Blasts From the Past

It’s a glorious Saturday. The weather is cooler than usual, the coffee tastes better than usual and the internet is faster than usual. All-in-all, it’s an unusual day for the better. So I am going to enjoy it and head to the pool, then East to my buddy’s place so I can get mad love from his awesome 3-year-old and watch horrible VHS from the 1980’s until the wee hours of the morning.

But I am not going to abandon my freakish duty and not post. Oh no, I will share some older Halloween-ish posts from seasons gone by. Enjoy and I will be around the Twitter-sphere if you want to drop me a line. It’s an all day party here!

Click on the links below the photos. Beware!

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A Drop of Water recap. Or…pee pants.

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A movie rental that started it all.

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My pal, Kenny, and the real Michael Meyers house in NC!

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Frightfest at Six Flags and my permanent ban thanks to Moon Pies and a Looping Starship.

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Favorite Tales from the Darkside Episode. And I believe the very first, too!

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WTF is that?!?!?! Well, that’s embarrassing.

So that should keep you busy and remember, follow me on Twitter for stupid photos and possibly drunken haikus. Ok, probable drunken haikus. I’m to the left of this post.

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The Most Crazy Short On YouTube: SMILE

This is a story that needs to be told.

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A long time ago I had the great experience of going to Israel as a soldier for the US Army. It wasn’t for the state of Israel but as a joint training effort and it was very, very short. I actually never talk about it and even my closest family members don’t know of this trip. It was both fun and terrifying and as a young man, I let it shape my very being.

I was on the Lebanese border. I saw real-time death.  It was fucking crazy. Eight went and seven came back. Real world shit. (these sentences need to be short.)

But that is not what this is about. This is about Elfie and the awesome Israeli people I was around. They are amazing and this is a great horror-short that exemplifies how amazing, talented and liberal the Israeli people are. I love them and we need to let them know their horror is the type that needs to be shared.

I love this because not only is it an identifiable story it’s so well done. They hit every spacial disorientation from language mixing to basic “did I just do that” confusion. It’s a masterpiece and no one knows it. Or maybe everyone does and I have been sitting on it for years.

Either way, it’s a great story and I am excited to share it with those who don’t know it.

Shalom! I truly love you, Israel!

SMILE

 

 

 

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Halloween Season In Session….Almost

Today is the day that I kick off the long and thrilling road to All Hallow’s Eve. This will be a journey that will go down in history for this six-year-old blog and hopefully be an ongoing thing until either I croak or discover something better. Highly doubtful there is something better though, considering this years lineup of activity. I don’t want to spoil the surprises so be sure to tune in every evening for posts, articles, reviews, videos, giveaways, and lots more.

So before we officially begin I made a short clip of what you can expect. There’s little horror, a touch of beer, a dash of a new series called “Spooky North Carolina”, just a pinch of buddies like Matt from Dinosaur Dracula and Brian and Tim from Review the World, and a jug of Kimmie who is amazing. That’s just 1/100th of the season.

Let the show begin!

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Fall Beer Review 2013: Part 1

Holy heck, I have been doing the Fall beer reviews since August of 2007! It all started at a Kroger grocery store in Augusta, Georgia when I stumbled on a JW Dundee craft pack that inspired a nostalgic trip that I shared on a very young VeggieMacabre. It also led to Pepp-o-lanetern. From then on I have made the annual tradition of Fall beer reviewing for my pleasure and the few who care about the a.b.v. percentage in a beverage with dead leaves on the bottle.

This year will be a real banner year for the site because the Halloween countdown is around the corner and I have no less than six fall craft packs to yap about. There are more but I have committed to six.  Since the Halloween countdown will overlap the Fall Beer Review, expect to see some spooky shenanigans. 

Starting out on the right foot, Magic Hat Brewing Company out of S. Burlington, Vermont, has hit another home run and managed to mix autumn brand beers with straight-up Halloween glory in their “Night of the Living Dead” variety pack featuring two new beers; the Seance and Deveiled. I won’t spoil the video review but please check out their site too. It’s to disembowel for. 

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Sneaky Pete

Hey, I am slowly creeping out of “real work” mode to full-on “horror/Halloween” mode but until that transformation has fully taken place, I need to get the masses excited about what’s been going on. While I haven’t posted much, I will say the content behind the scene here is pretty full and cool. Let me tease you.

So far I have taken about nine road trips in a video series called “Spooky North Carolina” where I visit all the creepy places in my home state. I interview a few pretty cool people including one of the writers for the recently released film, The Conjuring, test my skills in the kitchen from Hell as I prepare the ultimate terrifying cocktails for your Halloween parties and much much much much much much more. Including teaming up with amazing people for joint projects, like Kimmie!

Kimmie is an amazing friend of mine and I have been dying to add her to the VeggieMacabre family and this year looks like the year! She writes for Darkmedia.com and is witty, hot and a great cook but back off dudes, she’s a married lady.

Here is a taste test of Kimmie who you will be seeing more of as we kick open the doors to the Halloween season. Enjoy!

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