by ouija77 | Jul 15, 2012 | Uncategorized
“Just west of weird.” I have a fondness for the Disney Channel show “Good Luck Charlie,” (and well, Disney and Disney World in general.) I love it! It’s not just for kids! So while getting my dose of GLC, I kept seeing previews for...
by ouija77 | May 1, 2012 | Disturbing Art, Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, Stephen Gammell
Facebook Twitter When I was in elementary school in the mid-1980s to the early ’90s, there was ONE book fought over more than any other book in the library – especially in October. Kids would try to get in the front of the library line so they could be...
by ouija77 | Jan 21, 2012 | 1980's Pop Culture
If you were a kid in the 1980’s, it’s my opinion that you were one of the luckiest kids in the world. Why? Because our toys were awesome. We were “pre” computers and Internet but “post” tin cans and wooden dolls. Toys were what...
by ouija77 | Dec 4, 2011 | Victorian mourning
Queen Victoria on the left in her mourning garb admiring a bust of her late husband. Some of the most elaborate and extravagant funerary practices come from our Victorian ancestors. Enjoy these historical oddities and relish in the fact you are alive now, and not...
by ouija77 | Nov 19, 2011 | Mourning photography, Victorian mourning
One of my many morbid little interests in this life is how we as humans have treated death throughout our history, especially during the Victorian era between the years 1837, when Queen Victoria took the throne in England, until her death in 1901. The Victorian era...
