The Day I Sold my Dad for St. James Place

There is an old belief in Serbian villages and small towns that certain pumpkins (and watermelons), when left outside during a full moon, will turn in to a vampire.

Happy Halloween, everyone!

“Floating islands are common in Minnesota; it’s the size of this one that’s causing all the fuss. Sue Galatowitsch, a wetland ecologist at the University of Minnesota, says the island likely weighs at least 1,000 tons and could extend 30 feet below the water. Technically, it’s a floating bog. A natural assemblage of peat moss festooned with cattails and tamarack trees, the bog is more than four acres across—that’s about 64 tennis courts. ‘A bog that size,’ Galatowitsch says, “can kind of do whatever it wants.“

all the basic rules are the same like playstyle wise

trash talking is encouraged

you get as much time as you need but if you look away from the board your turn is over

the referee is yelling everything like a sports announcer and you cannot complain

you can take one of your pieces from the board and throw it at your opponents head but you sacrifice that piece

you have to name the king and queen something

fun additives to make the game unique:

a. close your eyes and reach into a bag of about 48 chess pieces to pull out your sixteen pieces. whatever you get is what you play and you must follow the rules of those chess pieces. if you get four queens good luck. if you get no queens good luck

Aunt May (and Ms. Lion) from Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends (1980s)

Aunt May from Spider-Man: The Animated Series (1990s)

Aunt May from The Spectacular Spider-Man (2000s)

The Killdeer is a North American bird that often nests on flat suburban spaces. It acts its heart out to protect its babies. If you find a Killdeer nest, give it tons of space so these dramatic stars can save their strength!

Ursula Vernon wrote a very similar (and amazing) post back when I made this script. Please don’t think there was any thievery - it was simultaneous and we’re pals :) (And possibly telepathic?)

She went at it with everything.  If it had been Broadway, it would have been a standing ovation and sold-out shows all season.

And since we didn’t know where her nest was, and we weren’t utter monsters, we had to follow her away so we wouldn’t run over it.  So we rolled slowly after her for what felt like forever, until she started up out of the grass and flew off.

This was over 25 years ago now.  She is probably still telling tales in the afterlife of how she saved her babies from the MASSIVE MONSTROUS BEAST.

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