10/03/2005 Entry: "Would you buy dirt from Dracula's castle?"

In 2000, I wrote an article about a famous print advertisement offering "genuine soil from Dracula's castle." Bad article, good topic. Time to happily redo. The Halloween Countdown entry for October Thou Art Fourth provides a closer inspection of the Dracula dirt amulet, complete with mega close-up shots that reveal just how much Dracula dirt looks like hot cocoa mix. Enjoy.

Chestnuts roasted by Isca @ 10/03/2005 10:32 PM EST

Thats some serious bling right there. I expect it in the next Lil' Jon video.

Chestnuts roasted by phunqsauce @ 10/03/2005 10:36 PM EST

Matt, I have a question about the jukebox. Is there anyway that you can just get the real files or something, because i wanna burn the songs to a cd. Thanks. Ok, so... Number 5!! Wow, ok getting more on topic, glad you decided to redue it. Sounds interesting. Im gonna go read it.

Chestnuts roasted by Cotter @ 10/03/2005 10:42 PM EST

That is freaking classic...Almost as classic as pet rocks...How we can sell crap to each other....

Chestnuts roasted by LordSorrow @ 10/03/2005 10:51 PM EST

That is too funny, yet I feel the need to have dirt from Draculas castle now! Im quite jelous!

Chestnuts roasted by IHAQ @ 10/03/2005 10:56 PM EST

Okay I was going to take you to task for disparaging the original article, but "Painting its wearers more as unhip losers than creatures of dark intrigue, I doubt even 600-pound goth chicks who paint Celtic Ankhs on their nails would accept a date offer from me with this thing on" is such a gem I can't argue the rewrite.
(ps: Congrats on your little one, IHAQ!)

Chestnuts roasted by squee4242 @ 10/03/2005 11:01 PM EST

Matt -

As long as there is no secret message from Vlad telling you to drink your ovaltine, you can at least pretend it's semi-authentic.

Chestnuts roasted by Jeff Mack @ 10/03/2005 11:06 PM EST

If only it looked like the ad picture, that would be a thousand times cooler. I wish I could read the advertisement, but the letters are smallish!

Chestnuts roasted by Julie @ 10/03/2005 11:14 PM EST

Oh, I just noticed when I was in the hospital with baby I missed the art contest results, I was second on the first page its so odd to see what I drew online! A late congrats to Meghan!! Now Im off to see everyone elses pics!

Chestnuts roasted by IHAQ @ 10/03/2005 11:17 PM EST

Who could resist cracking that coffin open? The dirt looks like that ultra-fine sand that comes in the bottom of those pit/pendulum things. . . you know, the pendulums make designs in the sand? Anyway, just thinking of touching that is getting me all geeked up inside. I couldn't be trusted with that amulet.

Chestnuts roasted by Jessica Marie @ 10/03/2005 11:34 PM EST

hey. this is coming out of nowhere. but does anyone know where I can go to download full episodes or at least some descent clips from small wonder, are you afraid of the dark, today's special, etc? if so please respond i'll keep my eye out.

Chestnuts roasted by Cornelius @ 10/03/2005 11:36 PM EST

This is cool.

The only thing that would be more cool is if they sold amulets that contained bat guano, allegedly appropriated from Dracula in bat form.

That would rock hard.

Chestnuts roasted by The Wukong Effect @ 10/03/2005 11:46 PM EST

Cornelius, i have a few episodes of are you afraid of the dark. If you have a myspace leave me a message (the link is in my name) and ill get em to you.

Chestnuts roasted by Ralph @ 10/03/2005 11:51 PM EST

My favorite ep. of Are You Afraid of the Dark is the one with Zeebo the clown. It was the only one that was somewhat genuinely scary. I mean a clown who hunts you down in your house so you can give him his fake nose back? I can still hear the creepy voice...."GEEEEEV EEEEEEET BAAAAAAAAAACK!!!!!" i think i'm gonna wet myself!!!!!!!!

Chestnuts roasted by phunqsauce @ 10/04/2005 12:14 AM EST

Are You Afraid of the Dark was either really, really good or really, really crappy. Very rarely was there an in between.

Of course, my favorite was the one with the Leprechaun. Magical Midgets Battling Ancient Demons= Ratings

Chestnuts roasted by The Wukong Effect @ 10/04/2005 12:18 AM EST

I just got back from seeing an old horror double-header at The Pioneer in East Village. It was Horror Hotel from 1959 followed by the original House On Haunted Hill. I have to say, for a movie from the 50's, Horror Hotel was impressively satanic and a pleasant surprise. It also starred Christopher Lee, so it's A+ all the way.

Chestnuts roasted by B-log @ 10/04/2005 01:12 AM EST

Cornelius, myspleen.net is a good place for finding obscure shows, though I haven't seen any of those shows specifically. Watcher's Wood's was always the most scare inducing episode of AYAotD for me.

Chestnuts roasted by squee4242 @ 10/04/2005 01:21 AM EST

hey, that dracula dirt goes for $150 on ebay. click the name for the linkage.

Sucks though, cuz it's says it's "only $9.95"; we're just 35 years too late for a decent price

Chestnuts roasted by Yorissa @ 10/04/2005 01:43 AM EST

One year ago on the countdown, that Growing Pains episode...which made me think "Wasn't Jeremy Whatzisface the one who turned out gay and made the talk show circuit when he grew up? No wait, that was the OTHER blonde kid on an ABC sitcom, the one from Who's The Boss."

Then I start thinking how much I wanted to (and still want to) screw Alyssa Milano's brains out. Good times.

Chestnuts roasted by Monster Dog @ 10/04/2005 02:28 AM EST

Man, you got hosed Matt. Even the COA is fake. Where the hell is Rumania? I thought Dracula was from ROMANIA.

Semper Fi,
Erik Majorwitz

Chestnuts roasted by EMajorwitz @ 10/04/2005 02:58 AM EST

I sincerely doubt the dirt's authentic. There's no way to prove that it isn't (even if someone did, so what?), and just packing in whatever dirt was handy would've been a hell of a lot cheaper.

Chestnuts roasted by RewolfJ @ 10/04/2005 03:46 AM EST

Ever since I read the line about the dirt looking like hot cocoa mix, I've been hankerin' to make some Count Chocula reference. But frankly, it's too early for cleverness. Somebody else handle that gag. I'ma go find some coffee.

Chestnuts roasted by Jedoc @ 10/04/2005 07:52 AM EST

As nice as it would be to carry the Draculian dirt around my neck, I'm sorry to say it's not as cool as those shrimp people things. You know, the ones you'd find on similar ads on old magazines. Can't remember what they were called though.

If memory serves me right, I think Matty might of written an article about those shrimp people.

Chestnuts roasted by Texican @ 10/04/2005 09:51 AM EST

are you talking about sea monkies?

Chestnuts roasted by dohopoki @ 10/04/2005 10:30 AM EST

I think it's pretty safe to say that the dirt came from the side of the road near the Warren company's headquarters. But whatever floats your boat I guess.

Chestnuts roasted by james anthony ktu @ 10/04/2005 10:33 AM EST

The problem is, the only people that would have thought something like that was cool were the people reading those magazines, so you couldn't even impress them because they'd know you'd just bought it off of a magazine cover. You'd think they could have tried to make it look VAGUELY like the picture though.

Chestnuts roasted by Lori @ 10/04/2005 10:56 AM EST

It's an emergency supply of Dracula's Transylvanian Hot Cocoa Mix, now with Spooooooky Tombstone Marshmallows! See the "D" on the label? It stands for DRA-KOO-LAH, whose Hot Cocoa Mix this is!
"Children of the night, such music they make, especially when I'm about to serve my Transylvanian Hot Cocoa! Even Renfield loves it. Right, Renfield?"
"Yes, Master. I like mine with a handful of flies!"
"Of course you do. Count Dracula's Transylvanian Hot Cocoa Mix, from X-Entertainment Enterprises. Satisfaction Guaranteed, or your money Bat! Vampires may suck, my cocoa doesn't!"

Chestnuts roasted by kingklash @ 10/04/2005 12:18 PM EST

I'm peeved that the ad makes it appear that the amulet is a nice little glass-and-metal concoction, but what you actually get is cheesy plastic. I got screwed by many such magazine scams back in the daze-O-my-yoof.

I also chuckled when I saw that the serial number on the COA contains a question mark.

Chestnuts roasted by tanta07 @ 10/04/2005 12:21 PM EST

I remember the original article! *tear*

Chestnuts roasted by Review the World @ 10/04/2005 12:27 PM EST

All that talk about amulets reminds me of this Onion article.

Well... Dracula called, and he's coming tonight for you, and I said okay.
- Master Shake

Chestnuts roasted by Gozer @ 10/04/2005 12:29 PM EST

Speaking of 'Are you afraid of the dark?' one of the story tellers of the show now works for the weather network in Canada. He was the guy that was also on 'Ready or not' and 'Student bodies'
http://theweathernetwork.ca/tv/personalities/oncall.htm
Have a look see!

Chestnuts roasted by IHAQ @ 10/04/2005 12:31 PM EST

Sea Monkeys! yes that's what those little bastards were called. Thanks Dohopoki,You da Man,or Girl, or Whatever. Thanks anyways.

Chestnuts roasted by Texican @ 10/04/2005 12:41 PM EST

Hmmm... Even if I was a fully paid-up member of the Dracula fanclub, I'm not sure an amulet of his soil would do much to get me excited. The dust from his centuries-old corpse? Count me in. The dirt from his flowerbed? I think I'll pass.

Chestnuts roasted by Ginrai @ 10/04/2005 12:49 PM EST

That could've been the coolest thing ever if the gold chain wasn't...a plastic gumball machine coil, and if the coffin amulet wasn't plastic too.

Imagine a thin, dark gold chain with a dark cold metal coffin, containing the soil. Totally awesome!

Considering you didn't get that, I'd say you got ripped off! Also if you ever do break the thing open, you have to report back and say if it was indeed dirt! My guess is it's just dirt from outside their office.

Chestnuts roasted by Aristobulus @ 10/04/2005 01:29 PM EST

Also the boo icon rocks. You have to use shy guys eventually. Didn't you do that already though? I seem to remember you doing that before!

Chestnuts roasted by Aristobulus @ 10/04/2005 01:30 PM EST

for anyone interested. I was in walmart with my mom today and saw Boo Berry and Frankenberry, not sure if you guys all knew.

Chestnuts roasted by Ralph @ 10/04/2005 02:08 PM EST

Happy birthday Rachael Leigh Cook, wherever you are!! I don't know why she doesn't have any upcoming movies though (according to her profile on IMDB).

Chestnuts roasted by Gozer @ 10/04/2005 02:49 PM EST

Well if I suck, then this new shitbag article fuckin' double sucks.

Chestnuts roasted by The "Real" Dracula's Dirt Article @ 10/04/2005 03:18 PM EST

BLASPHEMY! The Power of X-E Compels You! The Power of X-E Compels You!

Chestnuts roasted by TheJuggalo @ 10/04/2005 04:00 PM EST

Man, what a shoddy artifact! High on the nostalgia factor, but made of plastic. What gives?! Making it out of glass and putting it on a decent-looking chain would up the value of it. I love how it is from "Rumania"? what's the matter? Is there a copyright violation by printing Dracula's origins in "Romania"????

Chestnuts roasted by Allison @ 10/04/2005 04:20 PM EST

"Abandon all hope, ye who doth approach" sounds a hell of a lot like "Abandon all hope, ye who enter here," which is written above the door of hell in Dante's "Inferno."

Chestnuts roasted by Cameron T. @ 10/04/2005 04:22 PM EST

I've decided to ressurect this product. I just got a load of dirt dumped in my yard the other day to help fill in some holes from some work the city was doing, and there's a fair bit left over.

I don't know where that dirt came from. For all I know, it's 100% pure Rumanian dirt. So that's what I'm going with.

Now all I need is some chains and GLASS coffin containers, and I will be the new great American success story.

Chestnuts roasted by The Wukong Effect @ 10/04/2005 04:36 PM EST

First of all...

kingklash...LMAO!!! Excellent work!!!

Cameron T....I'm a bit rusty was Inferno part of The Divine Comedy?

Chestnuts roasted by bad karma @ 10/04/2005 04:48 PM EST

Cornelius, if you have BitTorrent you can get a ton of Are You Afraid of the Dark at MySpleen.net. The quality is fantastic. Today's Special I haven't seen around, nor Small Wonder. But I do have the intro to Small Wonder on my website if that helps at all.

Chestnuts roasted by Mystie @ 10/04/2005 05:18 PM EST

mmmmm, subvulture!!

mmmmm, dirt.

mmmmm, Corporate Viscera?

Chestnuts roasted by kidneyboy @ 10/04/2005 05:19 PM EST

oh yeah, I called the closest Target today, about the sodas, and the bastards said they never even had them at all, that they didn't order them!! ARRRGGHHH!! But, I'm heading out on vacation next week. Between Madison, Milwaukee, and Chicago, I should be able to find some...I hope.

And I'm DEF. going to American Science and Surplus when I'm in Chicago. That's my #1 priority in Chi-town.

Chestnuts roasted by kidneyboy @ 10/04/2005 05:31 PM EST

If X-E was a TV show, I figure it'd a mixup of Robot Chicken, Amazon Women on the Moon, Kentucky Fried Movie, Nick Arcade, YCDTOTV, Entertainment Tonight, The Tick, and one of those local kid shows where you call in and say "pow" to make a video game shoot at aliens that were around in the late 70's. And there would be ads for things like Dracula's Transylvanian Hot Cocoa Mix. It's from an Old-World recipe, y'know.

Chestnuts roasted by kingklash @ 10/04/2005 05:41 PM EST

I actually want that.
Really badly. Matt if you wish i can take it off your hands.

Chestnuts roasted by Zorkporker @ 10/04/2005 05:44 PM EST

I remember first reading this article.

the sad part is that Im 19 years old.

you know the key to the kiddies hearts matt

Chestnuts roasted by Benji @ 10/04/2005 06:15 PM EST

it makes me want to make a necklace outta glow in the dark cord, and put a light up coffin on the dang thing and put on hella jelly bracelets and my glow in the dark makeup and just rock it. all the freaking time!

Chestnuts roasted by Oliver Obelisk @ 10/04/2005 06:39 PM EST

Pack up, Gozer, we're goin to Memphis!

And no, I have not killed myself on an OD of drinking all 4 of the Jones Halloween Sodas at once (hell, I never even bothered to try).

Pretty kickass countdown, Matt, keep it up! (insert Married, with Children audience hooting & hollering here)

And I have yet to find Franknen and/or Boo Berry here on Long Island. Where do you live Ralph, and I'd like some more info on where to find it.

Chestnuts roasted by Invader Norbert @ 10/04/2005 06:40 PM EST

Invader Norbert: And no, I have not killed myself on an OD of drinking all 4 of the Jones Halloween Sodas at once.

Could be the new ripper log.
"I told you i was harcore! im trying the blue on now!"

Chestnuts roasted by Zorkporker @ 10/04/2005 07:38 PM EST

My post from yesterday was about the morse code beeping of the SfM logo that showed at the end of Zoobilie Zoo. Well, I'm still hearing that damn beeping. GAH!

Chestnuts roasted by Allison @ 10/04/2005 08:42 PM EST

Hey Matt, I'm still rocking out to the incredible X-E jukebox. I got it on my mp3 player so now it's Halloween always and everywhere!!! Can we expect any more additions to the song list??

Chestnuts roasted by D-Roc @ 10/04/2005 09:16 PM EST

Man, and I thought some of the ads in girls' magazines were weird. Now I almost wish I'd been a fantasy fan back in the day...or old enough to read when that first came out. I wouldn't have bought it, but it's a cool ad...

Chestnuts roasted by starwenn @ 10/04/2005 09:53 PM EST

D-Roc, how do you manage that? My desktop computer/speakers have been out of comish so I haven't been able to hear the juke and it's killing me! If it's a bandwidth murder thing maybe you should keep it under your hat, though.

Chestnuts roasted by squee4242 @ 10/04/2005 10:22 PM EST

very cool article.. those old warren magazines like creepy and vampirella were awesome!

some of the best artwork i've ever seen and a very cool 'tales from the crypt' type vibe, i used 2 luv looking thru those old magazines, i've recently seen them popping up on torrents..

Chestnuts roasted by diamondzdigidul @ 10/04/2005 10:30 PM EST

"It is dangerous to go it alone! Take this dirt-filled amulet!"
(paraphrased from the best game ever)

Chestnuts roasted by Jillybeann @ 10/04/2005 10:36 PM EST

zelda all the way....nice going jillybeann.....

Chestnuts roasted by Mike The Great @ 10/04/2005 10:52 PM EST

"We've secretly replaced this regular 'Dracula Dirt'-brand soil with new 'Folgers Crystals.' Which will win the blind taste-test?"

Okay, too many 80's video game/commercial references for me...I's goin' ta bed.

Chestnuts roasted by Jillybeann @ 10/04/2005 10:53 PM EST

Thanks, Mike. You're GRRRRRREAT!

Chestnuts roasted by Jillybeann @ 10/04/2005 10:54 PM EST

LOL too bad that guy who did Tony the Tiger's voice passed away

Chestnuts roasted by Mike The Great @ 10/04/2005 10:56 PM EST

bad karma: Yes, "Inferno" is the first part of The Divine Comedy.

Chestnuts roasted by Cameron T. @ 10/04/2005 11:06 PM EST

"Lisa Marie, taking things out of context since 1987..."

[quote]"a very cool 'tales from the crypt' type vibe"[/quote]

Could you review this product next, Matt? Please-oh-pretty-please?

Chestnuts roasted by Lisa Marie @ 10/04/2005 11:20 PM EST

Invader Norbert - I live in Orange County, New York, and the Frankenberry and Boo Berry were in the Walmart in Monroe, NY. Id say it's about an hour to an hour and a half away from Long Island. They had a good amount of both while I was there. I found the number for the store: 845 783 3505

Chestnuts roasted by Ralph @ 10/04/2005 11:39 PM EST

Squee4242- I used a program called "Replay Radio" it records streaming media directly from my computer's sound card and seperates them into mp3's. More importantly it doesn't put any extra strain on X-E's bandwith.

Chestnuts roasted by D-Roc @ 10/04/2005 11:43 PM EST

Squee4242- Sorry, my mistake. The program is called Replay Music.

Chestnuts roasted by D-roc @ 10/04/2005 11:46 PM EST

Cool thanks a lot D-Roc!
Because I'm bored and haven't got much else to say about Dracula at the moment, I feel like sharing my favorite (recent) catchphrases that have colored my conversation lately:
"And the installation is freeeeee!" Jones, Reno 911!. This one gets a lot of rotation at the office. All it takes is one person singing it and we're all crooning the rest of the day.
"You've lost Rome!" Cato, Rome. Old dude hollering at some other old dude. This has totally become my go-to phrase of frustration...I just shout it to the heavens and it's better than Tai Chi.
"For British eyes only!" Arrested Development. Sure, it's no "I've made a huge mistake" or "I'm a MONSTER!" or even "With Club sauce" but it's sure fun to throw around.
Anybody got any other good ones?

Chestnuts roasted by squee4242 @ 10/04/2005 11:59 PM EST

Dear tap-dancing christ. I don't want to alarm anyone... but Coutn Duckula is on DVD. Oh, and this precious little gem...

click here

Go ahead. Touch it. You will never be the same again.

Chestnuts roasted by Road Block @ 10/05/2005 12:05 AM EST

Matt, you're too hard on yourself. I remember reading and liking the original Dracula Dirt article. I still enjoy the "remake articles," though, so keep it up.

Ralph, where did you get episodes of Are You Afraid of the Dark? I would love to track some down myself.

Chestnuts roasted by Jack of Spades @ 10/05/2005 12:13 AM EST

dammit you people and you insane fucking John Holmes-esque links!!

www.tinyurl.com know it. use it. love it. stop stretching out the goddamn pages!!

on a more happy note, I was at the local public library, and went browsing through the discarded books for sale. Lo and behold, they were also getting rid of a movie that apparently no one checked out in a while. To my wide-eyed surprise, I happen to see Val Kilmer's smirking face on the front of the box...REAL GENIUS!!! The library didn't love it anymore, so I gave it a new home. And the best part? The price....wait for it......yep....it's coming......
25 cents!! Holy fucking shit, I ran my fat ass up to the librarian and asked if I could buy it right away so no one else could get to it, and she looked at me like I was crazy-bonkers. Not crazy. Just happy-happy joy-joy!!@

I miss trajeal...

Chestnuts roasted by kidneyboy @ 10/05/2005 01:55 AM EST

I also miss Trajeal
I'm so into Count Duckula hitting DVD, but I haven't seen it in forever and hope it holds up.

Chestnuts roasted by squee4242 @ 10/05/2005 02:14 AM EST

I third the missing of trajeal. That phrase completely doesn't work, but I'm sure you all understand it.

phunqsauce, I just got back from Serenity and I'm far too tired to try to think of as many synonyms for the word "awesome" as I need to describe that movie. It completely kicks the ass of recent Star Wars endeavors IMHO (haha been waiting to use that one!). I can see how some people who have never seen the series would be a little lost in places, but that is because many people are simply stupid or just don't pay close attention in movies. The basic plot was easy to follow (Alliance, Reavers = Bad, crew = our heroes, good). The parts that I didn't completely understand only made me want to watch the show, so I will be buying Firefly on DVD sometime in the near future, once cash flow permits.

Chestnuts roasted by Gabbylicious @ 10/05/2005 02:46 AM EST

Did I mention that Firefly jumps ahead to first place on the list of DVDs to buy? It's in the line infront of He-Man and the rest of Jem,(I have the first 2 seasons already) people! Sorry, I'm done now. I may be a bit biased as I'm already a Joss Whedon fan. If you didn't like his TV work, you probably won't enjoy the movie as much as I did. His work has certain characteristics.

Chestnuts roasted by Gabbylicious @ 10/05/2005 02:51 AM EST

I totally miss count duckula...just the theme song rocks.

Chestnuts roasted by super_dex @ 10/05/2005 03:54 AM EST

"homework, homework! give me a break!"
what 80's commercial is that line from?

Chestnuts roasted by porchlight @ 10/05/2005 10:44 AM EST

cool article, why haven't you updated

Chestnuts roasted by me @ 10/05/2005 11:10 AM EST

I always assume that anyone who is conspicuously absent from the postings is in some hidden lair, surrounded by loyal minions, ready to launch a plan for world domination. Being ground under Trajeal's boots doesn't sound too bad.

Chestnuts roasted by kingklash @ 10/05/2005 11:37 AM EST

Count Duckula on DVD?

Awesome!

Chestnuts roasted by Cameron T. @ 10/05/2005 11:51 AM EST

Does anyone remember a nintendo game with a kid and and marshmallow guy that could change into different shapes if the kid gave him food? The marhmallow guy looked like that cartoon where the dinosaur shot rocks from his head. Dear God now I can't remember the name of that cartoon. What was the name of that game, I lost an entire nights sleep over it! Please save me!

Chestnuts roasted by bloodybrilliantme @ 10/05/2005 12:11 PM EST

bloodybrilliantme, you're thinking of A Boy And His Blob. That's a damn hard game, too. You could feed the blob jellybeans to get through different obstacles (or, if you're like me, just fall into chasms and die).

Chestnuts roasted by Jack of Spades @ 10/05/2005 12:23 PM EST

Thank you so much, I remember trying to play that game when I was 7 or eight, it was so hard and frustrating that I remember it fondly. I believe its why I'm an alcoholic to this day.

Chestnuts roasted by bloodybrilliantme @ 10/05/2005 12:42 PM EST

I loved A Boy and His Blob. Great game. Another wacky game I loved was Maniac Mansion where you could put the hamster in microwave to blow him up. The bad thing was that hamster was important and you had to start the game over by blowing the mansion and yourself up.

You know what would make a fun Halloween movie review. "Daffy Ducks Quackbusters." It's on one of the HBO's today.

Tried to Caramel Apple Jones Soda flavor. Not bad, but you're right when they say that if you eliminate the caramel flavor, it does taste like sparkling apple cider. I give it a B-.

Chestnuts roasted by JLAJRC @ 10/05/2005 12:52 PM EST

Loved maniac mansion. Did anyone ever play the computer game shivers? I never could get vey far with it. I however ruled on the game Kings Quest Four on the Tandy computer system

Chestnuts roasted by bloodybrilliantme @ 10/05/2005 01:00 PM EST

Jeez, I'm so behind on the countdown. That's what I get for living without internet at home. It's killing me.

Chestnuts roasted by Mara @ 10/05/2005 01:16 PM EST

Jack of Spades, i honestly don't remember , it was some torrent site about 2 years ago or so. If you have myspace message me (in my name) and ill send a few to you somehow, or if not, if worse comes to worse ill put one or two on rapidshare or soemthing. I have the full season one.

Chestnuts roasted by Ralph @ 10/05/2005 01:24 PM EST

Ok, so i'm trying to put the first episode on yousendit. It seems like its gonna take a looooonnggg time to upload. But if one or two people can benefit from this, then I'll feel like a nice guy I haven't used yousendit before but hopefuly this works. I'll give everyone the link a little later if it works. The episode im tying to upload is the very first one, 'The tale of the Phantom Cab.'

Chestnuts roasted by Ralph @ 10/05/2005 01:42 PM EST

Mara: Here's a quick summary of the countdown since you've missed some of it: Halloween is awesome. Or as kids these days would say, it's "teh bizzomb".

Chestnuts roasted by Gozer @ 10/05/2005 02:03 PM EST

Glad you enjoyed the movie Gab. I highly recommend getting the series on DVD because it is just that kick ass. I did manage to see a few more episodes and they were fuckin' sweet. Particularly the episode about Jaynestown but won't spoil it for you...Serenity is the best movie out now that most people probably won't see. I got to see it at the midnight showing with all the fanboys and girls so that made it that much more entertaining...

Chestnuts roasted by phunqsauce @ 10/05/2005 02:22 PM EST

Being Romanian by heritage more than birth, I have to say I was a little offended at the blatant spelling error.
however Vlad is probably an old relative of mine
so i'm a vampyre. yay me

Chestnuts roasted by Gene @ 10/05/2005 02:25 PM EST

Update now, this is the last warning.

Chestnuts roasted by me @ 10/05/2005 02:42 PM EST

Saw Serenity on Sunday. Will likely see it again this weekend. Oh, how I love that show. I'm taking someone who never watched the show on Friday but I have faith she will respond well.

In other news, we were watching something on G4tech tv (gaming channel) and they mentioned something about a new edition of A Boy and his Blob. Definitely something to look forward to.

Chestnuts roasted by purplegirl247 @ 10/05/2005 02:56 PM EST

Romulan heritage?

Chestnuts roasted by kingklash @ 10/05/2005 03:20 PM EST

Romulan = Romulox?

Romulox, I know you're in there, and if I find out you got my PDA, oh you gonna be in troble boy!
- Master Shake

Chestnuts roasted by Gozer @ 10/05/2005 03:38 PM EST

the three most recent threads all have their margins broke...

Chestnuts roasted by dohopoki @ 10/05/2005 04:40 PM EST

Doho -- Thanks, I've fixed them. It's a problem that affects Firefox users, not IE users. I readily admit that Firefox is better than IE.

Also, it's another reminder for everyone to use proper tags when linking to other sites. Please do not paste super long links!

Chestnuts roasted by Matt @ 10/05/2005 04:50 PM EST

I wish i had dracula dirt

Chestnuts roasted by Andrew @ 10/05/2005 06:10 PM EST

Reaading thess commnets drunk is graet

Chestnuts roasted by TheJuggalo @ 10/05/2005 06:45 PM EST

To reiterate, if you need to share a long url (meaning just about anything from ebay or amazon), you can:
a. learn to make a hyperlink with html (try webmonkey's html teaching tool)
b. use a website like tinyurl.com to shorten the address (not as hard as it might sound)
c. paste the url address into the "Homepage" field and just say "Click my name!"
Not a total cake walk, but not rocket science either. I'm usually surfing the blog with Blazer, where the stretched out pages aren't a problem, but I know how funky it gets in Firefox.

Chestnuts roasted by squee4242 @ 10/05/2005 07:01 PM EST

I would have broke it open to see the dirt, but I have no self control. Also, I just got 3 of 4 Jnes Sodas (i'm behnd I know) They're defnately not good, but candy corn was te only one I truly hated.

Chestnuts roasted by kb @ 10/05/2005 08:12 PM EST

Road Block--I WILL never be the same again. I need to tell one of my friends about it, she'll be so shocked!!!!!

I got a job interview tomorrow for an office job at a company about a half-hour from my house. Dammit, I'm gonna have my B.A. in Communications in December, and the only work I can find is office work! It's good work though, until my true career shows up. Gotta keep looking!

See, what I really wanna do is record and edit professional projects. I send emails to recording studios, and one in Philly told me there weren't any job openings, but said to send my resume and a demo. I'm not much for impressions and stuff, but I wrote some of my own stuff and recorded it. I'm finishing that up, and will send it soon! You never know...

Wish me luck everyone!

Chestnuts roasted by Allison @ 10/05/2005 08:32 PM EST

Rumania is actually an archaic English spelling of Romania. You'll still see it in older books. So...who knows? Maybe it is indeed from the Carpathian Mountains, which are real, of course.

I certainly wouldn't believe that dirt has any special powers, but who knows. Does anyone here watch Inuyasha? That weird witch raised Kikyo from the dead with...soil from her grave.

Chestnuts roasted by Andrew @ 10/05/2005 11:33 PM EST

Good luck.

Chestnuts roasted by Matt @ 10/05/2005 11:33 PM EST

Love it. I've seen so many of those ads, as my dad has about 200 issues of Creepy and Eerie comics spanning from mid 60s and on. I've always thought to myself, "I'll bet that things full of pixie stick powder... or kitty litter."
Fun stuff, and good article too.

Chestnuts roasted by RedLightBulbs @ 10/06/2005 05:57 PM EST

Thanks Matt!! The interview actually went well!

Chestnuts roasted by allison @ 10/06/2005 07:07 PM EST

James Warren should be known as he was the publisher/editor for Famous Monsters, Creepy, etc.

Chestnuts roasted by The Truth @ 10/09/2005 02:02 AM EST