“There was a doily on the chest of drawers. I eyed it warily. I have nothing against doilies, but they’re a slippery slope. You start with doilies, then pretty soon it’s crocheted table runners and then it’s a short step to antimacassars. As if doilies are some kind of larval form, and the table runnersContinue reading “Book Quote of the Day”
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Book Quote of the Day
“I don’t hate any films. Movies are too hard to make to warrant hatred, even when they are turkeys. If a movie is not great, I just wait it out in my seat. It will be over soon enough. Walking out of a movie is a sin.” –Tom Hanks, The Making of Another Major MotionContinue reading “Book Quote of the Day”
Horror Cinematherapy: 10 Gettin Shit Done Movies to Ease Your Anxiety
I began my college career as a psychology major, and I have an AA in Social Science. Therefore, I am qualified to treat mental health issues…not at all. Whatsoever. Buuut I once read an article about how the movie The Martian is good for anxiety because Matt Damon’s character puts aside his problems in orderContinue reading “Horror Cinematherapy: 10 Gettin Shit Done Movies to Ease Your Anxiety”
Book Quote of the Day
“This is Ro’s first visit, and she can feel the glitter in the air. This place feels like Stardust and A Midsummer Night’s Dream and Labyrinth had an orgy and popped out a slightly bougie baby behind a baseball field.” Delilah S. Dawson, Bloom
Book Quote of the Day
“Not since ’72 when the Sainted Soul Stirrers of Solomon–that traveling gospel band with the Jewish bassist from Arkansas–came to town had the church been so full. Just people atop people. Cars and trucks scattered about the church lawn. Someone’s rust-covered pickup loaded down with lumber was parked against the crucifix in the center ofContinue reading “Book Quote of the Day”
Book Quote of the Day
“On paper, Dan Griffin was nothing out of the ordinary. He was anxious, he was urgent, he was like any other patient we see at the Trauma Unit. ‘Unremarkable’ was how I described him to the police. When they looked for answers in those early therapy sessions, they read about the bruise on his face,Continue reading “Book Quote of the Day”
Nostalgia Tiiiiime! “Excess” and Thir13en Ghosts
Recently, I was discussing the joys of rap music and horror movies with fellow blogger The Devil’s DVD Bin, and it put me in mind of the soundtrack from Thir13en Ghosts. In 2001, if there was a song you liked from a movie but you were too broke to buy a CD, you had limitedContinue reading “Nostalgia Tiiiiime! “Excess” and Thir13en Ghosts”
Book Quote of the Day
“I glanced further down the tree-flanked corridor, sunlight trickling through the overhead canopy of trees and flickering at me like the headlight of a ghostly locomotive–hurtling toward me, its whistle shrieking, ‘Get out of the way before I hurt you.’ That was perhaps the most repeated phrase I had heard throughout the course of myContinue reading “Book Quote of the Day”
Top 10 Music Videos by Horror-Themed Bands
My sister Leslie, whose opinion I trust implicitly, has on occasion pointed me in the direction of metal bands whom I might like, mainly because they are horror-themed. I had the beginnings of this listicle with Fans of the Dark, HorrorPops, and The Creepshow, so I asked her to recommend me some more. The followingContinue reading “Top 10 Music Videos by Horror-Themed Bands”
Book Quote of the Day
“The Dominican friar Timothy Radcliffe wrote that God can never tell you not to love someone. God can only tell you to do a better job loving someone. (God is somewhat better at this than I.)” –Anne Lamott, Somehow: Thoughts on Love
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