Oíche Shamhna Shona! - Happy Halloween!

Nosferatu

( What a real vampire looks like )

Pennywise

(from Stephen King's "It")


Pan-labyrinth

( This has to be one of my favorite horror characters )




Pazuzu

( A dentist's nightmare )

Bad Pumpkin! Baaaad Pumpkin!! Mus'n't eat the children!

Psycho
(Momma needs a meal)

Wizard of Oz

("I'll get you my little pretty!")

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One of the most original Halloween costumes.

("I don't know nuthin' 'bout birthin' babies"

or

"Jess put a knife under the bed, it 'il cut the pain")

( Oh, Butterfly McQueen, I miss ya.)

( My feeble recollections of Gone With The Wind )

Sorry, funny, but disgusting.

Did I just make a pun?

(funny butt)

Things that go bump in the night . . .

Hope you all enjoy your Halloween celebrations and

Happy Samhain!

Butch

Halloween Pumpkins One Doesn't Normally See

These photos were sent to me by a friend. I haven't a clue where he got them though, I wanted to share them with you for a pre-Halloween Blog.

The Falling Leaves

Fall has definitely arrived.

New Stock Market Terms for the Layman.

This arrived in my email box today.

All those confusing abbreviations one has to try and remember involving the stock market are now answered in this blog entry.

Enjoy!

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NEW STOCK MARKET TERMS

CEO --Chief Embezzlement Officer.

CFO-- Corporate Fraud Officer.

BULL MARKET -- A random market movement causing an investor to mistake himself for a financial genius.

BEAR MARKET -- A 6 to 18 month period when the kids
get no allowance, the wife gets no jewelry, and the husband gets no sex.

VALUE INVESTING -- The art of buying low and selling
lower.

P/E RATIO -- The percentage of investors wetting their
pants as the market keeps crashing.

BROKER -- What my broker has made me.

STANDARD & POOR -- Your life in a nutshell.

STOCK ANALYST -- Idiot who just downgraded your stock.

STOCK SPLIT -- When your ex-wife and her lawyer split
your assets equally between themselves.

FINANCIAL PLANNER -- A guy whose phone has been disconnected.
MARKET CORRECTION -- The day after you buy stocks.

CASH FLOW-- The movement your money makes as it
disappears down the toilet.

YAHOO -- What you yell after selling it to some poor sucker
for $240 per share.

WINDOWS -- What you jump out of when you're the sucker
who bought Yahoo @ $240 per share.

INSTITUTIONAL INVESTOR -- Past year investor who's
now locked up in a nuthouse.

PROFIT -- An archaic word no longer in use.

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You Think Your Job Is Bad?

Say it with me - I WILL NOT complain about my job, EVER AGAIN!!

I do not have a clue what the vet may be doing but the look on the gentleman's face on the right says it all.

Out of the way things to see in Seattle, Washington

There are some strange sites in Seattle where one can go kill some time and have fun in the process.

I found the "Troll Under the Bridge" in the Fremont area of Seattle as one of those things to see. It is sometimes called the Fremont Bridge Troll though this troll is actually not under the Fremont Bridge. It can be located on N. 36th Street ( I think if memory serves me well ) That is a Volkswagen in its hand. There is a wee story that goes with this. The car used to have a California License Plate on it. There is a little friendly war going on between Washingtonians and Californians and this Troll destroying a California car was "tongue-in-cheek."

This is a huge work of art that was created by four artists and it really takes up much of the space under the north end of this bridge.

Here's another picture of the Troll.

For many years it was said that the elephant on the top of this flower shop was real, a hunting trophy from the 1930s. Eventually, it was proven that it was not real. How could a "stuffed animal" weather the elements of the Washington cycle and remain looking none for the wear.

When I lived in Michigan, there were other items like this to see as well. They still have the largest tire in the world built by Goodyear Tires, which is two or three stories high and made out of rubber. The Detroit fairgrounds used to have the largest stove in the world and eventually, someone bought it and took it away. This elephant would have fit in nicely with those things.

An artist made four sculptures of people waiting at a bus stop. It appears others have augmented them with colourful apparel. Olympia has a sculpture of two lovers standing at Percival Landing on one of the most southern reaches of Puget Sound. I couldn't find my picture of them, so I will need to take another and post it for you.

This is the largest statue of Lenin ( not the one of Beatle fame ) . The story on this is sketchy at best but the owner of the Taco Del Mar purchased it years ago as it lay in the dirt somewhere. It's home ended up being Seattle. Most of the young generation haven't a clue who he was or his significance.

Another view of Lenin's Statue in Seattle.

This is an American mummy on display at "Ye Old Curiosity Shop". Evidently, the place is (pardon my pun) stuffed with other artifacts and goodies. If you're ever in Seattle and bored with the typical tourist things to do and see, add these to your list. ;-)

The Vistas Near Selah, Washington

Our friend Bob and Steve took a tramp on the mountains near the town of Selah on the eastern side of the Cascade Mountains, part of "The Rockies" last Saturday. Unfortunately, I do not remember the river this dam is controlling but the view down to it looking over this very steep grade is exciting.
Enlarge the pictures if you like.

One can see the town of Selah off in the distance. These boys walked the trails until they reached the summit of one of the mountains in the area. Evidently, one can pull off the road and start walking without fear of having one's car ticketed for being on the side of the road. There is very little traffic to none on this road.

This is Bob, our friend and the reason for this picture is to show how hard the wind was blowing on the ridge. He has his back to the force of it and it made his shorts look "form-fitting." We're all too old to be wearing that type of clothing. ;-)

Here is another picture of the dam at a lower altitude. West of these mountains is an environment lush with green and temperate temperatures with rainy winters but east of these mountains is arid land that is desert with more seasonal changes in the temperature. The Olympic and Cascade Mountain ranges wring out the clouds of their moisture coming in from the Pacific Ocean and by the time the Cascade's has had its way with them there if very little to no precipitation left, hence, the desert-like environment.