History
Using Nuclear Power to Sell Tobacco
From: Tjs-labs’ SMASHING THE INVISIBLE Two questionable products that go great together!
All Hallows and Halloween
Okay. You may or may not be aware of this movement to replace Halloween with JesusWeen. What is particularly laughable about this campaign, other than the rather unfortunate-sounding name, is the fact that clearly the organizers have no idea what the Hallo in Halloween means: It’s from hallows. As in saints….
Witches of Salem
Witches have become an intrinsic part of Salem, Massachusetts. You don’t see ads like the above anymore, of course. Although that sort of positive, Witches Can Help philosophy is much present. Very unlike the ad I describe in HIDDEN HISTORY OF SALEM (an ad that uses the hanging of Salem…
Solving Bioshock Cats on National Cat Day
Today, October 29, is National Cat Day and to celebrate I shall share with you a partial SOLUTION to the BIOSHOCK Cats Mystery. Including cats for the player to discover actually IS a game-within-the-game. While it is still unknown who originally designed the black-and-white cat and put him/her in the…
The Taliesin Murders
This is the story of how an ACTUAL CRAZY AXE MURDERER killed seven people – Wisconsin’s worst act of mass murder until 2005, inspired a Thomas Wolfe story – as well as many an urban legend, and completely changed a style of architecture – yet most of us have probably never even…
Abducting Heiresses
Abduction is a popular storytelling device when it comes to historical romance, which isn’t surprising since you can trace its place in romance literature right back to the Abduction of Persephone. When you’re talking historical romance set in England or Wales, abductors – and elopers, for that matter – are…
Stale Coffee Makes You Listless & Un-sexy
From: http://www.kitchen-retro.com/2011/09/beware-of-stale-coffee.html
Hidden History of Salem Video with New Soundtrack
I have re-done my HIDDEN HISTORY OF SALEM book-teaser because MY BOOK INSPIRED A SONG and that is just too cool not to share: Buy the book! You’ll like it. Click here There’s real history plus cool obscure facts plus ghost cats and candy and coffee and romance and a…
Salem’s Peabody Essex and Me
This is the lobby of the Peabody Essex Museum. And in their Gift Shop: Seeing my book on a shelf always makes me happy. That book to the right is really good, too. You should read all of them. All the books! LOL
Uncle Sam’s American Coffee
American coffee from Uncle Sam’s own possessions. You don’t see “buy American” in regards to coffee these days, do you?