges. The entire program is a great way to explore...
Oct
17
2021
I am fascinated by abandoned places. Especially ones that were once full of life and vitality. Near Port Townsend, on Washington State's Olympic Peninsula you can find one such place, the "Original Oyster House." Our family has stayed several...
Oct
16
2021
Spotted this great ghost sign in Port Townsend Washington. A cool hand painted sign for the Buhler Motor Company. The building that this adorns is currently the very appropriate Bergstrom's Antique & Classic Autos. A really fun car focused...
Oct
15
2021
The great designer Paul Scher is famously not a fan of the font Helvetica. Perhaps she'd love the irony that it's the font that adorns the signs admonishing campers from throwing trash in the pit toilets at Federal...
Oct
13
2021
Saturn Devouring His Son, by Francisco Goya
I have been a huge fan of the amazing work of the vlogger Nerd Writer (Evan Puschak) for quite a while. His episode on Francisco Goya's Saturn Saturn Devouring His Son has to...
Oct
13
2021
On this day, October 14, in 1066, the forces of William, Duke of Normandy faced off against King Harold II and his English army near the town of Hastings. William the (Spoiler Alert) conqueror, ultimately vanquishing his opponent after,...
Oct
12
2021
This is a cool use of augmented reality at Seattle's Pacific Science Center. They had tablets that turned their static map of Puget Sound watersheds into interactive AR experiences. They augment the base physical map with AR overlays that...
