A Little Saturday Night Music

Grieg -Peer Gynt Suite No. 1, "In the Hall of the Mountain King"

Vintage Babe of the Week

Tonight's Halloween Vintage Babe* is Cassandra Peterson, a.k.a. Elvira, Mistress of the Dark!
(*a.k.a. Rule Five Thursday)

A Little Halloween Music

Funeral March of a Marionette - Boston Pops


For all of you old enough to have watched Alfred Hitchcock Presents...

A Little Halloween Music

Funeral March of a Marionette - Charles-François Gounod

Happy Halloween!

White Walkers Lives Matter

Bride of HarveyWeinstein

To put you in the holiday spirit!

Vintage Babe of the Week

Tonight's Vintage Babes* are dressed for the occasion !
(*a.k.a. Rule Five)

A Little Halloween Music

Gounod - Funeral March of a Marionette

'Call Me Caitlyn' for Halloween

A couple of costumes, joining the "Lion Killer Dentist" costume, are of the 'call me Caitlyn' variety.

I think it would be cool if you got both, went to the party as Bruce and left as Caitlyn!

Friday Night Babes

Tonight's FNBs* are in costume. Trick or treat!

(*a.k.a. Rule Five Friday)

Baby LED Halloween Costume

Happy Halloween, from Your Good Friends, the Democrats!

The following is by no means new, since it debuted in 2006, but is destined to become a classic, like The Wizard of Oz and Gone With the Wind!


Thank you, Gary McCoy!

Preparing for the Next Zombie Apocalypse - Southern Style!

I believe if Martha Stewart or Paula Deen is alive during the Next Zombie Apocalypse, they would want you to be prepared! Therefore, when the zombie horde shows up at your door, here's a little dish to make them feel right at home!


Majorcan Style Brains

Recipe makes 4 servings

1 pound calves' brains

1/4 cup all-purpose flour

salt and pepper to taste

1 tablespoon olive oil

1 onion, chopped

1 tablespoon red wine vinegar

1 1/4 cups chicken stock

2 egg yolks

2/3 cup heavy whipping cream pieces

Remove skin and any nasty-looking pieces from calves' brains. Rinse in cold running water and pat dry with paper towels. Sprinkle with flour and season with salt and pepper to taste.

In a large skillet, heat oil over medium high heat. Add onion and saute until translucent. Add seasoned brains and brown slightly all over. Add vinegar and stock, reduce heat to low and let all simmer, covered, for 30 minutes.

Remove brains from skillet. Slice them and place slices in a 9x13 inch baking dish. Cook skillet juices rapidly to reduce. Meanwhile, preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).

Strain skillet liquid. In a small bowl beat egg yolks and mix will with the cream. Whisk mixture into skillet sauce. Pour sauce over brains and heat through in the preheated oven for 10 to 15 minutes.

Not sure exactly what constitutes "nasty-looking pieces", but I'm sure you'll know it when you see it! My Dad was from the South. He used to scramble brains with eggs. I guess it's never too early to prepare yourself for the coming Zombie Apocalypse! Enjoy!

Cool Halloween Costumes - A Family Affair

Since I didn't catch enough grief from my post on chandeliers, here's a little something with nearly as much substance. Saw this in my local dead tree paper. The kid, helped by his dad, made a cool airplane costume.



That's his Mom dressed as a flight attendant. Très cool, yes? It gets better.



Here he is leading a little mini parade of trick-or-treaters. The guy in the orange vest, with ear protectors next to his Mom? His dad, dressed a a ground traffic controller!

Note the high tech goodie bucket! We only had grocery bags when I was a kid, but, come to think of it, grocery bags used to hold a lot more groceries, back before the earth had completely cooled!